Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English.
许多人喜欢中餐。在中国，烹饪不仅被视为一种技能，而且也被视为一种艺术。精心准备的中餐既可口又好看。烹饪技艺和配料在中国各地差别很大。但好的烹饪都有一个共同点，总是要考虑到颜色、味道、口感和营养(nutrition)。由于食物对健康至关重要，好的厨师总是努力在谷物、肉类和蔬菜之间取得平衡，所以中餐既味美又健康。
难点词汇：
1. 精心准备的well-prepared
2. 配料 ingredient
3. 味道 flour
4. 口感 taste
5. 至关重要 crucial
6. 谷物 cereal
参考译文：
Many people are fond of Chinese food. In China, cooking is regarded as both a skill and an art. The well-prepared Chinese food is both delicious and good-looking. Cooking methods and ingredients vary vastly across China. However, it is common for good cuisine to take color, flavor, taste and nutrition into account. Since food is crucial to health, a good chef is always trying to seek balance among cereals, meat and vegetables, thus making Chinese food tasty as well as healthy.
