請別邀請我吃晚餐（英語閱讀-英語閱讀理解）

1、請別邀請我吃晚餐（英語閱讀 請別邀請我吃晚餐（英語閱讀|英語閱讀理解） 英語閱讀理解）All the appetizing aromas from Big Mama’s kitchen greet you at the front door: Plump chicken breasts sizzling in her special batter, fresh collard greens she planted, pulled and

2、 plucked from the earth before stewing with a whole pig’s foot for flavor, macaroni and cheese that should be called cheese-and-mac because the noodles are drowning in six types of dairy - and you’d better not forget the

3、 candy-dripping yams with marshmallows swirling in King Syrup. All of this complemented by Big Mama’s sweet and buttery biscuits - you know, the golden, crunchy at the top ones that only she can make? Washed down with an

4、 ice cold Diet Pepsi? Sounds amazing, right? Not to me. I hate home cooked meals.陣陣香味從媽媽廚房中傳出，似在歡迎您的到來：涂抹特制面粉的大塊雞胸肉正在烘烤、自家種植的羽衣甘藍（剛從地里拔出，很新鮮）燉豬腳、用 6 種乳制品制成的奶酪馬克羅尼意面--你知道的，金黃色的表皮又酥又脆，只有她能做出這么美味的意面。再來一杯冰鎮(zhèn)健怡可樂，聽起來是不是超贊？我并不這

5、么覺得，我討厭家常菜。People twist their faces and look at me like I’m crazy when I tell them this, wondering how a black man from Baltimore - a predominately black city - would not be willing to cancel his schedule or trade it all

6、 for a hot 位奴隸用石頭擊打一頭體格強健的豬，直至這頭豬看上去不大正常，被它的主人拋棄。這樣，這位奴隸就能將這頭豬帶走，讓家人吃頓大餐。I also understand the role that the soul food dinner plays in black families. They are both competitive - like, who makes the best potato salad? -,

7、 giving us time to share our triumphs and hardships over dishes.我也明白靈魂料理在黑人家庭中扮演的角色。大家都相互競爭--比如，誰做的土豆沙拉最好吃--讓我們有時間在餐桌上分享勝利與困難。As nostalgic as these moments are, and as much as I love my family, I still don’t care about h

8、ome-cooked meals. A home-cooked dinner demands all of the things from me that I don’t want to be obligated to give. But if you want to invite me over anyway, I might come, just for the meal. I’m always hungry.雖然這些時刻令人懷舊，