เอกสารประกอบการเรียน-เรื่อง-Sushi-Crosses-the-Pacific

เอกสารประกอบการเรียน เรื่อง Sushi Crosses the Pacific


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Once, people only ate food from other countries by traveling to them. But today it’s

common to eat Indian food in London, Mexican food in New York, and Chinese food in

Denmark. But is the person in Denmark eating the same food as the person in Beijing?

Probably not. Something happens to food when it crosses borders. People change it to suit

their tastes. A good example is when sushi made the journey across the Pacific and landed

in Los Angeles.



People often think sushi means raw fish. Raw fish is the most popular ingredient in

sushi, but the main ingredient is rice. The term sushi refers to the rice, which has special

seasonings. Any food made with this seasoned rice can be called sushi. Sushi first started in

Southeast Asia and then became popular in Japan where the Japanese made it an art form.

Today, sushi has become popular around the world.


After the 1970s, sushi became especially

popular in the United States. It all started in Little

Tokyo in Los Angeles, where a Japanese chef

created the California roll. He didn’t invent it for

Americans but for his Japanese customers.

Because he couldn’t always find the right tuna, he

decided to use avocados, of which California has

plenty. Later, sushi spread beyond little Tokyo and appealed to Americans. Today there are

thousands of sushi bars, restaurants, and take-out shops across the United States. Is

American sushi the same as Japanese sushi? Not quite. There are similarities and differences,

especially in the way people order, eat, and make sushi.






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In many sushi bars and restaurants in the United States and Japan, there are menus

for customers to select from, or they can ask the chef or waiter what he or she

recommends, or customers can ask for certain things they like. Both countries use conveyor

belts in some sushi bars, which makes it much easier to order. Small plates of sushi ride

around on the belt, and customers pick the dishes they want to try.



There are also similarities in the way sushi is eaten and prepared. In both countries,
people eat sushi with their fingers or with chopsticks. Similarly, sushi is presented beautifully


on plates, with careful attention to design and color. Also, the sushi is accompanied by soy
sauce, pickled ginger, or a green, spicy paste called wasabi. In both countries, white rice is


usually used for sushi and is seasoned with salt, vinegar, and sugar. Likewise, the rice is

mass-produced for speed and ease. The rice is mixed with sweetened vinegar in factories

and delivered to supermarkets, hotels, and take-out shops. In better restaurants in both

countries, sushi chefs cook and season their own rice. Similarly, they use fresh, raw fish.


In as many ways as sushi is the same in the two countries, there are also differences.

Many Americans don’t know how to order sushi, so they order only what they see on the

menu, while more Japanese ask the chef to make them special dishes they like. Many

Americans often order several servings of similar items. In contrast, most Japanese

customers order different plates because variety is important to them.


There are also differences in the way sushi is eaten. In Japan, chefs put a small

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amount of wasabi in the nigiri between the rice and topping. But many Americans like spicy
food, so they want wasabi on the side in order to stir it into the soy sauce and put this all

over the fish. However, this is never done in Japan, because it’s important to taste the fish.

Also, American dip the rice side of the nigiri into soy sauce, whereas Japanese dip the fish

side. Many Americans eat the pickled ginger while they are eating their sushi. But for the

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Japanese, pickled ginger is there to cleanse the palate between servings.


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Probably the biggest difference is in the way sushi is prepared. Many Americans

prefer sushi rolls rather than nigiri. And the rolls are made inside out, with the rice on the

outside! Moreover, the sushi rice is a little sweeter and the servings are much larger than in

Japan. And Americans have added things like cream cheese, spicy mayonnaise, and deep-

fried seafood. Compare that with traditional nigiri: a piece of fresh, a tiny piece of wasabi,

and some pure white rice.


Sushi has come a long way from


Japan. Today sushi has traveled back to
Japan in the form of American sushi,


where the Japanese can experience this

foreign food.





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1 nigiri: sliced raw fish with a molded ball of rice underneath

2 palate: top inside part of your mouth



































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Vocabulary in Context

Complete these definitions with the words in the box


accompanied borders order seasonings stir
appealed ingredient recommends servings suit



1. A(n) _______________________ is one of the things from which a type of food is made.
ingredient

2. When someone ____________________ something, that person advises or suggests it to
recommends
someone else.


3. Something that ____________________ to you, pleased you.
appealed


4. ______________________ are portions of food offered to people for eating.
Servings

5. When you _____________________ a meal, you ask for certain food to be brought to you.
order

6. ___________________ are put on food to give it a special taste.
Seasonings


7. ___________________ are the dividing lines between countries.
Borders

8. Something is ____________________ when something else is with it at the same time.
accompanied

9. To _______________________ is to satisfy or please.
suit

10. To ___________________ is to mix something by moving a spoon around in it.
stir


Reading Comprehension: Looking For Main Idea


1. Sushi appealed to Americans _________________________.


a. when its ingredients were made more simple

b. when they saw it could be mass-produced
c. after ingredients they like were added

d. from the first day it was made in Los Angeles




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2. The two main similarities between American and Japanese sushi are ______________.

a. the spiciness of the sushi and the use of chopsticks
b. the seasoned white rice and fish and the beautiful presentation

c. the way the sushi is dipped and how it is prepared

d. the use of conveyor belts and mass-produced rice
3. The two main differences between American and Japanese sushi are _____________.

a. the way it is ordered and presented

b. how it’s made in factories and the types of spices added
c. what the restaurants look like and how they recommend plates

d. how it is prepared and the way it is eaten
Scanning For Details

Directions: Scan the reading quickly to complete the following sentences.

1. ______________________ is the most popular ingredient in sushi.
Raw fish

2. Sushi first started in ____________________________.
Southeast Asia

3. A Japanese chef created the ____________________ when he couldn’t find the right tuna.
California roll

4. People eat sushi with their fingers or ___________________________.
with chopsticks

5. Most Japanese customers order different plates because ______________________ is
variety

important to them.


6. In Japan, chefs put a small amount of wasabi in the nigiri between the ________________
rice

and ________________________.
topping

7. For the Japanese, ________________________ is there to cleans the palate between
pickled ginger

servings.


8. American sushi rice is ____________________ than it is in Japan.
much larger








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Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusion

Answer these questions. Write complete sentences.

1. Be fore the California roll was created, how did most Americans probably feel

about sushi?

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People often think sushi means raw fish.
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2. From paragraph 5, what can we say are two important differences between the

sushi in supermarkets and the sushi in better restaurants?

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Sushi chefs cook and season their own rice, which is fresher than in the supermarket.
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3. Some customers only order sushi items that are similar and that they have


ordered before. What does this tell us about the customers?
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Many people don’t know how to order sushi, so they order only what they see on the menu.
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