2020英语教学资源：时文阅读|纽约顶级厨师的工作困境
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Chefs from some of New York City’s top restaurants are leaving the business to work for billionaires after losing their jobs to the coronavirus (新冠病毒), the New York Post has learned.
Out-of-work chefs from restaurants including Jean-Georges, Daniel, Eleven Madison Park, Per Se and Gramercy Tavern are being poached (挖走) by talent agents and even real estate brokers (房地产经纪人) to work for wealthy families since the coronavirus shutdowns have weakened the restaurant industry, sources said. The supply of quality chefs is so abundant that some wealthy people say they’re getting cold-called about the latest candidate. “I received a call out of the blue asking if we wanted to hire a top chef who had worked for Jean-Georges,” one billionaire real estate developer told the NYPost's Side Dish.
For unemployed chefs, it’s often the only way for them to make money doing what they love at a time when sit-down dining is prohibited by the state lockdown. “I was laid off six weeks ago. It just wasn’t possible to stay, no matter how much the chef wanted to keep us. I can’t stand not working. I miss being in the kitchen,” said Ian Tenzer, a 29-year-old former sous chef(副厨) at three-star Michelin restaurant Eleven Madison Park, named the world’s best restaurant in 2017. “Working as a private chef has always been a part of the industry I had thought about working in and, at this point in my career, it’s a good choice economically and professionally,” he added.
Indeed, chefs who choose to work in private homes stand to get a 20 percent to 30 percent pay raise, as well as other perks (补贴) including better hours, sources said. Sous chefs at top restaurants can earn between $120,000 and $200,000 a year working full-time for a family, compared to closer to $100,000 working at a restaurant. One drawback is that you never know what kind of family you’ll get, chefs said. Some families are “lovely, adventurous and curious,” but others can be quite the opposite. They can be rude and “even physically and verbally abusive. I have heard horror stories,” said one chef who asked to remain unnamed. “Money can be a very corrupting influence.”
1 Which is true about Chefs in New York city ?
A Some of famous chefs are leaving the business to work in private homes.
B Wealthy families invited chefs to work for them.
C Chefs are being poached because billionaires need them.
D Top chefs are rare in New York city.
2 Which of the following can describe the underlined phrase “out of the blue” ?
A from the sky B all of a sudden C in the morning D from a friend
3 What can we know form paragraph 3 ?
A Ian Tenzer was out of work because the chef didn’t need him.
B There still many jobs for Ian Tenzer to do.
C Ian Tenzer hadn’t considered working for private families.
D Being a private chef can be economically helpful to Ian Tenzer.
4 What would be the best title for this passage ?
A Being a private chef can earn more.
B Unemployed chefs are being personal cooks.
C Chefs from New York City’s top restaurants
D Out-of-work chefs from top restaurants
答案：
1. A. 细节理解题，根据第一段可知，据《纽约邮报》报道，纽约一些顶级餐厅的厨师在被冠状病毒夺去工作后，纷纷离职为亿万富翁工作，A正确。第二段，根据Out-of-work chefs from restaurants including… are being poached by talent agents and even real estate brokers to work for wealthy families since the coronavirus shutdowns have weakened the restaurant industry, sources said.消息人士称，自冠状病毒疫情导致餐饮业元气大伤以来，多家餐厅的失业厨师被人才中介甚至房地产经纪人挖走，为富裕家庭工作，可知B，C错误。根据The supply of quality chefs is so abundant that…. 优质厨师的供应是如此之多以至于….，可知D错误。
2. B. 根据划线短语前一句，The supply of quality chefs is so abundant that some wealthy people say they’re getting cold-called about the latest candidate.优质厨师的供应是如此之多，以至于一些有钱人说，他们接到了有关最新候选人的推销电话，可知电话是突然接到的。
3. D. 根据 “Working as a private chef has always been a part of the industry I had thought about working in and, at this point in my career, it’s a good choice economically and professionally”,“做私人厨师一直是我想从事的行业的一部分，在我职业生涯的这个阶段，从经济和专业角度来说，这都是一个不错的选择，”可知D正确。
4. B. 根据文章大意可知，文章主要描述了纽约失业的厨师正在转型成为富人
的私人厨师。