在举国上下抗击疫情之际，21世纪英文报特别策划“共同战‘疫’”TEENS专题合刊，通过集中、及时、权威的内容，向广大青少年宣示党中央以人民为中心的执政理念，带领全国人民抗击疫情；开展科学教育，让青少年更好了解病毒和疫情相关的科普知识；展现共克时艰的凝聚力和人性光辉，引导青少年积极面对困难，理性看待问题，共同迎接春天的到来。
近期，21世纪英文报微信公众号将定期推送各年级共同战“疫”专题合刊中的精选文章，同时配有音频或视频、知识点解析、测试题、课件或课程等学习和教学资源，内容丰富、形式多样，“晚开学、不停学”~今天的精选文章“ Changing our diet in uncertain times 新冠肺炎暴发改变了人们的饮食习惯”来自《21世纪学生英文报·高一》第786期4-5版。
Changing our diet in uncertain times
新冠肺炎暴发改变了人们的饮食习惯。
Many of us eat purely to satisfy our appetite for delicious food. But due to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus pneumonia (NCP), many Chinese people are changing their eating habits.
Due to busy work schedules, ordering simple and quick meals online used to be commonplace (寻常的) for many young people in China. Zhang Xiaoyan, a 30-year-old from Nanjing, Jiangsu province, was one of them. She typically ate in the office and seldom cooked at home on weekdays. Even on weekends, she would prefer takeout food. But amid the NCP outbreak, being trapped at home for an extended (延长的) period has changed her eating habit. Now, she rolls up her sleeves and cooks for herself. “Cooking by myself sometimes is quite time-demanding, but it helps me have a healthy diet,” Zhang told China Daily.
Instead of eating at fast food chains or restaurants, cooking at home has become a nationwide trend. Some even regard sharing food videos on their WeChat Moments at meal times as “a special way to say hello to each other when face-to-face dinner is not possible,” noted China Daily.
Apart from cooking at home, many also eat separately and adopt (采用) the habit of using serving chopsticks and spoons, or gongkuai and gongshao in Chinese.
Influenced by collectivism (集体主义), communal eating habits have been a part of Chinese culture for centuries. For Chinese people, eating one’s own dish would be considered rude during a social gathering. They typically share several dishes laid out in the center of a table and sometimes share utensils (餐具) in the meals to show their respect and closeness.
Though it seems polite, it’s indeed risky. According to World Health Organization, foodborne (食物传播的) diseases are quite common, and saliva (唾液) is one of the most common ways for them to spread. So many cities in China, including Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, have already launched initiatives (倡议) for people to order separate meals.
“Healthy eating habits and maintaining good order have become real issues for us. It’s related to people’s health and safety, and it’s also a personal responsibility during the pandemic (大流行),” noted Guangming Daily. These are habits formed amid the pandemic, but as long as they are good for our health, perhaps we should keep them from now on.
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Quiz:
Choose the best answer
01
How has Zhang Xiaoyan’s eating habit changed?
A. She eats simple and quick meals more often.
B. She cooks meals by herself at home.
C.She now orders more takeout food.
D. She often copies the meals her friends post on WeChat.
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B
02
What do Paragraphs 5-7 mainly talk about?
A. How to change communal eating habits.
B. Why changing communal eating habits helps.
C.The relationship between culture and eating habits.
D. The role collectivism plays in Chinese eating habits.
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B
03
What does Guangming Daily’s quote tell us?
A. Eating habits have a lot to do with our health.
B. Safety always comes first in every situation.
C.People are warned that foodborne diseases are on the rise.
D.It’s difficult for Chinese people to break bad eating habits.
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A
