The future of digital food 數(shù)字食品的未來(lái)

胡金瑩

數(shù)字技術(shù)在我們的生活中起著越來(lái)越重要的作用?？茖W(xué)家們不僅研制出了3D打印雞肉，還找到了一種特殊的烹制方法，那就是通過(guò)激光技術(shù)烹制3D打印雞肉。

1?“I?am?eager?to?enjoy?a?3D?printed?roasted?chicken.?No，?wait.?It?would?be?better?laser?cooked，”?could?be?the?kind?of?order?you?ll?hear?in?restaurants?a?few?years?from?now.?The?Digital?Foods?team?at?Columbia?University?finally?found?a?way?to?prepare?laboratory?meat?to?make?it?more?edible.

2?Scientists?have?experimented?with?printed?food?since?2007.?However，?there?was?a?big?problem：?they?couldn?t?find?a?way?to?cook?it，?since?it?doesn?t?behave?the?same?as?traditional?food.?Until?recently，?they?found?that?lasers?would?be?the?best?substitute?for?pans?when?it?comes?to?3D?printed?meat.?With?this，?it?can?have?an?appearance，?taste?and?texture?similar?to?natural?meat?foods.

3?For?this?project，?scientists?first?prepared?a?“chicken?meat?pur？伢e?（果泥）”?with?real?ground?meat，?which?was?used?to?model?different?shapes?with?a?3D?printer.?Then，?they?put?the?laboratory?chicken?samples?under?a?laser?that?sent?pulses?of?light?to?stir?the?meat?and?thus?heat?it.?This?cooking?process?took?between?5?and?14?minutes.?The?results?showed that?the?meat?cooked?with?a?laser?shrank?50%?less?and?retained?twice?the?moisture，?that?is，?it?was?juicier.?In?addition，?it?released?more?flavor?than?those?with?other?methods.

4?In?the?study，?researchers?say?that?the?secret?of?the?seasoning?is?to?emit?laser?pulses?at?different?wave?amplitudes.?For?example，?a?blue?laser?goes?through?better?to?cook?the?inside?of?the?meat，?while?the?infrared?laser?works?to?brown?the?outside?of?the?piece.?After?testing?3D?laser?chicken，?researchers?say?it?tastes?better?than?traditional?baked?meat.

5?While?digital?food?seems?more?like?science?fiction，?preparing?food?on?a?3D?printer?is?now?a?reality.?Today?this?technology?has?progressed?so?much?that?it?is?possible?to?create?various?ingredients?and?dishes.

6?The?developers?of?this?project?hope?that?in?the?future?anyone?can?have?access?to?a?3D?food?printer?and?print?any?dish?they?want?as?if?it?were?a?kitchen?recipe.?One?of?the?main?obstacles?is?that?there?is?no?sustainable?ecosystem?behind?it，?so?they?consider?a?type?of?“Food?CAD”，?a?piece?of?software?that?is?a?combination?of?AutoCAD?and?Photoshop，?as?well?as?a?kind?of?digital?cookbook?for?this?new?future?kitchen?should?be?developed.

Choose?the?best?answers?according?to?the?text

Detail?1.?What?was?the?initial?problem?with?printed?food？

A.?It?couldn?t?be?cooked.?B.?Its?taste?might?be?poor.

C.?It?wasn?t?edible.?D.?It?had?no?nutrients.

Inference?2.?What?can?we?know?about?the?chicken?that?was?laser?cooked？

A.?It?is?much?drier.

B.?It?tastes?much?better.

C.?It?isn?t?easy?to?cook?well.

D.?It?s?similar?to?traditional?food.

Detail?3.?What?s?the?key?point?that?determines?the?chicken?s?taste？

A.?The?laser?pulses.?B.?The?cooking?time.

C.?The?effect?of?3D?print.?D.?The?size?of?the?chicken.

Inference???4.?What?can?we?infer?from?the?last?paragraph？

A.?3D?printed?food?will?become?very?popular.

B.?A?3D?printer?is?enough?for?the?future?s?kitchen.

C.?There?is?a?long?way?to?go?for?digital?food.

D.?Any?dish?is?possible?with?the?help?of?a?3D?printer.

Analyze?some?difficult?sentences?in?the?text

1.?Until?recently，?they?found?that?lasers?would?be?the?best?substitute?for?pans?when?it?comes?to?3D?printed?meat.?直到最近，當(dāng)談及3D打印肉類(lèi)時(shí)，他們發(fā)現(xiàn)激光是平底鍋的最佳替代品。

【點(diǎn)石成金】本句中，when?it?comes?to...為固定句型，意為“當(dāng)談及……時(shí)”。

2.?For?example，?a?blue?laser?goes?through?better?to?cook?the?inside?of?the?meat，?while?the?infrared?laser?works?to?brown?the?outside?of?the?piece.?例如，藍(lán)色激光能更好地穿透肉的內(nèi)部，而紅外激光則能使肉的外部變成褐色。

【點(diǎn)石成金】本句中，while表示對(duì)比，意為“然而”。