舌尖上的新西蘭

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A?cheese?roll?may?seem?simple：?its?basically?a?slice?of?bread?with?cheesebased?filling，?rolled?up?and?toasted?until?slightly?crispy.?Yet?these?snacks?hold?a?special?place?in?the?hearts?of?many?people?at?the?bottom?of?the?South?Island.

Margaret?Peck?remembers?her?first?cheese?roll.?She?was?a?teenager?on?the?beach?near?Invercargill，?almost?at?the?end?of?the?South?Island?and?New?Zealands?southernmost?city—its?also?home?to?the?worlds?southernmost?Starbucks?and?McDonalds?outlets.?Her?husband?Mark?Peck?remembers?his?first，?too.?It?came?after?his?arriving?as?a?kid?from?Kentucky.

Decades?later，?theres?a?reason?why?their?memories?are?so?clear.?“The?cheese?roll?means?celebrations，?events，?gatherings，?homecomings?and?fundraisers，”?explains?Donna?Hamilton，?who?makes?cheese?rolls?at?The?Batch?in?Invercargill，?which?she?coowns?with?her?husband?Gareth.?“It?means?people，?family?and?laughter.”

According?to?Helen?Leach，?a?food?specialist，?the?first?recipes?for?a?version?of?cheese?rolls?appeared?in?South?Island?cookbooks?in?the?1930s.?They?gained?popularity?in?the?1950s?and?1960s，?as?sliced?bread?became?more?common?in?New?Zealand，?becoming?a?staple?（主食）?at?school.

But?cheese?rolls?are?a?distinctly?regional?cuisine?（菜）.?Leachs?research?showed?the?first?recipe?for?an?authentic?cheese?roll?with?a?precooked?cheese?filling?did?not?appear?in?a?cookbook?in?the?more?populous?North?Island?until?1979.?Even?now，?its?unwonted?to?find?cheese?rolls?at?North?Island?cafes.

Yet?the?Pecks?wanted?to?offer?them?in?the?capital?when?they?opened?Little?Peckish?in?2009.?“Im?a?Southlander，”?explains?Margaret?Peck，?who?grew?up?in?the?north.?“I?wanted?to?have?something?thats?part?of?my?identity.”?There?was?an?adjustment，?though—at?first，?customers?were?eating?cheese?rolls?with?a?knife?and?fork.

Cheese?rolls?continue?to?play?an?important?part?in?the?story?of?the?South?Island.?“As?long?as?there?are?people?in?Southland，?the?cheese?roll?will?live?on?forever，”?says?Mark?Heffer，?who?makes?cheese?rolls?at?his?cafe.?Hamilton?adds，?“The?gathering?of?people，?friendship?and?support?need?more?cheese?rolls.”

1.?What?does?the?author?intend?to?express?in?paragraph?2？

A.?The?cheese?roll?counts?in?daily?life.

B.?The?cheese?roll?has?a?long?history.

C.?The?cheese?roll?is?a?memory?of?the?past.

D.?The?cheese?roll?is?very?delicious.

2.?When?did?the?cheese?roll?become?popular？

A.?In?the?1930s.? B.?In?the?1950s.

C.?In?1979.? D.?In?2009.

3.?What?does?the?underlined?word?“unwonted”?mean?in?paragraph?5？

A.?Easy. B.?Amazing.

C.?Rare.? D.?Interesting.

4.?What?does?Mark?Heffer?think?of?the?cheese?rolls?future？

A.?Hopeful. B.?Doubtful.

C.?Uncertain. D.?Unique.

Ⅰ.?Difficult?sentence?in?the?text

They?gained?popularity?in?the?1950s?and?1960s，?as?sliced?bread?became?more?common?in?New?Zealand，?becoming?a?staple?at?school.?二十世紀(jì)五六十年代，隨著切片面包在新西蘭變得越來越普遍，它成為學(xué)校的主要食物并開始流行起來。

【點(diǎn)石成金】本句中的as?sliced?bread?became?more?common?in?New?Zealand為時(shí)間狀語從句;becoming?a?staple?at?school為現(xiàn)在分詞作結(jié)果狀語。

Ⅱ.?Textcentered?chunks

at?the?bottom?of?在……底部

be?home?to?……的所在地

play?an?important?part?in?在……中起著重要作用

as?long?as?只要