第三十五篇Dorm Food More Comfy (B级)
Once upon a time, eating in an American college dorm meant soup in a hotpot or getting pizza delivered. The most interesting thing about the campus dining hall was often the salad bar.
No more. These days, US college students have refined tastes and a growing interest in preparing their own food. Mini-refrigerators-and microwaves in dorm rooms are as essential as laptops.
“The cooking awareness of college students is increasing,” said Tom Post, president of campus dining for Sodexo, a major food service company. “Students today grew up watching celebrity chefs on TV, eating organic food and valuing good nutrition.”
In response, cafeteria menus have changed. Sodexo’s top campus foods for 2009 include Vietnamese noodle soup, goat cheese salad, and Mexican chicken. But colleges are also catering to student demands for more flexible and personalized dining options.
Chartwells, the company that prepares food for dining halls at Ohio Wesleyan University in the state of Ohio, offers microwaveable meals that students can take away, as well as a program where students can have food individually prepared. Or they can even do their own cooking.
This fall, Sarah Lawrence College in New York will offer students on its meal plan a chance to pick up groceries in the cafeteria as an alternative to a cooked meal.
“Students want things that are easy to make, things that don’t take long and will still taste good,” said Rachel Holcomb, a University of Massachusetts-Amherst student who updated recipes for the new edition of The Healthy College Cookbook.
Angelo Berti, a chef at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, teaches cooking in dorm kitchens. But Berti says he’s not just teaching recipes. He’s encouraging students to use dining together as a way to socialize and as a means of self-expression. “The meal is your canvas,” Berti said. “You paint what you Want.”
That’s why at the College of William & Mary in Virginia, students produce a cooking show filmed in a dorm called “Everyday Gourmet”. One episode was “Date Night Cooking: A 3-Course meal for under $20,” featuring grilled chicken stuffed with goat cheese and basil.
练习：
1. Which of the following is not mentioned as a basic equipment in today’s student dorms?
A) fridges
B) microwaves
C) note book computer
D) TV sets
2. Which of the following statements is true according to the author?
A) The salad bar is still the most interesting food to them up to now.
B) Today Pizza remains the most popular food to US college students.
C) US college students want their dining options to be more flexible and personalized.
D) Colleges have made no changes to meet students’ needs.
3. The following food are among Sodexo’s top campus foods for 2009 EXCEPT:
A) Italian Pizza
B) Vietnamese noodle soup
C) goat cheese salad
D) Mexican chicken
4. Which of the following statements about Angelo Berti is NOT true?
A) He is a chef at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts.
B) He teaches cooking in a cooking school.
C) He believes that cooking means more than preparing food following the recipes.
D) He regards dining together as a good way to expand the circle of friends.
5. What does Angelo Berti mean by saying “The meal is your canvas”?
A) Cooking is So boring that it is not worthy for students to have a try.
B) College students should make their meal as simple as possible.
C) Cooking is a good way to express oneself freely.
D) If one wants to become a successful cook, he’d better learn painting first.
参考答案
D C A B C
参考译文
第三十五篇 宿舍烹饪之风流行
一度在美国的大学宿舍里，吃饭意味着罐里熬汤或是现送披萨。大学里的餐厅最有趣的莫过于沙拉酒吧了。
过去的这些情形已不复存在了。如今的美国大学生有着精致的品味和对于准备自己食物的不断加强的兴趣。宿舍里的迷你电冰箱和微波炉如同便携式电脑一样是必需品。
“大学生的烹饪兴趣正在不断提升”，现任Sodexo大学校园餐厅主管及最大食物供应商的汤姆•珀斯特说道：”如今的学生是伴着看电视上的有名大厨，吃着有机食品和营养丰富的食物长大的。”
与此同时，自助餐厅的菜单也有了相应变化。Sodexo为2009年准备的最新校园菜谱包括了越南面汤，暖羊奶芝士沙和墨西哥烤鸡。并且大学还为学生们准备了丰富的食物以供选择。
一家名为Chartwells的公司为俄亥俄州的俄亥俄卫斯里昂大学餐厅供货，提供包括便携式微波饭在内的食物。同时还有学生可以个人备餐的计划。甚至可以自己亲自做饭。
这个秋季，纽约的莎拉劳伦斯学院将在自助食堂为学生们提供食品以供他们亲自烹饪。 “学生们偏爱容易做，不花费太久时间但仍然很好吃的食物。”麻萨诸塞州州立大学阿然斯特分校的学生蕾切尔•赫克博说道，他刚改进了”健康大学食谱”杂志。
马萨诸塞州伍斯特县的圣十字学院大厨安哥拉•波提，在宿舍厨房里教授烹饪。他声称自己远非仅仅教授食谱。他在鼓励学生将烹饪作为社交的一种手段和表达自己想法的途径。”这顿饭犹如你的油画”。他说道，”你想画什么就画什么，随心所欲。”
这便是弗吉尼亚州威廉及玛丽学院学生建立烹饪电视秀”天天美食专家”的原因。一个小片段就是”24小时营业：三道菜仅售20磅，”以填满山羊乳干酪和罗勒的烧鸡为特色。
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