小红书上掀起鸡蛋羹热潮

近日，大量外国网友开始使用小红书后，他们开始挑战中国家常菜，掀起了做鸡蛋羹的热潮。

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🤔️小作业：

1. How does the author organize the article to convey the overall message?

A. By beginning with a personal anecdote and then illustrating broader social trends with examples and user reactions.

B. By providing a detailed analysis of the nutritional value of Chinese cuisine.

C. By comparing the culinary techniques of various ethnic cuisines.

D. By outlining the history of the RedNote app and its technological innovations.

无注释原文：

On RedNote, Chinese Cooks Cheer On Americans Experimenting With New Cuisine

From: The Wall Street Journal

For Zaire Perry, a 24-year-old mother of three in Texas, making a legendary Chinese egg dish she had never heard of a few weeks ago was the beginning of an unexpected friendship.

Like a flood of Tiktokers in recent weeks, she had landed on the Chinese app Xiaohongshu, also known as RedNote. And as it has for many others, it opened for her a new world of cooking.

There has been a particular frenzy around one humble, homestyle dish rarely served at Chinese restaurants in the U.S.: steamed egg custard, or jidan geng, which looks like flan but isn't sweet.

Perry was itching to start steaming eggs but was overwhelmed with the many recipes floating around on RedNote.

Then she connected with Hu Xiaoman, an administrator at a machinery maker in central China. Hu shared her family recipe and then applauded Perry's first attempt as a huge success: silky but firm custard covered with a thin layer of sauce, topped off with scallions. Hu called her “a cooking genius.”

Hordes of Chinese users also clicked their approval on Perry's post and on the steamed-egg experiments of other Americans. By Sunday, there were more than 41,000 posts with the hashtag #steamed_egg on RedNote, notching over 3.2 million views.

“Steamed eggs are really blowing up,” said Eshita Starr, a social influencer based in New York City, whose steamed-egg-custard tutorial on RedNote gained more than 46,000 likes. 

It is a deceivingly simple recipe, involving just eggs and water and a pinch of salt, but even Chinese cooks who try it for the first time often fail to get the water-egg ratio right and either overcook or undercook the eggs, resulting in either an unattractive beehive or a watery blob.

Despite a slightly droopy egg texture on her first attempt, Leah Saifi, of Brooklyn, N.Y., still got thousands of positive comments on RedNote, with many users offering tips for improvement, such as covering the container with a plastic wrap, or mixing the egg batter with hot rather than cold water. Now she sees it as an easy and new way to cook an egg.

“Bury me with steamed eggs,” wrote Saifi in the caption accompanying the footage of her attempting the dish, which got nearly 130,000 likes.

“Honestly, I've been eating them every single day. I can't stop,” said Saifi, who describes herself as an internet personality.

One top comment on her post said, “With this speed, all Chinese restaurants would go out of business!” “Who is the spy? Investigate immediately!” another RedNote user joked in English.

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注：完整题目见本文开头；中文文本为华尔街日报官方译文，仅供参考

含注释全文：

On RedNote, Chinese Cooks Cheer On Americans Experimenting With New Cuisine

From: The Wall Street Journal

For Zaire Perry, a 24-year-old mother of three in Texas, making a legendary Chinese egg dish she had never heard of a few weeks ago was the beginning of an unexpected friendship.

来自美国得克萨斯州、有三个孩子的24岁母亲扎伊尔·佩里(Zaire Perry)通过学做几周前还从未听说过的一道中国知名鸡蛋菜肴，开启了一段意想不到的友谊。

legendary /ˈledʒ.ən.dri/ 1）表示“名声显赫的；津津乐道的”，英文解释为“very famous and admired or spoken about”举个🌰：The English are legendary (= well known) for their incompetence with languages. 英国人语言能力欠佳是出了名的。

2）表示“传说的，传奇的”，英文解释为“from a legend”如：a legendary Greek hero 希腊传奇英雄。

Like a flood of Tiktokers in recent weeks, she had landed on the Chinese app Xiaohongshu, also known as RedNote. And as it has for many others, it opened for her a new world of cooking.

最近几周很多TikTok用户开始使用中国应用程序小红书(RedNote)，佩里也是其中之一。和其他许多人一样，小红书也为佩里打开了烹饪新世界的大门。

There has been a particular frenzy around one humble, homestyle dish rarely served at Chinese restaurants in the U.S.: steamed egg custard, or jidan geng, which looks like flan but isn't sweet.

尤其受欢迎的是一道在美国中餐馆很少见的家常菜：鸡蛋羹，它看起来像焦糖布丁，但不甜。

frenzy /ˈfren.zi/ 表示“疯狂，狂热，狂暴”，英文解释为“(an example of) uncontrolled and excited behaviour or emotion that is sometimes violent”举个🌰：The audience worked/whipped themselves into a frenzy as they waited for her to come on stage. 观众在期待她登上舞台的过程中情绪变得狂热起来。

📍这个词来自古法语的frenesie，表示“疯狂”。近义词：mania（狂热），fury（狂怒）；同根词：frenetic（狂热的）；常用短语：in a frenzy（处于狂热中）

📍work yourself into a frenzy / panic / state etc,表示“使自己变得疯狂/恐慌/紧张等”（to make yourself become very nervous, angry etc）举个🌰：He seemed to be working himself into a rage. 他似乎开始怒火中烧。

humble /ˈhʌm.bəl/ 1）表示“谦虚的，谦逊的”，英文解释为“not proud or not believing that you are important”举个🌰：He's very humble about his success. 他对自己的成功十分谦虚。

2）表示“地位低下的，卑微的”，英文解释为“poor or of a low social rank”举个🌰：Even when she became rich and famous, she never forgot her humble background. 即使她发了财也出了名，她也永远没忘记自己卑微的出身。

3）表示“普通的，不起眼的”，英文解释为“ordinary；not special or very important”举个🌰：At that time she was just a humble mechanic. 那时她只是个不起眼的技工。

serve /sɜːv/  作动词，1）表示“接待；招待；为…服务”，英文解释为“in a shop, restaurant, or hotel, to deal with a customer by taking their order, showing or selling them goods, etc.”举个🌰：Are you being served, madam? 女士，有服务员招待您吗？

2）表示“提供（食物或饮料）”，英文解释为“to provide food or drinks”举个🌰：Do they serve meals in the bar? 这家酒吧提供饭菜吗？

3）熟词僻义，表示“将…正式送达”，英文解释为“to give a legal document to someone, demanding that they go to a law court or that they obey an order”举个🌰：Each person served with a summons will be given six weeks before they have to appear in the Magistrates' Court. 每一个收到传票的人在地方法院出庭之前都有6个星期的时间。

4）熟词僻义，表示“（在网球等体育运动中）发（球）”，英文解释为“in sports such as tennis, to hit the ball to the other player as a way of starting the game”举个🌰：Whose turn is it to serve? 轮到谁发球了？

也可直接作名词，表示“（在网球等体育运动中）发（球）”，英文解释为“in sports such as tennis, the act of hitting the ball to the other player to start play”举个🌰：It's your serve. 该你发球了。

steam /stiːm/ 表示“蒸（食物）”，英文解释为“to cook food using steam”如：steamed vegetables 蒸蔬菜。

custard /ˈkʌs.təd/ 表示“蛋奶甜羹，蛋奶沙司”，英文解释为“a sweet sauce made from eggs, milk, and sugar and poured over sweet dishes”如：apple pie and custard 苹果馅饼和蛋奶沙司。

Custard是一种由鸡蛋、牛奶和糖混合制成的甜点，质地柔软顺滑，类似于布丁。不过，你提到的“蒸鸡蛋羹”虽然看起来像custard，但通常是咸味的，而不是甜的。

flan /flæn/ 是一种甜点，通常由鸡蛋、牛奶和糖制成，口感柔软顺滑，类似于布丁或蛋奶冻。它在不同地区有不同的版本，比如在西班牙和拉丁美洲，flan是一种焦糖布丁，表面有一层焦糖酱。在中文里，flan有时也被称为“焦糖布丁”或“法式布丁”。

Perry was itching to start steaming eggs but was overwhelmed with the many recipes floating around on RedNote.

佩里很想开始尝试做这道菜，但小红书上流传的众多食谱令她不知所措。

itch to do sth = itch for sth 表示“急切地想做”，英文解释为“to want to do something very much and as soon as possible”举个🌰：He was itching to hear the results. 他渴望知道结果。

overwhelmed /,əʊvə'welmd/ 作形容词，表示“（强烈地影响而使）不知所措的；被压倒的，被淹没的；受宠若惊的”，举个🌰：Sightseers may be a little overwhelmed by the crowds and noise. 观光者可能被人群和噪声搞得有点不知所措。

overwhelm /ˌoʊvərˈwelm/ 本身作动词，1）表示“（强烈地影响而）使不知所措”，英文解释为“If you are overwhelmed by a feeling or event, it affects you very strongly, and you do not know how to deal with it.”举个🌰：He was overwhelmed by a longing for times past. 他陷入了一种对过去的渴望而不能自拔。

2）表示“彻底制服；击败”，英文解释为“If a group of people overwhelm a place or another group, they gain complete control or victory over them.”举个🌰：It was clear that one massive Allied offensive would overwhelm the weakened enemy. 显然同盟国一次大规模的进攻就会彻底击败已被削弱的敌军。

float /fləʊt/ 表示“（想法或故事）流传，传播”，英文解释为“If an idea or story floats around, it is discussed or repeated by a lot of people.”如：rumours floating around 四处流传的谣言。

Then she connected with Hu Xiaoman, an administrator at a machinery maker in central China. Hu shared her family recipe and then applauded Perry's first attempt as a huge success: silky but firm custard covered with a thin layer of sauce, topped off with scallions. Hu called her “a cooking genius.”

后来，她联系上了Hu Xiaoman，后者是中国中部一家机械制造企业的行政人员。Hu分享了她家的食谱，然后称赞佩里的第一次尝试很成功：丝滑而结实的蛋羹，上面覆盖着一层薄薄的酱汁，还撒了葱花。Hu称佩里为“烹饪天才”。

silky /ˈsɪl.ki/ 表示“丝绸一样的，柔软光滑的”，英文解释为“soft and smooth, like silk”举个🌰：Persian cats have long, silky fur. 波斯猫有一身柔软光滑的长毛。

sauce /sɔːs/作名词，可以指“调味汁；酱”（a thick liquid eaten with food to add flavour），本身也有“讨厌的话（或举动）；无礼的话（或举动）”的含义（talk or behaviour that is annoying or lacking in respect）。

scallion /ˈskæl.i.ən/ 表示“葱”，同 spring onion.

Hordes of Chinese users also clicked their approval on Perry's post and on the steamed-egg experiments of other Americans. By Sunday, there were more than 41,000 posts with the hashtag #steamed_egg on RedNote, notching over 3.2 million views.

大批中国用户也纷纷点赞了佩里的帖子以及其他美国人尝试做鸡蛋羹的帖子。截至周日，小红书上带有#steamed_egg标签的帖子超过了4.1万条，浏览量超过320万次。

horde /hɔːd/ 表示“（人）群”，英文解释为“a large group of people”举个🌰：Hordes of students on bikes made crossing the road difficult. 一群群学生骑着自行车鱼贯而行，弄得别人过马路都很困难。

hashtag /ˈhæʃ.tæɡ/ 表示“在社交媒体上发文时用来描述主题的#号”，英文解释为“used on social media for describing the general subject of a Tweet or other post (= message)”

“Steamed eggs are really blowing up,” said Eshita Starr, a social influencer based in New York City, whose steamed-egg-custard tutorial on RedNote gained more than 46,000 likes. 

住在纽约市的网红埃什塔·斯塔尔(Eshita Starr)说：“鸡蛋羹真的火了。”她在小红书上发布的鸡蛋羹教程获得了超过4.6万个赞。

It is a deceivingly simple recipe, involving just eggs and water and a pinch of salt, but even Chinese cooks who try it for the first time often fail to get the water-egg ratio right and either overcook or undercook the eggs, resulting in either an unattractive beehive or a watery blob.

这道菜看似简单，只需鸡蛋、水和少许盐，但即使是第一次尝试的中国厨师也常常无法掌握好水和鸡蛋的比例，不是蒸过头就是蒸得不够，做出来的蛋羹要么像蜂窝一样，让人没有食欲，要么就是水汪汪的一坨。

deceptively /dɪˈsep.tɪv.li/ 表示“欺骗性地，骗人地；造成假象地”，英文解释为“in a way that is deceptive (= making you believe something that is not true)”举个🌰：The plan seemed deceptively simple (= it seemed simple but was not). 这个计划看似简单（=但其实不简单）。

pinch /pɪntʃ/ 表示“（一）撮；少量”，英文解释为“a small amount of something, such as a powder, especially the amount that a person can hold between their first finger and thumb”举个🌰：While the tomatoes are cooking add a pinch of salt/sugar/dried thyme. 烧西红柿时加一小撮盐/糖/干百里香。

表示“比率；比例”，英文解释为“the relationship between two groups of people or things that is represented by two numbers showing how much larger one group is than the other”举个🌰：The school has a very high teacher-student ratio. 这所学校的师生比例很高。

beehive /ˈbiː.haɪv/ 表示“蜂箱，蜂窝”，英文解释为“a container shaped like a box in which bees are kept so that their honey can be collected”

在此次，用来形容蒸鸡蛋羹失败时出现的一种不美观的状态：当鸡蛋和水的比例不对，或者蒸的时间过长时，鸡蛋羹表面可能会形成许多小孔，看起来像蜂窝一样，而不是光滑细腻的质地。

Despite a slightly droopy egg texture on her first attempt, Leah Saifi, of Brooklyn, N.Y., still got thousands of positive comments on RedNote, with many users offering tips for improvement, such as covering the container with a plastic wrap, or mixing the egg batter with hot rather than cold water. Now she sees it as an easy and new way to cook an egg.

尽管第一次尝试做出的鸡蛋羹质地有点松散，但来自纽约布鲁克林的莉娅·赛义菲(Leah Saifi)在小红书上仍获得了数千条好评，许多用户给她提供了改进建议，比如在容器上盖一层保鲜膜，或者用热水而不是冷水搅拌蛋液。现在，她认为这是一种简单新颖的鸡蛋烹饪方法。

droopy /ˈdruː.pi/ 表示“下垂的”，英文解释为“bending or hanging down heavily”举个🌰：He had a long droopy moustache. 他长着下垂的长髭。

texture 1）表示“（摸上去的）质地，质感，纹理”，英文解释为“The texture of something is the way that it feels when you touch it, for example how smooth or rough it is.”如：the soft texture of velvet 天鹅绒柔软的质地。

2）表示“（文章或音乐的）特色，韵味，格调”，英文解释为“the character of a piece of writing or music”举个🌰：The writing has a rich texture. 这篇作品韵味无穷。

“Bury me with steamed eggs,” wrote Saifi in the caption accompanying the footage of her attempting the dish, which got nearly 130,000 likes.

“用鸡蛋羹埋葬我吧！”赛义菲在她发布的尝试做这道菜的视频配文中写道，这条视频获得了近13万个赞。

caption /ˈkæp.ʃən/ 可以作动词，也可以作名词，表示“（图片或卡通的）说明文字”，英文解释为“A caption is the words printed underneath a picture or cartoon which explain what it is about.”如：a captioned photograph 一幅带有文字说明的照片，举个🌰：The local paper featured me standing on a stepladder with a caption, "He climbs the ladder to success." 当地的报纸刊登了一幅我站在梯子上的特写，下面写着：“他登上了成功之梯。”

“Honestly, I've been eating them every single day. I can't stop,” said Saifi, who describes herself as an internet personality.

“说实话，我每天都吃鸡蛋羹，根本停不下来，”自称是网络红人的赛义菲说。

One top comment on her post said, “With this speed, all Chinese restaurants would go out of business!” “Who is the spy? Investigate immediately!” another RedNote user joked in English.

她帖子下的一条热门评论写道：“照这速度，所有中餐馆都要关门大吉了！”另一位小红书用户用英语开玩笑说：“谁是间谍？赶紧调查一下！”

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