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Although English is not as old as Chinese, it is spoken by many people around the world every day. English speakers are always making up new words, and we are often able to know where most come from.
Sometimes, however, no one may really know where a word comes from. Did you ever think about why hamburgers are called “hamburgers”, especially when they are not made with ham(火腿)? About a hundred years ago, some men went to America from Europe. They came from a big city in Germany called Hamburg. They didn’t speak good English, but they ate good food. When some Americans saw them eating round pieces of beef, they asked the Germans what they were. The Germans didn’t understand the question and answered, “We come from Hamburg.” One of these Americans owned a restaurant, and had an idea. He cooked some round pieces of bread with beef in them and started selling them. Such bread came to be called “hamburgers”. Today, “Hamburgers” are sold in many countries around the world.
Whether this story is true or not, it certainly is interesting. Knowing why any word has a certain meaning is interesting, too. This reason, for most English words, can be found in any large English dictionary.
【小题1】English is spoken by many people around the world every day, but English is ______.
A.as old as Chinese | B.older than Chinese |
C.younger than Chinese | D.older than German |
A.a kind of food | B.a round piece of beef |
C.the name of a country | D.a city in Germany |
A.English speakers because they’re always making up new words |
B.the round piece of beef which those people from Hamburg ate |
C.English because Germans don’t speak good English |
D.a large English dictionary |
A.Few Americans like hamburgers. |
B.Hamburgers are made with ham. |
C.Hamburgers were first sold a century ago. |
D.Hamburgers were some people. |
A.Where Germans came from. |
B.Where all the new words came from. |
C.The reason why a new word has a certain meaning. |
D.Why English is spoken all over the world. |
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科目:初中英语 来源:2011年福建省龙岩市中考英语试卷 题型:其他题
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Where do our favorite foods come from? The truth may surprise you. Did you know curry isn’t Indian? Did you know Americans weren’t the first to eat hamburgers? Or did you know pizza wasn’t created in Italy?
First, let’s talk about curry. 1. But in reality(事实), wealthy English people were cooking with curry spices (香料) hundreds of years before British ships traveled to India.
2. Cooks of wealthy English families created curry dishes, and later these dishes became popular in other parts of England.
3. The Persians were eating round, flat bread with cheese in the 500s-nearly one thousand years before pizza became popular in Naples, Italy!
Finally let’s look at the truth behind hamburgers. Many people think hamburgers are an American food. 4. A German named Otto Kuasw made the first hamburger in 1891. Four years later, German sailors introduced hamburgers to Americans.
Where foods come from isn’t nearly as important as how they taste—delicious! 5.
A. However according to some stories, hamburgers came from Hamburg, Germany. B. So, go and get some of your favorite and enjoy it. C. Many people think the English found out about curry from people in India in the 1660s. D. As for pizzas, this dish was probably first made in Persia(波斯). E. In fact, the word “curry” can be found in the English language as far back as 1377. |
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