自考高级英语下册Lesson8ScienceHasSpoiledMySupper.doc

自考高级英语下册 Lesson 8 Science Has Spoiled My Supper 大耳朵英语　?　 2011-01-22 19:55:03　 【打印】 Lesson Eight Science Has Spoiled My Supper科 学 毁 了 我 的 晚 餐?By Philip Wylie菲利浦?怀利?I am a fan for Science .My education is scientific and I have , in one field , contributed a monograph to a scientific journal .?我是个科学迷。我是学科学的，曾为一份科学刊物写过某个领域的一篇专题 文章。?Science , to my mind , is applied honesty , the one reliable means we have to find out truth .?在我看来，科学需运用诚实，是我们发现真理的唯一可靠的手段。?That is why , when error is committed in the name of science , I feel the way a man would if his favorite uncle had taken to drink .?因此在 以科学的名义做错事时，我的感觉就像一个人最喜欢的叔叔染上酒瘾后的心情一样。?Over the years , I have come to feel that way about what science has done to food .?多年以来，我感觉到科学给食品带来这样的影响。?I agree that America can set as good a table as any nation in the world .?我承认美国能提供和世界上任何国家同样丰盛的宴席。?I agree that our food is nutritious (有營養成分)and that the diet of most of us is well-balanced .?承认我们的食物富有营养，我们多数人的饮食中营养均衡。?What America eats is handsomely packaged ; it is usually clean and pure ; it is excellently preserved.?我美国人吃的东西包装考究，一般都清洁纯净，保存很好。?The only trouble with it is this ; year by year it grows less good to eat . It appeals increasingly to the eye . But who eats with his eyes ??唯一的问题是，食品的味道一年比一年差。但它对眼睛的吸引力越来越大。但是谁会用眼睛来吃东西呢？?Almost everything used to taste better when I was a kid .?我小的时候差不多什么东西都比现在好吃。?For quite a long time I thought that observation was merely another index of advancing age .?在相当长的一段时期内我以为自己这种感觉只不过是表明自己岁数愈来愈大的又一标志。?But some years ago , I married a girl whose mother is an expert cook of the kind called “ old –fashioned “.?但几年前我和一个女孩结了婚，她的母亲是被称为“老式”烹任的高手，?This gifted woman’s daughter ( my wife ) was taught her mother’s venerable skills .?这位能干女人的女儿（我的妻子）学会了她母亲的古老的手艺。?She still buys dairy products from the neighbors and , in so far as possible , she uses the same materials her mother and grandmother did ---to prepare meals that are superior .?她仍从街坊四邻那儿购买奶制品，而且尽可能地用她母亲和祖