LIVE, LEARN, & LOVE
Do you take delight in watching
films or listening to pop music? For English learners, movies, songs, and books
are one of the most wonderful sources to explore the language! You can indulge
in your favorite pastime and still learn some expressions, words of wisdom, and
oftentimes good lessons while you’re at it.
#4. Appetite
for Life: The Biography of Julia Child (authored by Noel Riley Fitch)
“In her old
age, Julia joined that noble species, the Grand Old Gal – a common apotheosis
for brilliant women. She may stand with her head tipped a little down
and sideward, as Eleanor Roosevelt did when her back became stooped, but she is
still the queen. Despite bum knees weakening her gait, and the occasional need
to lean against the stove (or on the table), she worked at a barely diminished
pace. After all, as she loved to point out, “Escoffier lived to be ninety-three
and my old chef Max Bugnard lived to be ninety-six.”
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“The Grand Old Gal” was a
respectful and humorous nickname for Julia Child that showed her fans’
long-lasting admiration, the sense of ties, and fondness for her, even decades
after her death. As the word “apotheosis” manifests, Julia child was viewed as
a woman who reached her dream all the way to the highest point where she could
happily create the taste of life like a divine chef from another country.
“Her appetite for life will never be sated. “Retired people are boring,” she claims. “In the line of work, you never have to retire. You keep right on until you’re through.”
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Julia Child was a woman of
passion whose indefatigable will to venture into the world of taste has no
limits. She continued on with her culinary creations with insatiable desire
until she passed.
· ** Jean’s
small thoughts:
When I first saw Julia
Child on TV show, I was a bit surprised by her high-pitched and distinctively
wavering voice with thick French accent in her English. It took me no longer
than five minutes to be totally enamored by the tall French chef who tossed the
dough as hard as she could onto the board with a great big smile.
Whenever I watched her
collaboration with her life-long buddy Chef Jacques Pépin (i.e., Julia and
Jacques Cooking at Home), I was amused by their steadfast friendship and playful
arguments about the recipes and cooking process. Their genuine “down-to-earth” characters
and kind smile on the cooking show always brought warmth and happiness to my
own small kitchen.
By the end of your long day,
you might bring out the leftover sandwich or spaghetti from the fridge to your
dinner table. Add some more of your favorite “fromage” to those “not-so-hearty”
kind of dish and say “Bon appetite!” What a good way to sign off your day!
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