英语新闻视频：殿堂级吃货必看-舌尖上的中国
时间：2019-01-05 作者：英语课 分类：英语新闻视频
TV show "A Bite of China" sparks food flurry
Who wants "A Bite of China"? That's the name of a new TV show that's sparked a wave of food buying among gourmet-seeking gastronomes, eager to taste something new. The CCTV Channel One show began just two weeks ago, featuring traditional regional specialty 1 dishes. And more importantly, the unusual ingredients needed to make them! It's causing a spending storm.
Specialist food sales have gone through the roof, since the TV series "A Bite Of China" launched on May 14th. Millions have descended 2 on food websites - all looking for those same hard-to-find ingredients.
Searches for "Mao Tofu", a snack popular in Anhui Province, have gone up by a wok-shattering 100 times. Nuodeng Ham from Yunnan Province is also seeing huge sales increases.
And there's been another impact - online food buying trends have shifted - from the afternoon, to after 10 p.m. - just after the show airs.
For those planning to stick to a strict diet, the night-time show is a sweet seduction that's hard to resist. And many end up making a beeline for the kitchen to recreate the on-screen temptations right away.
Online sellers have also reported a rise in cooking equipment - sales of pots and pans have increased by 20 percent.
"A Bite of China" is causing a culinary craze that continues long after the program credits roll. For China's countless 3 delicious dishes, and its vast population of food-lovers, it proves that one bite is never enough.
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specialty
n.(speciality)特性，特质；专业，专长
参考例句：
Shell carvings are a specialty of the town.贝雕是该城的特产。
His specialty is English literature.他的专业是英国文学。
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descended
a.为...后裔的，出身于...的
参考例句：
A mood of melancholy descended on us. 一种悲伤的情绪袭上我们的心头。
The path descended the hill in a series of zigzags. 小路呈连续的之字形顺着山坡蜿蜒而下。
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countless
adj.无数的，多得不计其数的
参考例句：
In the war countless innocent people lost their lives.在这场战争中无数无辜的人丧失了性命。
I've told you countless times.我已经告诉你无数遍了。
- Shell carvings are a specialty of the town.贝雕是该城的特产。
- His specialty is English literature.他的专业是英国文学。
- A mood of melancholy descended on us. 一种悲伤的情绪袭上我们的心头。
- The path descended the hill in a series of zigzags. 小路呈连续的之字形顺着山坡蜿蜒而下。