3. Restaurants bedecked with dragons and delicate landscapes ---- serving such exotic as Dim Sin Gai (sweet and sour chicken), ... have sprung up everywhere from Hong Kong to Honolulu to Hoboken to Huddersfield.
bedeck sth. / sb. with sth.: to adorn or decorate sth. / sb.装饰，打扮某人/某物 Yesterday streets were bedecked with colorful flags to signify an important meeting held in the university.
dragon: imaginary animal with wings and claws, able to breather out of fire 龙
Chinese people often use dragon to describe the expectations of their children.
delicate: fine, exquisite 景致的，优美的，精巧的 Mr. Smith presented me a delicate mechanism.
landscape: n. picture showing a view of the countryside 风景画 My teacher likes beautiful landscapes.
[idiom] a blot on the landscape: object ( esp an ugly building) that spoils the beauty of a place 损害美好景色的物体（尤指不雅观的建筑物） The new factory is a blot on the landscape.
spring up: to appear, develop, grow, etc quickly or suddenly 迅速地或突然地出现、发展、生长等
New houses were springing up all over the town. [phrases]
spring back: to return suddenly to its previous or usual position, having been pushed, bent, etc（被推、折弯等后）弹回到原来的位置
spring from sth.: to have sth as a source or origin; originate from sth.发源于某事物，出身于； to appear suddenly or unexpectedly from ( a place)从（某处）突然地或意外地出现
spring sth. on sb.: to put forward 向某人突然说出或提出某事物（令人惊奇或猝不及防）
The branch sprang back and hit me in the face. He sprang from peasant stock.
I hate to spring this on you at such short notice.
Honolulu: a city 檀香山
Hoboken: a city in the eastern part of the USA 霍博肯
Huddersfield: a town near Leeds, Bradford and Manchester in the UK)
Para 5 How did this come about? Certainly, a kind of Chinese food was exported to North America when many thousands of Chinese went there in the 19th century to work on such things as the U.S. railways. They settled on or near the west coast, where the famous or infamous \rather inferior brand of Chinese cooking. The standard of the restaurants improved steadily in the United States, but Lo considers that the crucial factor in spreading this kind of food throughout the Western world was population pressure in the British colony of Hong Kong, especially after 1950, which sent families out all over the world to seek their fortunes in the opening of
restaurants. He adds, however, that this could not have happened if the world had not been interested in what the Hong Kong Chinese had to cook and sell. He detects an increased interest in sensuality in the Western world: \texture, movement, food, drink, and rock music ---all these have become much more part and parcel of the average person's life than they have ever been. It is this increased sensuality and the desire for greater freedom from age-bound habits in the West, combined with the inherent sensual concept of Chinese food, always quick to satisfy the taste buds, that is at the root of the sudden and phenomenal spread of Chinese food throughout the length and breadth of the Western World.\
原因何在呢？毫无疑问，早在19世纪，许许多多的中国人到美国修建铁路的时候就把中国食品带到了北美洲。他们居住在西海岸或者附近的地方，那儿产生了著名的或者说是臭名远洋的 \炒杂烩菜\，当时它还带有相当低劣的中国烹饪烙印。后来在美国，餐馆规格稳步发展，但是罗认为，这种食品之所以能够传遍西方世界，英属殖民地香港的人口压力是致关重要的原因，尤其是在1950年之后，香港许多人举家迁往世界各地，并通过开餐馆来找出路。然而，他补充说，如果世界上的人对香港的中国人烹饪和出售的食品不感兴趣的话，就不可
能出现今天的景象。他注意到西方世界日益沉湎于口腹声色之乐：\色彩、质地、运动、食物饮料以及摇滚乐所有这些在人们的日常生活中都变得前所未有的重要。西方这种对感官享受的要求以及对打破年龄限制的饮食习惯的渴求都日益增长。正是这种日益增长的要求和渴求与传统的中式饮食观念相结合，使得食客能在很短时间内享受到味觉上的满足。正基于此，中国饮食才会传遍整个西方世界。\
[summary] The Chinese food owes its popularity to three reasons: the migration of Hong Kong Chinese to other parts of the world to open restaurants in the 50s; the increased interest in sensuality in the Western world and the desire for greater freedom; and the inherent sensual quality of Chinese food, which is always quick to satisfy the taste buds.
1. How did this come about?
come about: to happen 发生
Can you tell me how the accident came about? [phrases]
come across sb. / sth.: to meet sb. / sth. by chance 偶然碰见 come after sb.: to chase or pursue sb. 追赶或追逐某人
come between sb. and sb.: to interfere with or harm a relationship between two people 干预或损害两人之间的关系
I came across an old school friend in Oxford Street this morning. The farmer came after the intruders with a big stick. It's not a good idea to come between a man and his wife.
2. Certainly, a kind of Chinese food was exported to North American when many thousands of Chinese went there in the 19th century to the work on such things as the U.S. railways.
[paraphrase] Many Chinese emigrated to America (especially to the western part of the USA) in the 19th century to work on railway construction jobs and they brought with them some kind of Chinese food.
export: to send (goods) to another country for sale 输出，出口 This company has a large home market but doesn't export.
such sth. as / that:
1）(referring forward) of the specified kind 下述一类的；（像后面提及的）那样的，这样的，如此的;
2）to the specified degree (of importance, worth, etc) （重要性、价值等）达到（后面提及的）那种程度的
Such poets as Keats and Shelley wrote Romantic poetry. He showed such concern that people took him to be a relative.
3. They settled on or near the west coast, where the famous---- or infamous----\Chinese cooking.
cf. coast shore bank beach seaside
coast and shore both indicate land lying beside large areas of water.
Coast suggests the limits of an ocean or a sea, or a narrow or wide strip of land next to the water.
Shore suggests the limits of a lake or sea, or a narrow strip of land next to the water. e.g.They camped on the shore of Lake Bala. The land at the edge of a river or stream is a bank. We live on the coast.
The beach is usually the sloping part of the shore often covered by the sea at high tide. e.g.The beach was crowded with sunbathers.
The seaside is a coastal area where people go on holiday. e.g.We're spending August at the seaside.
[word-formation] in / im- / ir- / il- + adj. = adj.: not 不，无 infamous: 恶名昭彰的；邪恶的 infinite: 无穷的，无限的 immoral: 不道德的，邪恶的 impossible: 不可能的
irrelevant: 不相关的，不切题的 irrational: 无理性的 illicit: 非法的，被禁止的 illimitable: 无边际的，无限的
chop suey joints: small restaurants serving a Chinese-style dish of meat stewed and fried with bean sprouts, bamboo shoots, onions, and served with rice.
joint: [slang] a cheap restaurant or night club (usually in poor condition) （贬义，俚） 酒吧、俱乐部等
grow up: 1) to develop 发展；
2) (of people or animals) to reach the stage of full development; become adult or mature （指人或动物）长大；成年； 成熟 A close friendship gradually grew up between them. Five years of absence, he has grown up.
4. The standard of the restaurants improved steadily in the United States, but Lo considers that the crucial factor in spreading this kind of food throughout the Western world was population pressure in the British colony of Hong Kong, especially after 1950, which sent families out all over the world to seek their fortunes in the opening of restaurants.
improve: v. (cause sth. to) to become better （使某事物）改进，改善 His work is improving slowly.
improve on / upon sth.: achieve or produce sth. of a better standard or quality than sth. else 改进或生产
The German girl improved in her previous best performance in the 100 metres.
crucial to / for sth.: very important, decisive 至关重要的，关键性的 Getting this contract is crucial to the future of our company.
seek one's fortune: to try to find a way to become rich and successful 寻找致富及成功之道
There're always some people who failed to seek in their fortune.
5. He detects an increased interest in sensuality in the Western world: ...all these have become much more part and parcel of the average person's life than they have ever been.