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英语听力—环球英语 1056 Pizza: A Cultural Food

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   Voice 1

 
  Welcome to Spotlight1. I’m Liz Waid.
 
  Voice 2
 
  And I’m Joshua Leo. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live.
 
  Voice 1
 
  Today’s Spotlight is all about a food people eat all around the world. It is pizza! Very simply, pizza is a food made by putting meat and vegetables, called toppings, on top of bread. All around the world people enjoy different food toppings on their pizzas.
 
  Voice 2
 
  In Brazil, green peas are popular on pizza.
 
  Voice 1
 
  In Japan, food from the sea, like eel2 and squid are popular.
 
  Voice 2
 
  In Costa Rica, people enjoy the coconut3 fruit on top of their pizzas.
 
  Voice 1
 
  In Italy, the bread, or crust4, of the pizza is the most important part. It is more important than anything that goes on it!
 
  Voice 2
 
  But in the Netherlands TOPPINGS are very important! A popular pizza in the Netherlands is called the “double dutch.” It has two times the cheese, two times the onions, and two times the beef! It has two times the toppings!
 
  Voice 1
 
  As you can see, there are many different ways to eat pizza. And each way is correct. The simple design of pizza is the same all over the world. But everyone likes something different on top of it! It is common for different cultures to have their own kinds of food. A food that is popular in one culture will not always be popular in another culture. But pizza seems to cross all these barriers. Pizza is popular in almost every part of the world! So, why IS pizza so popular? Where did it even come from?
 
  Voice 2
 
  Well, no one really knows WHERE the idea for modern pizza started. But experts do agree that the design, or recipe, for modern pizza was probably put together using different ideas from different cultures. A few cultures already had a simple common recipe for pizza almost two thousand years ago!
 
  Voice 1
 
  Even before that, Middle Eastern cultures had something similar to pizza. Babylonians, Israelites, and Egyptians liked to eat flat, cooked bread. They would add olive5 oil and good tasting spices to the bread. Then they cooked this flat, spiced bread in hot ovens6 made of earth or on top of hot flat stones. It was a small food that people ate between meals. Or they added it to a meal.
 
  Voice 2
 
  Another version7 of this flat round bread was also popular in Greece. The Greeks called it “plankuntos.” They put vegetables and meat on top of the flat bread.
 
  Voice 1
 
  But many experts believe that the version of pizza that people know best today started in the city of Naples, in Italy. The people of Naples called this food “foccaccia.” The people in Naples considered foccaccia a food for poor people.
 
  Voice 2
 
  In those times, people could not store food for a long time. If they did not eat the food quickly, it would go bad. So, people began to think of different ways to use and eat the food that would go bad. Bread was easy to make. So, people put their extra food on top of a thin piece of bread. They could put vegetables, meat, or any other food they had on this bread, or crust. Then, they would put the spices on it to improve its taste, and cook it. This was the perfect food! People could hold it in their hands and eat it. It tasted very good. And it did not cost a lot of money to make!
 
  Voice 1
 
  But it took almost 800 years for pizza to become a popular food. In 1830, the first pizzeria opened in Naples, Italy. This restaurant ONLY sold pizza! But the pizza of that time still looked a little different from the modern pizza we know today. In eighteen eighty nine, Don Raffaele Esposito created the first modern pizza. And he was one of the first people to put tomatoes on pizza. People still do that today! The story goes like this.
 
  Voice 2
 
  Queen Margherita Theresa was visiting Naples. She had heard of pizza, but she had never tried it. During her visit to Naples, she finally decided8 to try it! Don Raffaele was a famous pizza maker9. She asked him to make a special pizza for her.
 
  Voice 1
 
  So, Don Raffaele designed a pizza especially for the Queen. He added three particular toppings to the pizza. First, he put mozzarella cheese on top of the pizza. Mozzarella cheese was made from the milk of a water buffalo10 - a kind of local cow. It is a white cheese. Then, he put red tomatoes on top of the mozzarella. Then Don Raffaele added basil leaves. Basil is a green plant with a good taste. These three toppings were white, red and green - the colors of the Italian flag! He called this pizza the Margherita Pizza. The Queen was very happy! And the Margherita Pizza is still a very popular kind of pizza today!
 
  Voice 2
 
  After this event, people no longer considered pizza a poor person’s food. Everyone, rich or poor, enjoyed this easy to eat, delicious food. As people began to travel more often, they began sharing the news about pizza.
 
  Voice 1
 
  Today, people all over the world buy more than five thousand million [5,000,000,000] pizzas every year. The recipe for pizza has changed a bit over the years. Today people usually make pizza by putting sauce, a kind of thick liquid, over the crust. The most popular kind of sauce is made from tomatoes. Then cheese and toppings of all kinds go on top of the sauce. But pizza makers11 have tried to put almost any kind of food you can imagine on top of a pizza!
 
  Voice 2
 
  People all over the world have helped to create the recipe for pizza. It is a food that combines different foods from different countries. And it is probably one of the oldest foods you can think of! But one of the best things about pizza is this: you can create your own special kind of pizza. You can put anything you like on it. You can mix different foods from different cultures and create something wonderful.
 
  Voice 1
 
  Often beautiful and good things can come from places we do not expect. Who would have expected that such an ancient and simple food would be popular today? Pizza is just one example of how great things can happen when cultures come together.
 
  Voice 2
 
  This program was written and produced by Liz Waid. The voices you heard were from the United States. Computer users12 can hear our programs, read our scripts13, and see our word list on our website at http://www.Radio.English.net This. program is called “Pizza: A Cultural Food.”
 
  Voice 1
 
  If you have a comment or question you can email us. Our email address is Radio @ English . net. We hope you can join us again for the next Spotlight program. Goodbye!

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1 spotlight 6hBzmk     
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 eel bjAzz     
n.鳗鲡
参考例句:
  • He used an eel spear to catch an eel.他用一只捕鳗叉捕鳗鱼。
  • In Suzhou,there was a restaurant that specialized in eel noodles.苏州有一家饭馆,他们那里的招牌菜是鳗鱼面。
3 coconut VwCzNM     
n.椰子
参考例句:
  • The husk of this coconut is particularly strong.椰子的外壳很明显非常坚固。
  • The falling coconut gave him a terrific bang on the head.那只掉下的椰子砰地击中他的脑袋。
4 crust enxzu     
n.(一片)面包皮,硬外皮,外壳;地壳
参考例句:
  • This article focuses on radiation present in the earth crust.本文重点介绍源自地壳的辐射。
  • Earth quakes can result from stresses in the earth's crust.地壳内的应力可能引起地震。
5 olive yI2x1     
n.橄榄,橄榄树,橄榄色;adj.黄绿色的,黄褐色的,橄榄色的
参考例句:
  • Have you eaten a kind of fruit called olive?你吃过橄榄这种水果吗?
  • She likes olive because It'symbolizes peace.她喜欢橄榄色因为它象征着和平。
6 ovens f364282231931d30f5050a90b691a40d     
n.烤箱,炉( oven的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Bakers bake in huge ovens. 面包师用大烤炉烤面包。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Cleaning ovens is a real fag. 清洗烤箱是一件累人的活。 来自辞典例句
7 version FiJwT     
n.版本;型号;叙述,说法
参考例句:
  • His version of the events is pure supposition.他对这件事的说法纯属猜测。
  • What is your version of this matter?你对这件事情的看法 怎么样?
8 decided lvqzZd     
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。
9 maker DALxN     
n.制造者,制造商
参考例句:
  • He is a trouble maker,You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼,你不要跟他在一起。
  • A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。
10 buffalo 1Sby4     
n.(北美)野牛;(亚洲)水牛
参考例句:
  • Asian buffalo isn't as wild as that of America's. 亚洲水牛比美洲水牛温顺些。
  • The boots are made of buffalo hide. 这双靴子是由水牛皮制成的。
11 makers 22a4efff03ac42c1785d09a48313d352     
n.制造者,制造商(maker的复数形式)
参考例句:
  • The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality. 这一产品的制造商向我们保证说他们没有牺牲质量。
  • The makers are about to launch out a new product. 制造商们马上要生产一种新产品。 来自《简明英汉词典》
12 users 9bc65c2abec141778ffaa729489f3e87     
用户,使用者( user的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • The new software will prove a boon to Internet users. 这种新软件将会对互联网用户大有益处。
  • Ramps should be provided for wheelchair users. 应该给轮椅使用者提供坡道。
13 scripts d6c5855a62cf32a4dadbc2831f0f295f     
剧本( script的名词复数 ); 文字; 笔迹; (一种语言的)字母系统
参考例句:
  • Many felt he was prostituting his talents by writing Hollywood scripts. 许多人觉得他给好莱坞写剧本是滥用自己的才华。
  • The scripts had a rather tired plot. 这部陈旧的剧本的情节是非常俗套的。
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