gourmet: n. person who enjoys and is expert in the choice of fine food, wines, etc. 美食家
gourmet restaurant: a place serving fine food 菜肴精美的餐馆
glutton: person who eats too much 贪吃的人，吃得过多的人 You've eaten the whole pie, you glutton!
[idiom] glutton for sth.: person always ready for more (of sth. difficult or unpleasant) 甘于承受更多困难、不快事物的人
scatter: v. (of things or persons) to go, usu quickly, in different directions 分散，散去
The people scattered when the soldiers came.
stomach: n. (informal) front part of the body between the chest and thighs; abdomen 肚子； bag-like organ of the body into which food passes when swallowed and in which the first part of digestion occurs 胃 He hit me in the stomach.
It's unwise to swim on a full stomach, i.e. when one has just eaten a meal. [idioms]
stomach for sth.: desire or eagerness for sth. 对某事物的欲望或渴求 I had no stomach for a fight.
sb's eyes are bigger that his stomach: sb. is too greedy in asking for or taking more food than he can eat 眼大肚小；眼馋肚饱
He is a person whose eyes are bigger than his stomach. a strong stomach: ability not to feel nausea不感到恶心
You have to have a strong stomach to watch animals being slaughtered. turn one's stomach: to cause sb. to be disgusted or revolted使某人反胃或恶心 The film about eye operations turned my stomach.
regard as: to consider as 视为，认为是 I regard your action as a crime.
have effect on: to change produced by an action or cause; result or outcome 效应；结果；后果
The film had quite an effect on her. [idioms]
bring / put sth. into effect: to cause sth. to come into use 使某物开始使用 come into effect: (esp of laws, rules, etc) to reach the stage of being in use （尤指法律，规则等）实施，实行
give effect to sth: to cause sth. to become active or produce a result 使某事物实行起来，使生效
The new system will soon be put into effect.
The new seat-belt regulations came into effect last week.
The new ruling gives effect to recommendations of the special committee.
2. How, they might ask, could eating a hamburger or drinking Coca Cola contribute anything to making you a saint or a sinner?
hamburger: flat round cake of minced beef, usu fried and eaten with onions, often in a bread roll 汉堡包
Coca Cola: popular non-alcoholic carbonated drink 可口可乐
contribute to: 1) be one of the causes 有助于；促成，是??的部分原因 2) join with others in giving or supplying (money, help, etc) 捐（款），捐助；（和别人在一起）出力协助
3) increase sth.; add to sth. 增加某事物，添加到某事物中去 Plenty of fresh air contributes to good health.
Although he has plenty of money he never contributes to anybody's leaving present at work.
Her work has contributed enormously to our understanding of this difficult subject.
saint: a person of a holy and admired way of life, esp one given the title of saint in the Roman Catholic Church after death 圣者；圣徒 He is one of the living saints of Hinduism.
sinner: a person who has done wrong 罪人 We should help sinners.
Para 2 Kenneth Lo, however, expresses a point of view that is profoundly different and typically Chinese, deriving from thousands of years of tradition. The London restaurateur Fu Tong, for example, quotes no less an authority than Confucius (the ancient sage known in Chinese as K'ng-Fu-Tzu) with regard to the primal importance of food. Food, said the sage, is the first happiness. Fu Tong adds: \about in advance; to be smothered with loving care throughout its preparation; and to have time lavished on it in the final pleasure of eating.\
然而，肯尼士\罗提出了一种截然不同的观点。这种观点具有典型的中国意味，可谓沿袭了中国数千年的传统。以伦敦的餐馆老板符同为例。关于饮食之重要性，他引用了象孔夫子那样一位权威的说法。圣人云，民以食为天。符同补充到：\对于我的同胞们而言，饮食是生活的一大乐事，事先要考虑策划，准备过程中要倾注心血，然后要花足够的时间体会，最后享用的快乐。
[summary] The writer explains Lo's typical Chinese position and gives us an addition.
1. Kenneth Lo, however, expresses a point of view that is profoundly different and typically Chinese, deriving from thousands of years of tradition.
a point of view: attitude; opinions 态度，看法，观点
This is unacceptable from my point of view on nuclear power. [idioms]
a point of order: (in formal discussions, e.g., debates) matter of correct procedure according to the rules （正式讨论中，如答辩时）（符合规定的）程序问题 a point of honor / conscience: thing of great importance to one's honor or conscience 关系到荣誉或良心的事
On a point of order, Mr. Chairman, can associate members vote on this matter? I always pay my debts punctually; it's a point of honor with me.
derive from sth.: to trace sth. from ( a source) 源自；源于 Thousands of English words derive from Latin.
[phrase] derive sth. from sth.: to obtain sth. from sth. 得到；获得；对某事物追本穷源
She derived no benefit from the source of drugs.
We can derive the word ‘derelict' from the Latin ‘derelictus'.
2. The London restaurateur Fu Tong, for example, quotes no less an authority than Confucius (the ancient sage known in Chinese as K'ung-Fu-Tzu) with regard to the primal importance of food. Food, said the sage, is the first happiness.
[paraphrase] For instance, the London manager Fu Tong cites an important authority as Confucius (the ancient sage known in Chinese as K'ung-Fu-Tzu) in relation to the supreme importance food.
restaurateur: n. manager or owner of a restaurant 餐馆的经理或老板 Fu Tong is a restaurateur.
quote: 1) to mention in order to add power to one's own point of view 举例（以增强自己的观点）；
2) to repeat in speech or writing the words of another (supposedly powerful) 引用；引述；引证；
3) to give (a price) 开（价），报（价），喊（价）
He quoted the case of the man whose wife went with him to Alaska. Don't quote me on that!
The value of the pound was quoted regularly.
no less an authority than Confucius: an authority as Confucius 如孔夫子那样的权威 [idiom]
no less a person / a thing than: that very important person/thing 非常重要之人/事
Confucius: 孔子（前551---前479），名丘，字仲尼，生于鲁国陬邑昌平乡（今山东曲埠东城东南），中国春秋末期伟大的思想家和教育家，儒家学派的创始人。中国第一位职业教师，名言有\学而不思则罔，思而不学则殆\、\讷于言而敏于行\、\德不孤，必有邻\。
no less than: as many as, as much as 不少于，多达
We have no less than five acquaintances in this meeting. We won no less than $500 in a competition.
[idiom] less and less, at a continually decreasing rate 越来越少地 She found the job less and less attractive.
with / in regard to sb. / sth.: in connection with sb. / sth. 关于某人/某物 I have nothing to say with regard to your complaints.
[idiom] as regards sb. / sth.: concerning or connected with sb. / sth. 关于或至于某人/某物
I have little information as regards his past.
primal: adj. first in importance 最重要的，首要的；belonging to, or as if belonging to, original 早期的，原始的
As a producer, he must consider the primal necessity. Its primal glories will never return.
sage: n. very wise man 圣人，智者 He once consulted the sages of the tribe.
3. Food to my countrymen is one of the ecstasies of life, to be thought in advance; to be smothered with loving care throughout its preparation; and to have time lavished on it in the final pleasure of eating.
ecstasy: (feeling of state) great joy or happiness 狂喜 He went back in an ecstasy of delight.
in advance of sth.: beforehand; ahead in time 预先，事先，事前 The rent must be paid in advance.
to be smothered with loving care throughout its preparation: Great love and care are to be given to the preparation of food.
smother sth. / sb. with / in sth.: to cover sth. / sb., give an excessive amount of sth.以??覆盖/笼罩
The mother smothers his baby with love.