Unit 4 Making the news课时作业

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课标话题 人与自我·健康的生活方式 体裁 应用文 词 数 322 难度 　　Hello London Foodies!

　　I'm kicking off this week's blog by talking about a fantastic new Turkish restaurant in Soho called Moda. I can't remember ever eating better dolma or hummus-it was so delicious! The chef insists that fruit and vegetables are brought over every day from Turkey-and from nowhere else. He may be a perfectionist, but it was so delicious that I can't complain. Moda isn't cheap, but it's worth every penny.

　　And I've got great news for you. When I told him that I write a food blog, he said he'd give all my readers a 10% discount! Just mention this blog when you book.

　　A very different restaurant, where I had lunch last Monday, is Chez Fitz. Situated near Leicester Square, its main selling point is that its food is all locally sourced(within 30 kilometers of the restaurant). My friends and I were completely surprised-we had no idea that so much could be grown so close to central London. But it turns out that there are pockets of green all over the city-you just need to know where to look.

　　One final point: I couldn't believe how pricey my weekly shop was this week. Normally it's about ￡40, but this week it was more than ￡55 for more or less the same amount of food. Any ideas why?

　　More in a couple of weeks as I'm going away on my holiday tomorrow.

　　COMMENTS

　　Ecovore10 October

　　I am not sure if we should be supporting restaurants like Moda. They are very bad for the environment. What about all the extra carbon emissions from the "food miles" created by bringing over those ingredients from Turkey?

　　LondonMum 11 October

　　I know what you're saying, Ecovore, but don't have a go at restaurants like Moda. If we grow foreign vegetables in the U．K., then we have to use heated greenhouses and that probably uses even more energy.

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