READING

1. READING

2. OUTLINE • Reading A • Expressions • Vocabulary • Reading B • Expressions • Vocabulary • Reading C • Expressions • Vocabulary • Use of language

3. READING A – EXPRESSIONS • draw on • hit the headlines • conduct research on • compromise on • be committed to • get to market • rinse off • go a long way toward • raise the bar of • call into question • be tainted with • in collaboration with • screen out • interfere with • in the pipeline • contract an infection • tempt your luck • no substitute for • shelf life • common sense • be akin to • immerse into

4. READING A – VOCABULARY 1 • escalate • consumer • nonpartisan • accountability • flaw • detection • minimize • unprecedented • food-borne • stakes • litigation • computerization • automation • innovation • sanitize • digestion • enzyme • saliva • swallow • gland • gastric • nutritious • dairy • companionship • abundant • affordable • surveillance • kidney • spinach • legendary • bacteria • contamination • hospitalization • contaminant • assume • fluke • scare • shred • lettuce • terrorism • plummet • irony

5. READING A – VOCABULARY 2 • combination • ultrasound • mimic • parasite • capture • buffer • index • presence • patent • filter • molecular • archived • edible • embrace • additive • manually • microbiologist • pathogen • organism • signal • launch • assess • minimally • poultry • sterile • amiss • evaluate • database • standardize • cumbersome • detergent • germ • conventional • puncture • clump • disinfection • eliminate • municipal • commercially • mold • decompose • residue • guarantee

6. READING A – VOCABULARY 3 • concentration • deadly • dressing • improperly • prompt • retailer • inadvertent • lapse • inventory • strategically • compliance • scorecard • humanely • sabotage • odds • susceptible • diabetics • immune • medium-rare • pasteurize • consistency • mechanism • monitor • universally • pathway • advocacy • priority

7. READING B EXPRESSIONS • an erupting volcano • molten lava • in the fashion • kitchen utensil • adopt a different method • elaborate banquet • in general use

8. READING B VOCABULARY • accidentally • rarity • surmise • stew • permanent • sandstone • portray • charcoal • porridge • grease • peninsula • conquer • empire • hearth • grill • evident • ruins • dwindle • manuscript • livestock • cast-iron • recipe • band • starve

9. READING C EXPRESSIONS • apart from • be likened to

10. READING C VOCABULARY • moisture • metabolism • cereal • sufficient • insect • insulator • bulk • nourish • disrupt • protein • partial • numerous • straightforward • justification • thresh • winnow

11. USE OF LANGUAGE • beef 牛肉 • veal 小牛肉 • lamb 羊肉 steak 牛排 chop 连骨肉,排骨 stew 炖肉 roast 烤肉 pork 猪肉 ham 火腿 bacon 咸肉 sausage 香肠 turkey 火鸡 duck 鸭 fish 鱼 mashed potatoes 马铃薯泥 pasta 面条 noodles 面条,挂面 macaroni 通心粉 • cheese 奶酪 • butter 奶油 • boiled eggs水煮 • fried eggs 煎蛋 • scrambled eggs 炒鸡蛋,摊鸡蛋 • omelet 煎蛋卷 • pastry 糕点 • sponge cake 奶油鸡蛋,蜂糕 • marmalade 桔子酱 • spices 调料 • salt 盐 • vinegar 醋 • sauce 酱油 • pepper 辣椒 • mustard 芥末

12. string bean 四季豆 bean sprout 豆芽 cabbage 包心菜; 大白菜 celery 芹菜leek 韭菜 caraway 香菜 spinach 菠菜 carrot 胡萝卜 loofah 丝瓜 pumpkin 南瓜bitter gourd 苦瓜cucumber 黄瓜white gourd 冬瓜needle mushroom 金针菇tomato 番茄eggplant 茄子potato, 马铃薯lotus root 莲藕agaric 木耳 • kale 甘蓝菜broccoli 花椰菜mustard leaf 芥菜tarragon 蒿菜beetroot 甜菜根lettuce 生菜lettuce 莴苣asparagus 芦荟dried bamboo shoot 笋干water chestnut 荸荠yam 山芋taro 芋头champignon 香菇dried mushroom 冬菇white fungus 百木耳garlic 大蒜onion 洋葱

13. oyster 牡蛎 • crab 螃蟹 • shrimp 虾 • jellyfish 海蜇 • carp 鲤鱼 • winkles 田螺 • lobster 龙虾 • Peach 桃子Orange 橙 Strawberry 草莓Mango 芒果 Pine apple 菠萝Kiwi 奇异果 Star fruit 杨桃Honeydew-melon 蜜瓜 Cherry 樱桃 Date 枣子 leeched 荔枝Grape fruit 葡萄柚 Coconut 椰子 • mineral water 矿泉水lemonade 柠檬水beer 啤酒white wine 白葡萄酒red wine 红葡萄酒cider 苹果酒champagne 香槟酒cocktail 鸡尾酒liqueur 白酒,烧酒whooshing wine 绍兴酒yellow wine 黄酒Kaoliang spirit 高粱酒Wu China Pee 五加皮vodka 伏特加whisky 威士忌brandy 白兰地martini 马提尼酒