初阶家庭|第24集：自测版纯净原声

音频一：

If you visit a big city anywhere in the world, you will probably find a restaurant would serve the food of your own native country. Many people enjoy eating the food of other nations. This is probably one reason why there are so many different kinds of restaurants in the United States.

音频二：

A second reason is that many Americans come from other part of the world. They enjoy tasting the foods of their native lands. Americans enjoy the foods in these restaurants as well as the opportunity to better understand the people and their way of life.

音频三：

One of the most common international restaurants to be found in the United States is the Italian restaurant. The restaurant may be a small business run by a single family. The mother of the family cooks all of the dishes, and the father and children serve the people who come to eat there.

重点词汇：

1, anywhere /ˈeniweə/ adv. 任何地方，无论何处，随便哪里

2, serve /sɜːv/ v. 提供，端上〔饭菜等〕；侍候〔某人进餐〕；为（顾客）服务

service /'sɜːvɪs/ n. 服务，接待，侍候

3, native /'neɪtɪv/ adj. 出生地的；土生土长的，当地的

native language 母语

native land 故土

4, business /ˈbɪznɪs/ n. 商业，买卖，生意，业务；公司，企业

5, run /rʌn/ v. 组织；掌管；管理；经营

6, dish /dɪʃ/ n.〔烹制好的〕菜肴，一道菜；盘子，碟子

跟读训练：

一、

If you visit a big city anywhere in the world,

如果你游览世界上任何一座大城市，

you will probably find a restaurant would serve the food of your own native country.

你很可能能找到一家提供你祖国食物的餐厅。

Many people enjoy eating the food of other nations.

许多人喜欢吃其他国家的食物。

This is probably one reason why there are so many different kinds of restaurants in the United States.

这很可能是美国有这么多不同种类的餐馆的原因之一。

二、

A second reason is that many Americans come from other part of the world.

第二个原因是，许多美国人来自世界其其它地区。

They enjoy tasting the foods of their native lands.

他们喜欢品尝自己家乡的食物。

Americans enjoy the foods in these restaurants

美国人喜欢这些餐馆里的食物，

as well as the opportunity to better understand the people and their way of life.

也很开心有机会更好地了解其他人和他们的生活方式。

三、

One of the most common international restaurants to be found in the United States is the Italian restaurant.

在美国，最常见的国际餐厅之一是意大利餐厅。

The restaurant may be a small business run by a single family.

这家餐馆可能是一个由一个家庭经营的小生意。

The mother of the family cooks all of the dishes,

这个家庭的母亲把所有的菜都煮熟了

and the father and children serve the people who come to eat there.

父亲和孩子们都为来这里吃饭的人服务。

背景拓展：

美国这个国家，就是一个移民国家country of immigrants，很多广为人知的“美国人”其实都是外来的美国移民，他们在美国的各行各业大获成功，从演艺界、科学界、到富豪界。

众所周知，杰出物理学家爱因斯坦Einstein是德国犹太人German Jewish，1933年访美时拒绝回国，留在普林斯顿高等研究院Institute for Advanced Study从事研究和教学，1940年加入美国籍。

“谷歌创办人”谢尔盖·布林Sergey Brin，生于莫斯科Moscow，6岁时随俄裔犹太父母Russian jewish移民美国，像其祖父和父亲一样喜爱数学和电脑学。

金融大鳄乔治·索罗斯George Soros1930年生于匈牙利布达佩斯Budapest, Hungary，也是一位犹太人。1944年由于纳粹Nazi对布达佩斯的侵略，索罗斯全家开始了逃亡生涯。二战结束后索罗斯全家移民英国，又于1956年迁居到美国，成为了纽约的一名交易员，负责买卖股票。他的传奇人生由此展开。

“传媒大亨”鲁伯特·默多克Rupert Murdoch，1931年3月11日出生于澳大利亚墨尔本Melbourne, Australia，以南30英里的一个农场，1985年移民美国。默多克是世界首屈一指的传媒大亨，拥有华尔街日报The Wall Street Journal、泰晤士报The Times、福克斯电视台Fox Network等知名传媒品牌。默多克更为中国人熟知的是他与邓文迪的婚姻故事。