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VOA慢速英语2021--家的味道让隔离更容易度过

时间:2021-03-18 02:03来源:互联网 提供网友:nan   字体: [ ]
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As she removes the fish from the oven, smells of garlic, pepper, and lemon fill the community kitchen.

For Glenda Andrew, the smells bring back memories of family meals, community events and religious get-togethers. They bring her back to the warmth of her native Caribbean in the middle of a cold, gray British winter that has seemed darker because of COVID-19.

This is food for the soul, Andrew told the Associated Press.

The 57-year-old adds that such food is needed now more than ever for Britain's older immigrants. Most of them have not been able to see their family and friends in many months because of the pandemic.

Once a week, Andrew joins other volunteers to prepare hot meals with flavors of the islands. They bring the hot meals for free to people in an area called Preston, as well as surrounding communities in northwestern England.

This area has recorded some of the highest numbers of coronavirus cases in Britain.

The home-cooked meals are a reminder1 of home. One day a week for the last 42 weeks, the seniors on Andrew's list have enjoyed island specialties2 such as jerk pork, curry3 goat, and cow foot soup.

The meal program grew out of her work with an organization called Preston Windrush Generation & Descendants. The group fights for the rights of early immigrants from the Caribbean and other former British colonies. In recent years, they found themselves threatened with deportation4.

The Windrush Generation is named after the ship that carried the first migrants from the Caribbean in 1948. It came to Britain following a government call for workers from throughout the Empire to help rebuild the country after World War II.

But in 2018, long-term legal residents lost jobs, homes, and the right to free medical care as part of a crackdown on illegal immigration. Many arrived to Britain from the Caribbean as children. They did not have paperwork proving their right to live in Britain. Some were detained. An unknown number were deported5 to countries they did not know or remember.

When the coronavirus pandemic struck Britain, the free-spirited Andrew did not want the community to be victimized again. So, she created the food program. Her food honors the tastes of the people she grew up with.

She uses the best food she can find. "They're worth it," she said. "They brought us up, they've taught us so many things. They gave up their life in the Caribbean to come here.''

In addition to food, the volunteers offer a bit of human contact.

The loneliness of the past year has been painful for many of the seniors. When the hot meals arrive, they get to talk with the volunteers and share stories.

Sylius Toussaint is 81 and came from the island nation of Dominica in 1960. He said talking with the volunteers helps him as much as the food does.

He told the Associated Press, "They say ‘hello' and give you a meal, and maybe for just a few seconds at least you see someone new; someone you haven't seen all week," Toussaint says, smiling at his wife. "If you are on your own, it is so nice to see a fresh face — especially bringing gifts."

Britain's COVID-19 vaccination6 program may soon mean lockdown restrictions7 will be eased. But Andrew wants to keep making and sharing her island meals.

The project runs on donations and the energy of Andrew. She seems to be in several places at once as she organizes the volunteers.

In the future, she said, she hopes to find a place where the community can meet and spend time together. But for now, the volunteers plan to continue to connect with the community through food.

Words in This Story

oven – n. a piece of cooking equipment that is used for baking or roasting food

soul – n. the essential or most important part of something

flavor – n. the quality of something that affects the sense of taste

freeze – v. to become a hard substance (such as ice) because of cold

resident – n. living in a place for some length of time

deportation – n. the removal from a country of an alien whose presence is unlawful or prejudicial

crackdown – n. a serious attempt to punish people for doing something that is not allowed : an increased effort to enforce a law or rule

lockdown – n. the confinement of prisoners to their cells for a temporary period as a security measure


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1 reminder WkzzTb     
n.提醒物,纪念品;暗示,提示
参考例句:
  • I have had another reminder from the library.我又收到图书馆的催还单。
  • It always took a final reminder to get her to pay her share of the rent.总是得发给她一份最后催缴通知,她才付应该交的房租。
2 specialties 4f19670e38d5e63c785879e223b3bde0     
n.专门,特性,特别;专业( specialty的名词复数 );特性;特制品;盖印的契约
参考例句:
  • Great Books are popular, not pedantic. They are not written by specialists about specialties for specialists. 名著绝不引经据典,艰深难懂,而是通俗易读。它们不是专家为专业人员撰写的专业书籍。 来自英汉 - 翻译样例 - 文学
  • Brain drains may represent a substantial reduction in some labor force skills and specialties. 智力外流可能表示某种劳动力技能和特长大量减少。 来自辞典例句
3 curry xnozh     
n.咖哩粉,咖哩饭菜;v.用咖哩粉调味,用马栉梳,制革
参考例句:
  • Rice makes an excellent complement to a curry dish.有咖喱的菜配米饭最棒。
  • Add a teaspoonful of curry powder.加一茶匙咖喱粉。
4 deportation Nwjx6     
n.驱逐,放逐
参考例句:
  • The government issued a deportation order against the four men.政府发出了对那4名男子的驱逐令。
  • Years ago convicted criminals in England could face deportation to Australia.很多年以前,英国已定罪的犯人可能被驱逐到澳大利亚。
5 deported 97686e795f0449007421091b03c3297e     
v.将…驱逐出境( deport的过去式和过去分词 );举止
参考例句:
  • They stripped me of my citizenship and deported me. 他们剥夺我的公民资格,将我驱逐出境。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The convicts were deported to a deserted island. 罪犯们被流放到一个荒岛。 来自《简明英汉词典》
6 vaccination bKGzM     
n.接种疫苗,种痘
参考例句:
  • Vaccination is a preventive against smallpox.种痘是预防天花的方法。
  • Doctors suggest getting a tetanus vaccination every ten years.医生建议每十年注射一次破伤风疫苗。
7 restrictions 81e12dac658cfd4c590486dd6f7523cf     
约束( restriction的名词复数 ); 管制; 制约因素; 带限制性的条件(或规则)
参考例句:
  • I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
  • a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制
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