Small Potato, Big Chance土豆：“作为主食，我很合适！”

Potatoes are nutritious. They are rich in（富含） vitamin B and vitamin C. A potato’s vitamin C is as rich as（和……一样丰富） 10 apples.

Potatoes are easy to grow. They don’t need much water. We can grow them in hot or cold places.

nutritious /njuˈtrɪʃəs/ adj.有营养的 vitamin /ˈvItəmin/ n.维生素

Peru /pəˈrʊ/ n.秘鲁（拉丁美洲国家名） national /ˈnæʃnəl/ adj.国家的

mashed /mæʃt/ adj.捣碎的 million /ˈmɪljən/ n.百万

People in Peru have National Potato Day every year. There are a lot of potato dishes in the country. One of them is Causa. Causa is mashed potatoes（土豆泥） with seafood or vegetables.

Potato chips（薯片） and French fries（炸薯条） are popular in the US. An American made the first potato chip in 1853. His name is George Crum. Now Americans eat about 544 million kg of potato chips a year.

Fish and Chips（炸鱼薯条） is a national dish of the UK. Jacket Potato（杰克薯仔） is also a British favorite. It is a baked potato. There are usually beans and cheese on the top.Yummy！

People in Russia love to eat potatoes. Salad Oliver is a must for their New Year feast. It’s a kind of potato salad. There’re potatoes， carrots， peas and onions in it.

Jacket Potato源自英国，中文意译为“穿着夹克的薯仔”，就是带着皮一起烤的土豆。它在英国已经有两百多年的历史。在伦敦，每天会售出数以十吨计的Jacket Potato。

baked /beɪkt/ adj.烤过的 bean /biːn/ n.豆子

Russia /ˈrʌʃə/ n.俄罗斯 feast /fiːst/ n.宴会，大餐

pea /piː/ n.豌豆 island /ˈaɪlənd/ n.岛屿

There are about 5，000 kinds of potatoes. They come in different colors.

La Bonnotte potatoes are the world’s most expensive ones. They can be 4，000 yuan per kg. They only grow on an island in France.

couch potato电视迷

例如：You are a couch potato on weekends. （一到周未，你就变成了电视迷。）

hot potato难题

例如：It is a hot potato. But we need to solve the problem today. （这是个难题，但我们今天得解决掉。）