英语听力—环球英语 608 Cooking for the King’s Friends

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Welcome to Spotlight¹. I'm Robin² Basselin.
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And I'm Ryan Geertsma. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live.
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The Napa Valley is an area of Northern California in the United States. It is known for its excellent wine and amazing food. Many people think this area has the best restaurants in the country. And people travel very far distances to eat the food these restaurants serve.
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However, the food of Napa Valley often costs a lot of money. Many of the people that eat at the area's restaurants are very wealthy. Well-known chefs prepare and cook the food. They are some of the world's best.
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Tim Hammack was one of these successful Napa Valley chefs. He worked at a famous French restaurant called Bouchon. He had great skill and a good job. Many chefs desire to work at Bouchon. But, for Tim, the job was not enough. Today's Spotlight is on Tim and his choice to leave Bouchon. Instead, he decided³ to cook for the area's poorest and most hungry individuals.
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Being a chef in a Napa Valley restaurant was Tim Hammack's dream. He grew up near Napa Valley, in a working class town. Tim's family was not wealthy. However, they worked hard and enjoyed cooking. Tim's grandmother taught him how to cook wonderful food. She also taught him how to cook great meals without spending a lot of money. Tim's website tells how his grandmother influenced him most. It says,
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"She taught her grandson that the most important part of any meal is love."
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After high school, Tim trained to be become a chef. He then traveled internationally. He learned⁴ about food and cooking in other cultures. After these experiences, he returned to the United States and began working. Tim was very successful as a chef. And finally he became a chef at Bouchon. Working at this well-known restaurant was a dream made true.
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Tim enjoyed his work at Bouchon. But his work did not make him fully⁵ happy. After only two years, he recognized that Bouchon was not the place for him. He wanted more. He told the N P R news organization,
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"I was cooking for very wealthy people and people with many resources, and there is nothing wrong with that. But I just had a desire to serve people who did not have many resources."
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So, Tim left Bouchon. Instead, he became the lead chef at the Bay Area Rescue Mission⁶. The Bay Area Rescue Mission serves poor and homeless people in the San Francisco Bay area. They provide food, shelter, clothes, drug recovery⁷ programs, job training programs and much more. The Rescue Mission is a Christian⁸ group, but it helps all people. Tim's new job was to prepare and cook meals for hundreds of hungry, poor and homeless people every day.
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For the past eight years, Tim has served as the Rescue Mission's lead chef. He greatly enjoys his work. However, there are difficulties. Tim has a very limited amount of money to buy food. So, Tim uses many of the things his grandmother taught him in the kitchen. Every day, he uses his skill, the Mission's limited food resources and a lot of LOVE to prepare the finest meals he can.
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Most days, Tim depends on food gifts from local markets, factories and restaurants. These gifts often come without warning. But Tim is thankful. Many times, he quickly changes the meal plans to use food gifts wisely. This is difficult, but it is necessary. At times, Tim is responsible to feed as many as twelve hundred [1200] people a day.
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Tim does not cook for all the people by himself. Many people help him. In fact, many of these helpers are people staying at the Rescue Mission.
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A large part of Tim's job is training other people to cook. Tim trains people in the Mission's drug recovery program. If a person completes the whole program, he receives a two year cooking degree. With these new skills, a person can get a good job.
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Training these individuals is important to Tim. To many of the students, Tim's program is a second chance - at life, at finding⁹ a new job and at supporting themselves. Tim believes this job training is very important. He told the New York Times,
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"Learning¹⁰ to make good decisions while cooking can equal making good decisions in life."
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Some people do not understand Tim's decision to leave Bouchon. They think he has wasted his skills and amazing food. They think that poor people in the Rescue Mission do not need his skills. However, as a Christian, Tim believes that it is very important to serve other people, even as a chef.
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There is a story in the Christian Bible¹¹ about a King. The King separates his people into two groups. He tells one group of people that they will be greatly rewarded. He begins to explain to the people why they are receiving their reward. He says,
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"I was hungry and you gave me some food to eat. I needed to drink and you gave me some water. I was alone and you asked me to come to your home."
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However, the people did not understand the King. They did not remember ever feeding the King or giving him water or inviting¹² him into their homes. The people spoke¹³ to the King. They asked him when they did these good things. The King answered,
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"What I say to you is true. You did all these things to help people. They were not important people, but they were my friends. If you helped them, then you also helped me."
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In this story, the King represents God. And the people are rewarded because they showed love and kindness. They cared for people in need. And in doing so, it was like they were serving God directly. For many Christians¹⁴, this important idea is the reason why they serve other people.
 

1 spotlight   

n.公众注意的中心，聚光灯，探照灯，视听，注意，醒目

参考例句：

• This week the spotlight is on the world of fashion.本周引人瞩目的是时装界。
• The spotlight followed her round the stage.聚光灯的光圈随着她在舞台上转。

2 robin   

n.知更鸟，红襟鸟

参考例句：

• The robin is the messenger of spring.知更鸟是报春的使者。
• We knew spring was coming as we had seen a robin.我们看见了一只知更鸟，知道春天要到了。

3 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

4 learned   

adj.有学问的，博学的；learn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
• In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。

5 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

6 mission   

n.使命，任务，天职；代表团，使团

参考例句：

• He was charged with an important mission.他受委托承担一项重要使命。
• I'll leave you to undertake an important mission.我要让你承担一项重要使命。

7 recovery   

n.恢复，痊愈；追回，寻回，收复

参考例句：

• The doctors said that his recovery was a miracle. 医生们说他的复原是件奇事。
• The quick recovery was truly in response to medication.这次迅速康复确实是对药物治疗的反应。

8 Christian   

adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒

参考例句：

• They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
• His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

9 finding   

n.发现，发现物；调查的结果

参考例句：

• The finding makes some sense.该发现具有一定的意义。
• That's an encouraging finding.这是一个鼓舞人心的发现。

10 learning   

n.学问，学识，学习；动词learn的现在分词

参考例句：

• When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时，常会从车上掉下来。
• Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。

11 bible   

n.《圣经》；得到权威支持的典籍

参考例句：

• According to the Bible we are all the seed of Adam.根据《圣经》所说的，我们都是亚当的后裔。
• This dictionary should be your Bible when studying English.学习英语时，这本字典应是你的主要参考书。

12 inviting   

adj.诱人的，引人注目的

参考例句：

• An inviting smell of coffee wafted into the room.一股诱人的咖啡香味飘进了房间。
• The kitchen smelled warm and inviting and blessedly familiar.这间厨房的味道温暖诱人，使人感到亲切温馨。

13 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

14 Christians   

n.基督教徒( Christian的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Christians of all denominations attended the conference. 基督教所有教派的人都出席了这次会议。
• His novel about Jesus caused a furore among Christians. 他关于耶稣的小说激起了基督教徒的公愤。