VOA标准英语2012--Serving Farm-Fresh Meals at the Farm
时间：2019-01-14 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(十月)
Serving Farm-Fresh Meals at the Farm
“Just even that out with the new table,” said Jim Denevan as he arranged tables for more than a hundred dinner guests on Briars Farmstead in rural Virginia.
He and his eight-member crew arrived the night before. Chefs from a local restaurant prepared the dinner, called Outstanding in the Field. It's what Denevan calls a culinary adventure. He came up with the idea about a decade ago.
“The mission of Outstanding in the Field is to bring people closer to where food comes from and hear the stories directly from the farmer, walk around and get to know places like this, which are important, I think,” he said.
Denevan is a former chef and his brother is a farmer. The idea of a farm-side dinner made sense to him but not necessarily to others.
"But I wanted to make the idea work, so I decided 1 to cross the country," said Denevan. "I went all the way across the United States and set the table at farms, ranches 2, beaches, and other places where food comes from.”
Guests arrive with their own plates. After a brief welcome, the farmer leads them on a tour.
“These are free range chickens. We want them to eat as much pasture 3 as possible because that's the magic," said a farmer to his guests.
Matt Szechenyi runs this ecological 4 farm along with his family.
"This type of event connects us to a lot of enthusiastic people that we can form relationships with in the future. And this type of small farm business thrives on relationships,” said Szechenyi.
The tour ends at the table. The meats, in this 5-course meal, come from Szechenyi’s farm, the vegetables and other ingredients from nearby farms. Guests and local farmers share the table.
Annoica Ingram came with a friend.
“The food has been absolutely wonderful. I totally appreciate the hard work because now you see everything they have to do to take care of the animals and make sure they are well cared for," she said.
Alex Bogel came with his family.
“It is also especially wonderful to sit at the table this big with all these people. The sense of community is wonderful,” he said.
Denevan and his team have served almost 13,000 people in the U.S. and beyond.
But open air feasts 5 can be challenging.
"It could just start raining. We'd have to carry the table all the way to the barn right there. It is not always beautiful weather. But for us, that's part of the adventure."
Denevan is planning to expand his operation.
"Next year, we are planning to go to Asia, to Africa and New Zealand, and Australia and back to South America,” said Denevan.
He hopes that honoring the people who bring nourishment 6 to the table will spread around the world.
- This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
- There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
- They hauled feedlot manure from the ranches to fertilize their fields. 他们从牧场的饲养场拖走肥料去肥田。
- Many abandoned ranches are purchased or leased by other poultrymen. 许多被放弃的牧场会由其他家禽监主收买或租用。
- This is the place where they used to pasture.这就是他们过去经常放牧的地方。
- The boy got up very early every morning to pasture cattle.这男孩每天起得很早去放牛。
- The region has been declared an ecological disaster zone.这个地区已经宣布为生态灾难区。
- Each animal has its ecological niche.每种动物都有自己的生态位.
- There were feasts and drinking and singing by the bards. 他们欢宴狂饮，还有吟游诗人的歌唱作伴助兴。 来自英汉非文学 - 历史
- The fruit was often served at wedding feasts. 婚宴上经常有水果供应。 来自辞典例句
- Lack of proper nourishment reduces their power to resist disease.营养不良降低了他们抵抗疾病的能力。
- He ventured that plants draw part of their nourishment from the air.他大胆提出植物从空气中吸收部分养分的观点。