Restaurant introduces insect dishes 餐馆推出昆虫菜品

四川 蒋建平

A French cook is preparing food with something surprising:insects.The European Union has recently approved some sorts of insects as an acceptable food product.Insects provide many nutrients and are an environmentally friendly food.

The food Laurent Veyet prepares is not for those with little bravery.However,what he is preparing may point to the future of feeding a growing world population.One of his foods is a prawn（对虾）salad with yellow mealworms(黄粉虫).It includes insects on a bed of vegetables with grasshoppers(蚂蚱)covered in chocolate,a food usually meant for sweets.The restaurant is located in Paris among others with outdoor seating and plenty of sunlight.Eaters who are ready to try something different approve of Veyet's complex foods.

The Parisian cook talked about the perfect meal for first-timers.He was preparing pasta（意大利面食）made with crushed mealworms,sweet potatoes and young insects cooked on the stove.He said,“There are some really interesting flavors.Not many people could say they don't like that.”

Mealworms,and insects more generally,could provide a sustainable food source that produces low greenhouse gases for the future.

Soheil Ayari was eating with his two daughters.He approved of the food.He said,“I feel like I am in a traditional restaurant.”He said only the idea behind what he ate was different.He continued to say,“And honestly,the tastes are very similar to traditional food.” Ayari's young daughter also enjoyed the food.“It's environmentally friendly and,what's more,it's good.”

Veyet grows his mealworms on site.He feeds them cooked grains and vegetables.While the mealworm may not look like something worth eating,it is in fact the larvae of the darkling beetle（黑甲虫）.These beetles are rich in protein,fat and other nutrients.The mealworm can be used in many different meals.It can be cooked whole and eaten,or it can be ground to help make foods like bread.

1.Why did the EU approve some insect food according to paragraph 1?

A.It is an acceptable food for all. B.It is not poisonous.

C.It can be available easily. D.It offers many nutrients.

2.What can we infer from paragraph 2?

A.Insects may be a widely acceptable food source in the future.

B.Insects may be used as food in the future.

C.Insects may be the staple food in the future.

D.Insect breeding has a bright future.

3.How does the cook feel about his insect food?

A.Unacceptable. B.Disappointed.

C.Confident. D.Sceptical.

4.What is the purpose of the passage?

A.To introduce surprising insect food.

B.To discuss methods of cooking insect food.

C.To stress the advantages of insect food.

D.To appeal for acceptance of insect food.

Ⅰ.Difficult sentence in the text

While the mealworm may not look like something worth eating,it is in fact the larvae of the darkling beetle.尽管黄粉虫看起来不像可入口的食材，它其实是黑甲虫的幼虫。

【点石成金】这是一个主从复合句。it is in fact the larvae of the darkling beetle是主句，While the mealworm may not look like something worth eating是让步状语从句，连词while意为“尽管”。

Ⅱ.Text-centered chunks

approve...as...批准……为……

an environmentally friendly food一种对环境友好的食物

point to指向；预示

be located in位于/坐落在……

approve of同意；喜欢

be similar to与……相似

be rich in富含……