【导语】这是一篇夹叙夹议文。作者通过自己烹饪的经历告诉读者烹饪就是在思考。
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The way I treat a clove(瓣)of garlic does not just change its size but its chemistry; the decision to slice or crush it will shape the flavour of the meal. Cooking can show us this: our actions matter. Through my work in the kitchen, I thought about what I had learned about time, about people and the world beyond me. Then I asked myself: What would I discover if I treated cooking as thinking?
When I cooked for myself as an 18-year-old, I attempted to improve the flavor of a dish by adding more things to the pot. But frustratingly, these dishes tasted of less. A logic of scale failed here: more was not more.
Then I came across a recipe for tomato sauce, through which I learned how small changes would cause a big difference. The first few times I made it, I was respectful towards the amazing transformation. But once I crushed the garlic instead of carefully slicing it, and the sauce tasted different. Another time I replaced fresh tomatoes with canned, which resulted in a watery mixture.
When I documented all the times I had cooked it, I was suddenly able to answer questions that had escaped me in the library during my studies. I had been studying the broken relationship between language and the lived world for years. Through cooking, I saw how each time a recipe was translated anew in the kitchen. Therefore, life could be returned to language, reinvigorating(使复兴)it.
When I cook, I’m using the knowledge produced through the work of generations of cooks in kitchens all over the world. Unlike the knowledge stored in libraries, this is information that each person who uses it can rewrite in their own image. People who cook become part of a chorus. When I began to pay attention, I could hear their voices in a bubbling pan. Cooking is thinking, and there is knowledge on an epic(史诗般的)scale in a pan of hot red sauce.
32. Why is garlic mentioned in paragraph 1?
A. To explain a rule.
B. To present a story.
C. To introduce a topic.
D. To make a comparison.
33. What did the author learn from the cooking experiences?
A. Crushed garlic tastes better.
B. Fresh tomatoes work better.
C. Sliced garlic ruins the sauce.
D. More ingredients improve flavour.
34. What does paragraph 4 mainly tell us?
A. Life can bring language alive again.
B. A recipe can be renewed by each user.
C. The relationship between language and the world is broken.
D. The inspiration from cooking helps solve academic problems.
35. What might be the best title?
A. Less is more.
B. Our actions matter.
C. Cooking is thinking.
D. Recipes have souls.
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