文章大意:本文是一篇新闻报道。文章报道了肖恩·谢尔曼获得2023年Julia Child奖的消息。肖恩是美洲原住民,致力于推广原住民美食。他的努力得到了认可,不仅开了自己的餐厅,还创建了一个免费教授土著食物的组织。餐厅迅速走红,他也因此荣获大奖。
1 . Sean Sherman, aged 49, has dedicated his career as a _________ to celebrating Native American cuisine. For his efforts, he received the 2023 Julia Child Award, which _________ those who make a difference in how people cook and eat. He is the first Native American to be _________ with the award which comes with a $50,000 grant.
Sherman, a member of the Oglala Lakota tribe, was born and raised in South Dakota on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. When he was a teenager, his family _________ the reservation to Spearfish, South Dakota. He began working in local restaurants and fell in love with cooking.
_________ working as a cook early in his career, Sherman noticed that the food of _________ people was not featured on menus and that native American restaurants were not _________. He dedicated himself to studying his culinary _________, including learning to use clay grills, grow corn, and source local ingredients. He used what he learned to _________ The Sioux Chef’s Indigenous kitchen and to start a(n) __________ organization to teach others about indigenous food for free.
In 2021, Sherman opened Owamni, a restaurant in Minneapolis, Minnesota, that __________ modern indigenous dishes, such as venison tartare, smoked whitefish, and mushroom stew. The restaurant quickly became __________ and was named Best New Restaurant in the US in 2022 by the James Beard Foundation.
In his __________ statement on receiving the Julia Child Award, Sherman said he is a longtime __________ of Julia Child (1912-2004), a beloved chef for whom the award is __________. “I saw the impact food can have on the world through Julia,” he said. “I’m excited to continue her legacy through my work.”
1. A.chef | B.actor | C.baker | D.professor |
2. A.announces | B.sends | C.honors | D.teaches |
3. A.adopted | B.recognized | C.evaluated | D.promised |
4. A.moved over | B.moved in | C.moved off | D.moved on |
5. A.While | B.Before | C.After | D.Unless |
6. A.young | B.foreign | C.old | D.native |
7. A.common | B.obvious | C.ordinary | D.normal |
8. A.experience | B.information | C.heritage | D.diversity |
9. A.feel | B.write | C.read | D.hear |
10. A.worldwide | B.nonprofit | C.kind | D.advanced |
11. A.prefers | B.approaches | C.serves | D.deserts |
12. A.considerable | B.prosperous | C.available | D.popular |
13. A.presentation | B.assumption | C.recommendation | D.acceptance |
14. A.admirer | B.friend | C.colleague | D.teacher |
15. A.identified | B.based | C.shaped | D.named |