火鸡是美洲特产,在欧洲人到美洲之前就已经被印地安人驯化。火鸡的英文是“Turkey(土耳其)”,因为欧洲人觉得它身黑头红(黑色羽毛的火鸡),很像土耳其服装。
烤火鸡变成美国人重要的节日大菜已经有三百多年历史了。不过,据说当年来到美国的欧洲移民本来是想在过节时烤鹅来吃的,只可惜北美大陆上鹅的数量不多,很难找到,而火鸡却漫山遍野到处都是,于是就把烤鹅改成烤火鸡了。这种风俗延续了下来,圣诞节和感恩节大餐都要吃烤火鸡。
火鸡体形大、生长迅速、抗病性强、瘦肉率高,被誉为“造肉机器”。火鸡肉不仅肉质细嫩、清淡,而且蛋白质含量丰富,胆固醇低、脂肪少,富含多种氨基酸,特别是蛋氨酸和赖氨酸都高于其它肉禽,维生素E和B族维生素也含量丰富,具有提高人体免疫力和抗衰老等神奇功效。
重点词汇
chow down 吃饭;大快朵颐
gobble vi. 贪食;咯咯叫
1. About 46 million turkeys are cooked for Thanksgiving each year.
每年感恩节大约要吃4600万只火鸡。
2. Not everyone eats turkey on Thanksgiving.
According to the National Turkey Federation, only 88% of Americans chow down on turkey.
不是每个人都在感恩节吃火鸡。
根据国家火鸡联合会的统计,只有88%的美国人吃火鸡。
3. The turkeys pardoned by the President go on to do some pretty cool things.
被总统赦免的火鸡做一些很酷的事情。
4. Only male turkeys actually gobble.
只有雄性火鸡才会咯咯叫。
5. There are four places in the U.S. named Turkey.
There are four places in the United States named Turkey. Louisiana's Turkey Creek is the most populous, with a whopping 435 residents. There's also Turkey, Texas; Turkey, North Carolina; and Turkey Creek, Arizona.
美国有四个地方叫Turkey。
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