暑假第二份英文作業/2017.07.03-2017.08.25/邱申晴

07/03-07/07

Tasting with your Eyes

It might be said that one of the weirdest sights in Asia is the fake food in display cases that people look at to decide what to eat.While this usually elicits a chuckle,fake food is big business,especially in Japan.There,fake food is a century-old tradition,and restaurants pay billions of dollars for it per year.If fake food pulls in the customers,why not get the best of the best?

While there are emerging markets in South Korea and China,replica food goes back a long time in Japan.Japanese people are cautious,so they like to be able to see what they are going to eat.This is called tasting with the eyes.

用眼睛嘗食物

人們看著展示櫃裡假的食物(模型)去決定要吃什麼可以說是亞洲最奇怪的景色之一。這會讓人會心一笑，食物模型是一個大商機，特別是在日本。食物模型是一項百年傳統，餐廳每年付數十億元。假如食物模型可以吸引顧客，為什麼不用最好的呢？

雖然在南韓和中國有新興市場，食物樣品在日本很久了。日本人很謹慎，所以他們想先看到他們要吃的東西，這就叫眼睛嚐食物。

07/10-07/14

Fake food is not mass-produced.Instead,For this reason,fake food is not cheap,and most replicas of items cost from 10 to 20 times the amount of the actual dish.

Fake food was started in the small town of Gujo Hachiman in 1917 by Takizo Iwasaki. According to a tall tale,Iwasaki's wife was on her deathbed,and he was watching over her by candlelight.After watching the melting wax of the candle,Iwasaki was inspired to create fake food,and he eventually brought her a fake omelet.while this story may or may not be true,the fact is that fake food became very popular right after that,and the rest is history.

食物模型不是大規模生產的。反而因為這樣，食物模型都不便宜，大部分商品的成本是實際菜餚的10到20倍。

食物模型始於1917年郡上八幡的一個小鎮裡的Takizo Iwasaki。根據一個故事，Iwasaki的老婆在臨終前，他在燭光下看著她。後看到蠟燭融化的蠟，啟發Iwasaki創造食物模型的靈感，最後做給她一個假的歐姆蛋。 雖然這個故事可能是真的也可能不是真的，但食物模型在此之後變得非常受歡迎是事實，而剩下的事是眾所皆知的。

07/17-07/21

Pup Art

The artist Pablo Picasso once said,"The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls." Art is essential to finding beauty in our lives and connecting emotionally with other people.Interactive art exhibits or installations,like those found in science museums,help spectators become participants in interpreting and experiencing art.But what about art for our furry companions? Since art elicits emotional stimulation,and it is scientifically proven that dogs experience emotionals,it should come as no surprise that the first art exhibition in the world that was designed just for dogs popped up in August 2016.