（一）词组
1. in case 以防万一
2. belong to 属于
3end up (尤指经历一系列意外后)最终处于，到头来
4.catch up 打听(不在时所发生的事情)，别后叙谈
5. pick up买，购买；拾起，拿起；(开车)接人
6. hot pot火锅
7. bring sb up养育某人
8. 传统中医 traditional Chinese Medicine
9. take to doing sth 养成做...的习惯，开始定时做..
10. suffer from 遭受...之苦；患...的疾病
11. come across 使产生...印象 ; 偶然发现 ; 偶然遇见
12. remind sb of sth 提醒某人某事情；（某事）使某人想起...
13. one man’s meat is another man’s poison
我之蜜糖，人之砒霜
14. put sthg to the test 使受检验，使受考验
15. feel at home 感觉自在；感到很舒畅
16. be amazed to do sth 对做某事感到惊异
17 be surprised by 对...感到惊奇
18 be shocked at 对...感到震惊
19 thanks to 多亏...
20 many years of marriage 多年的婚姻
21 one`s first visit to China 某人第一次访华
22 encourage sb to do sth 鼓励某人做某事
23 take a bite 咬一口
24 gather all one`s courage 鼓足勇气
25 fall in love with 爱上
26 go on a trip to 去...旅行
27 be no exception 也不例外;不例外
28 cook sth through 熬透某物
29 Highly recommended! 强烈推荐
30 not enough room to swing a cat 空间很小；连转身的空间也没有
31make choices 做出选择
32 more or less 或多或少
33 a big meat dinner 一顿丰盛的肉食大餐
34 do cooking 做饭
35 do a big shop 一次大采购
36 develop healthy eating habits 养成健康的饮食习惯
37 a family dish 家常菜
38 be adapted to 适合于;适应
39 on one`s way home 在回家的路上
40 try sth out 尝试，试用
41 be well-known for 因...而闻名
42 grow up 长大;成熟;
（二）句型
1 Growing up in England with a British father and a Chinese mother, I’ve enjoyed food from both countries ever since I was able to hold a knife and fork—and chopsticks!
我在英国长大，我爸爸是英国人，妈妈是中国人。从能拿刀叉——还有筷子——开始，我就一直享受这两国的食物！
2 He must have thought I was joking.
他肯定觉得我是在开玩笑。
3 Mum says we’d better not eat too much roast food as it may make us suffer from heat inside our bodies, according to traditional Chinese medicine.
妈妈说最好不要吃太多烧烤食物，因为根据传统中医的说法，这会引起上火。
4 To me, there’s nothing better than a cross-cultural afternoon tea of English biscuits and a cup of Chinese oolong tea in a fine china cup!
对我来说，用英国饼干搭配一杯盛在细瓷杯中的中国乌龙茶——没有什么比这样一次跨文化的下午茶更好的了！
5 Sometimes there are so many knives and forks that you dare not pick them up in case you get it wrong.
有时候刀叉太多了，你都不敢拿，以免弄错。
6 When you finish your meal,you had better place the knife and fork together on your plate with the handles at the four o`clock position.
吃完饭后，你最好把刀叉一起放在盘子上，刀柄放在四点钟的位置。
7 All you have to do is select the photos of healthy food
你所要做的就是选择健康食品的照片。
8 When in Rome,do as the Romans do.
入乡随俗。
9 My fridge is usually half empty and I’m often too tired to eat much anyway.
我的冰箱通常都是半空的，反正我也经常累得吃不下多少。
10 As a doctor, I know I had better change the way I eat, but I just don’t have the time or the energy right now.
作为医生，我知道我最好改变这种饮食方式，但我现在完全没有时间和精力。
11 Cooking together gives us a chance to relax and catch up on each other’s days.
一起做饭给了我们放松的机会，也让我们聊聊彼此日常的情况。
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