Jason: Mmmm. That smells delicious 1 .
Ann: It's vegetable curry. My mother made it.
Jason: But isn't curry an Indian dish? Your mother is British.
Ann: Actually, curry is also one of England's national 2 dishes.
Jason: I'm confused 3 .
Ann: When England colonized 4 India, the British became obsessed 5 with all things Indian. Fashions, jewelry 6 and household 7 decor 8 from India were all very popular. And, of course, curry.
Jason: And women whose husbands worked in India introduced 9 Indian things to England?
Ann: Exactly.
Jason: I think I learned this in school. Indian items were first brought back as gifts, until eventually 10 stores opened which sold things from India.
Ann: That's right. Today, there is a large Indian community 11 living in England. You can get Indian goods everywhere. Especially curry.
Jason: So how do you like your curry?
Ann: Very spicy 12 . You?
Jason: I prefer 13 mine mild 14 .
| Vocabulary |
1. delicious adj. 美味的
2. national adj. 本國的
3. confused adj. 迷惑的
4. colonize v. 殖民
5. obsess v. 使著迷
6. jewelry n. 珠寶
7. household adj. 家用的、家庭的
8. decor n. 裝飾
9. introduce v. 引入
10. eventually adv. 最後
11. community n. 大眾
12. spicy adj. 辛辣的
13. prefer v. 更喜歡、寧可選擇
14. mild adj. 不濃烈的、溫和的
| Notes |
1. Indian dish 印度料理
That Indian dish is very spicy.
印度料理很辛辣。
2. become (be) obsessed with 被…迷住
The writer was obsessed with thoughts of death.
作家被關於死亡的想法給迷住了。
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