You are learning critical evaluation and judgment: you will read the scene it happens in, learn 10 words and phrases, take apart the pattern behind them (评价与判断句式 — evaluative and judgmental constructions), hear them in a conversation, rehearse them, and finish by saying one thing out loud to be graded.
A food critic's tasting session at Fu 1088, a private dining mansion on Zhenning Road, former French Concession
镇宁路上的福1088,一幢三十年代的老洋房。食评人陆女士今晚要为杂志写一篇评论。我有幸受邀同行。花园里的梧桐树在灯光下投下斑驳的影子,空气中有桂花和酱油的混合香气。
第一道菜:红烧肉。陆女士尝了一口,闭上眼睛。「就口感而言,这道红烧肉已经达到了极高的水准。肥而不腻,入口即化。」她在笔记本上写了几个字。
第二道菜:蟹粉豆腐。「无论是传统还是现代,好的料理都需要对食材的尊重。这道菜的蟹粉用量极其慷慨。」我说:「但有人觉得福1088的创新不够。」陆女士摇头:「把所有价值都归功于创新,未免过于简单化了。」
最后一道甜品端上来。陆女士放下笔。「归根结底,一道菜的价值取决于它能否打动人心。今晚,我被打动了。」窗外,法国梧桐的叶子在夜风中沙沙作响。一篇好的食评,和一顿好的饭一样,需要时间沉淀。