Pass Down The Recipes

杨庆春

本文介绍了一个家庭中的食谱对全家人的重要意义，突出了传承家庭食谱的价值，倡导在学习和传承食谱的过程中增强家庭纽带意识，牢固树立家庭观念。

There are millions of recipes （食谱） hidden in the boxes and hearts of grandmother and parents. These family recipes are a special part of our family history. Some of them have been passed down from generation （一代人） to generation.

“I realized I couldn’t go home every weekend for my mom’s delicious dishes，” says Shreya， who is about to enter university. Shreya has recently started following her mother around the kitchen， taking notes on how to make her “masala chai” and tasty kachoris.

“Those special tastes can immediately unlock a whole flood of emotions， memories and feelings of family， love， and comfort，” says she.

She adds， “I am looking to the day when my kids will come to know of their grandmothers through the recipes.”

But many of us find it difficult to keep the food connection with our busy life. Even if we have time， not many of us take the effort to collect and record the recipes from our grandmothers and parents. We often get a recipe on the phone and take it down quickly on a piece of paper. We just stick it onto the fridge for a week or two and forget about it as soon as the paper disappears from there.

Actually， there are simple ways to keep family recipes. Scrapbooks（剪贴簿）are easily found in the market. You can even add photos to record every detail of your memories about the recipe. With the help of some popular apps like Story Scans， recording family recipes has never been easier. What is needed is to scan（扫描）the recipes and record the story behind each of them. It can become the most meaningful work you have ever done with and for your family.

Keeping family recipes is saving and honoring our tradition so that future generations can continue to make family tie stronger. Every time you remember your loved ones， recreate one of the dishes from your collection and let the memories from the good old days comfort you. So why not gift your kids a family recipe book when they are starting a new life？

1. Why does Shreya follow her mother around the kitchen？

A. To clean up the kitchen. B. To note down recipes.

C. To prepare family dinners. D. To talk about family rules.

2. What can we learn from the passage？

A. Ways to record recipes can be easy.

B. Most people like writing recipe books.

C. Recipes have become popular with kids.

D. People often buy recipe books in the market.

3. Which of the following would be the best one for the theme？

A. Family Recipes： Secrets of Cooking

B. Family Recipes Are at a Crossroads

C. Family Recipes： Connections to Interests

D. Family Recipes Are More than Just Recipes

答案：1-3 BAD

精彩译文：

传递食谱

在祖母和父母的箱子里与心里藏着数百万种食谱。这些家庭食谱是我们家族历史的一个特殊部分，其中有些是代代相传的。

“我意识到我不能每个周末都回家吃妈妈的美味佳肴，”即将进入大学的史瑞娅说。史瑞娅最近开始跟着妈妈在厨房里转来转去，记下如何做“玛莎拉斋”和美味的卡乔里斯。

她说：“那些特殊的味道可以立刻释放出一大堆情感，引起回忆，让人想念家庭，同时感到爱和温暖。”

她补充道：“我期待着有一天，我的孩子们会通过食谱来了解他们的祖母。”

但是我们中的许多人发现很难将食物与忙碌的生活联系起来。即使我们有时间，我们中也没有多少人会努力从祖母和父母那里收集和记录食谱。我们经常通过打电话问到一份食谱，然后很快记在一张纸上。我们只是把它贴在冰箱上一两个星期，一旦纸从冰箱上消失，就把它忘了。

实际上，有一些简单的方法能够保存家庭食谱。剪贴簿就很容易在市场上找到。你甚至可以添加照片来记录你记忆中关于配方的每一个细节。在一些流行的应用程序（如故事扫描）的帮助下，记录家庭食谱从未如此简单。我们需要的是扫描食谱并记录每一个食谱背后的故事。它可以成为你为你的家人所做过的最有意義的工作。

保持家庭食谱是对我们传统的保存和尊重，这样后代可以继续强化家庭关系。每当你想起你所爱的人，就从你的收藏中重现一道菜，让美好的往日回忆安慰你。所以为什么不在孩子们开始新生活的时候给他们一本家庭食谱呢？