Home Away From Home|异国的家乡味

Home Away From Home

by Leigh Goldberg

Ethnic enclaves known as Chinatowns have been serving Chinese immigrants as second homes for years.

　　As you walk down the street, you're bombarded with a menagerie of sounds, sights, and smells. Vendors are hawking their wares in a language that's foreign to your ears and _(1)_ volumes that make it seem as if they were angry. Also, your head is spinning because you can't make out what the signs written in hieroglyphic-like characters say. Furthermore, the _(2)_ of the scent of seafood mixed with pungent odors wafting from the city sewers leaves your stomach churning. However, this all fades away as you enter the next city block, leaving Chinatown behind.

　　New York City has nine Chinatowns within its metropolitan area, while San Francisco is home to the oldest one in the western _(3)_. Sections of other _(4)_ areas around the world, such as London, Paris, Sydney, Rome, and Vancouver, have been carved out by influxes of Chinese immigrants hoping to make it big in the West.

　　Chinatowns are oftentimes _(5)_ by large arched gateways that are made in a traditional Chinese architectural style and painted red and gold. The towns are huge trading centers primarily _(6)_ by individuals and families from China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan. These places are basically pockets of life cut out from their original shores and _(7)_ into the middle of Western society. Mostly self-sufficient, Chinatowns feature restaurants showcasing many styles of Asian _(8)_. The markets in the area carry many ingredients used in Chinese cooking as well as other _(9)_ goods. There are also bakeries specializing _(10)_ Chinese treats and doctors with expertise in Chinese medicine. Essentially, Chinatowns have everything a town in China would have and more. So, if you can't make it all the way to China, all you have to do is visit a Chinatown near you to get a taste.

(A) imported (B) hemisphere (C) distinguished (D) in (E) at

(F) populated (G) combination (H) infectious (I) cuisine (J) urban

(K) transplanted (L) over

 

异国的家乡味

以中国城而为人所知的种族群居地，多年来都被中国移民当作第二个家。

　　当你走在街上，你会受到各式各样的声音、景象以及气味的轰炸。摊贩会用一种对你而言很陌生的语言叫卖商品，而且他们讲话的音量听起来好像在生气一般。此外，你因为看不懂招牌上那些看起来有如象形文字的符号在写些什么而感到头晕目眩。除此之外，海鲜的气味混合了从城市下水道飘送而来的刺鼻恶臭，使得你的胃激烈翻腾。然而，当你踏入下一个城市街区而将中国城抛在身后，这一切也就消逝无踪。

　　纽约市的大都会地区有九座中国城，而西半球最古老的中国城则座落于旧金山市。象是伦敦、巴黎、雪梨、罗马以及温哥华这些世界各地其他都会地区皆有一些地区被大量涌入的中国移民开创打造，期望在西方闯出一片天。

　　中国城通常都以巨大的拱形大门为特色，拱门是以传统的中国建筑风格打造并漆成上红色及金色。这些大型贸易中心的主要居民是来自中国、香港、澳门与台湾的个人和家庭。这些地方基本上就是将其原先国家的一部份生活方式移植到西方社会中。（编按：pockets of life 即 small patches of life）中国城大多都是自给自足，其诸多餐厅展现许多风格的亚洲佳肴为一大特色。该地区的市集贩售许多中国菜肴中使用的原料以及其他进口商品。那儿也有专精于中国甜点的面包店和对中药颇有研究的医生。基本上，中国城有中国境内一座城镇所有的一切，甚至更多。因此，如果你无法大老远地跑到中国，你只需要走访邻近的中国城便可以体验其滋味。

 

答案： 1. E 2. G 3. B 4. J 5. C

6. F 7. K 8. I 9. A 10. D