the Ages
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents A Snack That Goes Way Back.
内容列表 A Snack that goes way back. 内容列表 A Snack 页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆.
4 Prehistoric Popcorn.
4史前爆米花.
5 Popcorn in the New World.
5 新世界爆米花.
7 Popcorn Explodes.
7个爆米花爆炸.
8 Popcorn at the Movies.
8个爆米花在电影院。
10 Popcorn Today.
今天10个爆米花
13 Many Flavors.
13个很多Flavors。
15 Glossary.
15 词汇。
16 A Snack That Goes Way Back Do you eat popcorn at the movies?
16个小吃,往回走 你在电影里吃爆米花吗?
People have been eating popcorn in movie theaters since the early 1900s.
人们从1900年代初开始在电影院吃爆米花.
However, popcorn is much older than the movies.
然而,爆米花比电影大得多.
In fact, it’s one of the oldest snack foods in the world.
事实上,它是世界上最古老的零食之一。
The story of popcorn stretches back thousands of years.
爆米花的故事可以追溯到上千年.
Two young boys enjoy popcorn they bought on the street in 1912.
1912年在街上买到的爆米花,有两个小男孩享受.
Prehistoric Popcorn People first started growing corn for food in Mexico eight to nine thousand years ago.
史前爆米花人最早于8-9千年前在墨西哥开始为食物种植玉米.
Corn spread all over the Americas from there.
玉米从那里传播到美洲
Ancient Americans ground corn into flour.
古代美国人将玉米放入面粉
They also popped corn as a snack.
他们也用玉米做点心
Five thousand years of farming has made corncobs much bigger over time.
5千年的农作 使玉米圈越来越大
Size of Corncobs Ancient Modern Ancient corncobs and popcorn kernels have survived in caves all over the Americas.
Corncobs Ancient Modern Ancient Corncobs的大小和爆米花内核在全美洲的洞穴中活了下来.
A cave in New Mexico called Bat Cave contained corncobs that may be as much as four thousand years old.
新墨西哥州的一个叫"蝙蝠洞"的洞穴中含有可能长达四千年的玉米球.
Meanwhile, scientists have found one- thousand-year-old popped corn in a cave in Utah.
与此同时,科学家们在犹他州的一个洞穴里发现了一千年来被爆破的玉米.
Some of this ancient popcorn looks almost fresh.
一些古老的爆米花看起来几乎新鲜.
Would you eat popcorn that’s been sitting in a cave for a thousand years?
你会吃一千年来一直坐在山洞里的爆米花吗?
First explored in the 1940s, Bat Cave in New Mexico (main) contained the oldest corn ever found in North America.
1940年代首次被探索,新墨西哥州的蝙蝠洞(主要)中含有北美最古老的玉米.
This ancient ear of corn (inset) is more than six hundred years old.
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Popcorn in the New World European explorers got a surprise in the Americas in the 1600s.
新世界欧洲探险家的爆米花在1600年代在美洲获得出人意料.
Popcorn was a snack they’ d never seen before.
爆米花是他们从未见过的小吃。
They found people eating it everywhere, though.
他们发现到处都有人吃
Native Americans near the Great Lakes ate popcorn in a soup.
大湖附近的美洲原住民吃一汤里的爆米花.
People in Peru toasted popcorn and ate it as a snack.
秘鲁民众敬上爆米花并将其作为小吃吃.
The European colonists loved popcorn, too.
欧洲殖民者也喜欢爆米花.
They popped corn over a fire as a snack.
他们把玉米当点心扔到火上
Some also ate popcorn for breakfast with cream and sugar.
有些人还吃爆米花吃早餐用奶油和糖.
It must have tasted a little bit like our cereal today.
一定尝到今天的麦片了
In the 1600s, some Native Americans gave early European settlers food, including corn, to help them survive.
1600年代,一些美洲原住民给早期欧洲定居者提供食物,包括玉米来帮助他们生存.
Popcorn Explodes Over time, popcorn grew more and more popular.
爆米花炸药 随着时间的推移,爆米花越来越受欢迎.
However, it was a snack people usually made for themselves at home, in small amounts.
然而,人们通常在家里自己做小吃,数量很少。
It took time to pop corn in a kettle over a fire.
火上浇油需要时间
That all changed in 1885 when Charles Cretors, a Chicago businessman, invented the first popcorn-popping machine.
1885年芝加哥商人Charles Cretors发明了第一台爆米花-爆米花相机,这一切都改变了.
His machine popped corn quickly and easily.
他的机器快速而轻松地弹出玉米.
It also had wheels.
还有车轮
As a result, popcorn could be sold on the street at fairs, circuses, and sporting events.
因此,爆米花可以在街上交易会,马戏团,以及体育赛事上发售.
A man sells popcorn from his wagon to a crowd in the late 1800s in Denver, Colorado.
1800年代后期科罗拉多州丹佛市有人将爆米花从他的马车上卖给了人群.
People started eating popcorn everywhere, and new popcorn flavors started to appear.
人们开始到处吃爆米花,而新的爆米花口味也开始出现.
In the late 1890s, for example, a snack maker invented Cracker Jack.
例如在1890年代后期,一位小吃制作人发明了克克杰克.
This treat was made with popcorn, peanuts, and molasses.
这种治疗是用爆米花、花生和糖浆做的。
It seemed as though people couldn’t get enough popcorn.
似乎人们买不到足够的爆米花。
However, one group didn’t love the crunchy snack at first: movie theater owners!
然而,有一个团体起初并不喜欢这些脆饼:电影院老板!
Popcorn was not allowed in movie theaters in the early 1900s.
爆米花在1900年代初期不允许入住电影院.
Theater owners worried that popcorn was too noisy and messy.
剧院老板担心爆米花太吵又乱
Cracker Jack became popular with baseball fans and for decades included a small “toy surprise” in every box.
Cracker Jack开始受到棒球迷的欢迎,数十年来,每个盒子都有一个小"玩具惊喜".
Popcorn at the Movies Early movie theater owners tried to keep popcorn out, but that didn’t last long.
电影早期电影院的爆米花老板试图不让爆米花出场,
In the 1930s, the United States went through a difficult time called the Great Depression.
1930年代,美国经历了一个叫作"大萧条"的艰难时期.
Many people lost their jobs, and most people had very little money.
许多人失业,大多数人的钱很少。
Wowser!
哗!
Why does popcorn pop?
为什么爆米花会爆出?
The answer is water.
答为水.
There is a little bit of water inside each popcorn kernel.
每个爆米花内核内有一点水.
As popcorn is heated, the water turns to steam and presses on the inside wall of the kernel.
随着爆米花被加热,水会变成蒸汽并压入内核内壁.
When it gets hot enough, the kernel “explodes” into a fluffy snack.
当它足够热时,内核的"探索"会变成一丝不苟的小吃.
Americans wait in line for bread in New York City during the Great Depression.
大萧条期间,美国人在纽约市排队等面包.
Popcorn sellers, like everyone else, were looking for ways to make a living.
爆米花销售商和其他人一样,都在寻找谋生的方法.
They began to go into movie theater lobbies on their own, walking around to sell popcorn.
他们开始自己去电影院游说,走来走去卖爆米花.
This turned out to be a great idea.
这真是个好主意
Popcorn tasted good, and it was cheap.
爆米花味道不错,很便宜.