1.Fried fish arrived in the UK in the
17th century. Jewish refugees
feeling from Spain and Portugal
introduced it. Fried potatoes weren't
added until 200 years later.
炸魚是在十七世紀時引進英國。逃離西班牙
和葡萄牙的猶太難民引進它們。一直到兩百
年后,炸馬鈴薯才被加入。
2.Fish and Chips were served in
newspaper until the 1980s, when it
was considered unhealthy to put
food next to newspaper ink.
炸魚薯條一直都是裝在報紙里面被供應,
直到八零年代,將食物放在有墨水的報
紙上被認為是不健康的。
3.During the D-Day landings of
World War II, British soldiers
identified each other by crying out
"fish" and waiting for the respose
of "chips".
在第二次世界大戰(zhàn)諾曼底登陸時,
英國士兵經(jīng)由喊出“魚”并等待“薯條”
來認出我方。
4.June 1st is National Fish and
Chips Day.
六月一日是國際炸魚薯條節(jié)。
5.About 300 million servings of fish
and chips are eaten every year in
the UK.
在英國每年大約吃掉總共約三億份
的炸魚薯條。
6.There are about 10,500 fish and
chips shops in the UK. Ninety years
ago, there were about 35,000.
英國大約有一萬零五百家炸魚薯條店,
九十年前,大約有三萬五千家。