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ไธ็ใฎไบบใ
ใฏๆฅใ
ใฎ้ฃไบใซไฝใ้ฃในใฆใใใฎใงใใใใ
1 Each country has its own staple food, a food
which is commonly eaten every day. Staple foods
provide carbohydrates, which are our energy source.
The major staple foods are rice, wheat, corn and some
root vegetables. Rice is eaten mainly in Asia, boiled,
steamed, or sometimes made into noodles. Wheat is
eaten in Europe and North America. It is usually
ground into flour and made into bread or pasta. Corn
has been a staple food for people in South America. It
is ground and processed into bread, tortillas, or
cornflakes. The most common root vegetables are
potatoes. They are eaten as a staple food in various
areas from South America to Europe. Yams or taro are
also eaten widely in Africa, in tropical areas in Asia
and in the Pacific. Root vegetables are usually steamed s
or boiled, and sometimes mashed before being served.
2 Though we eat staple foods for every meal, they
are not necessarily the main part of our diet.
* be made into ~
ataple food
Lesson 2 Food Culture Phrase Reading
Part 2
Part2.
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Nowadays/about 40 percent of the ไปๆฅใไธ็ใฎ็ด40ใใผใปใณใใฎไบบใ
ใ้ฃใน็ฉใ
people in the world eat food/
้ฃในใพใ
ๆฅๅธธ็ใซๆใงใ
with their hands regularly//
Most of them are in Africa, /
ใใฎๅ
ใฎใปใจใใฉใฎไบบใ
ใฏใขใใชใซใซใใพใ
in the Middle East and in some parts of ไธญๆฑใใขใธใขใฎไธ้จใซใ
Asia.//
They believe hands are cleaner than other ๅฝผใใฏไปใฎๅจๅ
ทใใใๆใฎๆนใๆธ
ๆฝใ ใจ่ใใฆ
utensils./
ใใพใใ
which can be used by someone else. // ใใใฏไปใฎ่ชฐใใซไฝฟใใใใใใใใชใใ
When you eat with your hands,/
่ชๅใฎๆใง้ฃในใใจใ,
you can feel the texture and temperature
้ฃใน็ฉใฎๆ่งฆใๆธฉๅบฆใๆใใใใจใใงใใพใ
ใใใฆใใใฏ้ฃใน็ฉใใใใใใใๅณใใใใพใใ
of food/and it makes food taste better. //
In some regions./
ๅฐๅใซใใฃใฆใฏ,
however, /
ใใใ,
the left hand is never used /
ๅทฆๆใฏ็ตถๅฏพใซไฝฟใใใใใจใฏใใใพใใ
because it is considered to be unclean. // ใชใใชใใใใฏไธๆฝใ ใจ่ใใใใฆใใใใใ
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Another 30 percent of the people in the ไธ็ใฎๅฅใฎ30ใใผใปใณใใฎไบบใ
ใฏใไธปใซๆฑใขใธ
world, /mainly in East Asia, /
ใขใฎ (ไบบใ
),
use chopsticks.//
็ฎธใไฝฟใใพใใ
They are useful for eating sticky or hot ใใใใฏในใในใใใ้ฃใน็ฉใ็ฑใ้ฃใน็ฉใ้ฃ
food.//
ในใใจใใซไพฟๅฉใงใใ
They can also cut food into smaller ใใใใฏใพใ้ฃใน็ฉใๅฐใใๅใๅใใใใใง
ใใพใใ
pieces, /
mix ingredients before eating,/
้ฃในใๅใซ็ด ๆใใใๆททใใใใ
ๅฃใฎไธญใซ้ฃใน็ฉใ้ใใ ใใ
and carry food into the mouth.//
Which do you think is better to use, /
hands or chopsticks?//
ใใชใใฏใฉใกใใไฝฟใใฎใใใใจๆใใพใใ.
ๆใจ็ฎธใงใฏใ
staple
common
carbohya
source
com k
root veg
bolled
steamed
North Am
pasta ca
South Ana
stuff a
processic
p
tortillia(s)
kat
comiaio
kirafiki
yam (5) Ju
taro
mashed
Imaju
necessarly