Foundations Reading 2A

Chap 3

第3章

Reading 2A THE WORLD OF SPEED EATING Competitive eating—or speed eating—is exactly what its name suggests. Contestants eat as much as they can, usually within a time limit. Eating competitions can involve various foods—pizza, pies, ice cream, chili peppers. They can also offer large prizes to the winners. The Biggest Competition The world's largest competitive eating event is Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest. The event is held every Fourth of July in Brooklyn, New York. According to legend, this tradition began over a hundred years ago. Four immigrants were arguing about who loved their new country the most. Finally, they worked out a way to decide. They would see who could eat the most of a famous American food—the hot dog. James Mullen, an Irish immigrant, won by eating 13 hot dogs in 12 minutes. Nathan's Fourth of July tradition was born.

阅读2A 快餐世界 竞争性进食——或快速进食——正是它的名字所暗示的。 参赛者通常在一定时间内尽可能多地进食。 饮食比赛可以涉及各种食物——披萨、馅饼、冰淇淋、辣椒。 他们还可以为获奖者提供丰厚的奖品。 最大的竞争 世界上最大的竞争性饮食活动是内森著名的热狗吃比赛。 该活动于每年7月4日在纽约布鲁克林举行。 据传说，这一传统始于一百多年前。 四名移民在争论谁最爱他们的新国家。 最后，他们想出了一个办法来决定。 他们会看看谁能吃到最著名的美国食物——热狗。 爱尔兰移民詹姆斯·马伦在12分钟内吃了13个热狗，获胜。 内森的七月四日传统诞生了。

Eating Champions The current champion of the contest is Joey Chestnut. Chestnut—an American—also holds the world record for hot dog eating—74 in less than 10 minutes. That's just over 8 seconds per hot dog. For many years, the Nathan's Contest champion was Takeru Kobayashi from Japan. He is smaller and lighter than Chestnut, and doesn't look like an eating champion. However, he holds many world records for eating different types of food. Bad Taste or Just Sport? Not everybody thinks competitive eating is a good thing. It can be unhealthy for the contestants, and many people in the world are going hungry. Kobayashi first won the event in 2001 when he was 23 years old. So are eating competitions in bad taste? For competitive eaters, it's a sport like any other. As Kobayashi says, "Food fighters… think of themselves as athletes."

吃冠军 比赛的现任冠军是乔伊·切斯特纳特。 美国人Chestnut也保持着吃热狗的世界纪录——在不到10分钟内吃了74个热狗。 每个热狗只需8秒多一点。 多年来，Nathan的比赛冠军是来自日本的Takeru Kobayashi。 他比栗子更小更轻，看起来不像是一个饮食冠军。 然而，他保持着许多吃不同类型食物的世界纪录。 品味差还是只是运动？ 并非所有人都认为竞争性饮食是一件好事。 这对参赛者来说可能是不健康的，世界上许多人都在挨饿。 小林在2001年首次赢得该项目，当时他23岁。 那么，吃比赛的味道不好吗？ 对于有竞争力的食客来说，这是一项和其他运动一样的运动。 正如小林所说，“食品斗士……把自己看作运动员。”

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