Made of canruohanxing 灿若寒星制作新译林 9AUNIT6 英语课外趣味阅读及练习题课外趣味阅读美国人的饮食习惯美国人在吃午餐和晚餐之前，通常要喝点鸡尾酒。在加利福尼亚州，人们大都喝葡萄酒。同时，在吃主食之前，一般都要吃一盘沙拉。炸蘑菇和炸洋葱圈可作为开胃食品，牛排、猪排和鸡 (腿)为主食，龙虾、贝壳类动物以及各种鱼类，甚至包括淡水鱼被统称为海鲜。炸土豆条深受人们喜爱且几乎成了必不可少的食物。另外，应特别注意的一点， 如有吃剩的食物，一定要打包带回家，以免浪费。美国人在吃饭的时候是刀叉并用，而且他们的用餐方式也是很有讲究的。因此， 在应邀与美国朋友一起吃饭时，应特别注意他们的用餐习惯。一般情况下， 餐桌上摆放有一副餐刀和两副餐叉， 外边的餐叉供你吃沙拉，里边的餐叉用于吃主食和其它点心食品，餐刀用来切肉食。如果你两手并用，应左手握叉，右手握刀，而且一次握刀时间不能太长。Did yo u ever hear anyone say, “ An apple a day keeps the doctor away” ? Do you think that if people eat apples they won’ t get sick?Some scientists wanted to find out if this old saying is true. They divided a college class into two groups. The first group ate two apples a day. The second group did not eat any apple. After a few months, they added up all the times the young people got sick. The apple eaters turned out to be healthier than those who hadn’ t eaten apples. It seemed to show that an apple or two apples a day really does keep the doctor away. 练习题（一）Tom arrived at the bus station quite early for Paris bus. The bus for Paris would not leave until five to twelve. He saw a lot of people waiting in the station. Some were standing in line(排队 ), others were walking around. There was a group of schoolgirls. Their teacher was trying to keep them in line. Tom looked around but there was no place for him to sit. He walked into the station cafe( 咖啡馆 ). he looked up at the clock there. It was only...
