American Food and Drinks译文!

American Food and Drinks译文!
Many meals in America are arranged around popular television shows,people like to eat in front of the TV,not always sitting at a table,they sit in a chair or on a sofa.Cooking in the USA is not just hamburgers,pizza and fast food.However the American fast food restaurant chains have been very successful at introducing American style fast food around the world,now people from many lands believe it is what we everyone eats all of the time in the USA.
Most traditional American foods were introduced by the early European immigrants but modified to take advantage of the locally available ingredients.Fried chicken,meatloaf,baked potato,corn,baked beans and apple pie would be considered traditional American dishes.
Regional Cooking varies from state to state and is highly influenced by the types of ingredients locally available,as well as the cultural background of the people that settled in the area.New England cooking,native to the northeastern states; was heavily influenced by the cuisine of the original English settlers.Southern cooking has definite African influences.Cajun cooking,from the New Orleans area,is a spicy mixture of Spanish,French and African styles.California cooking is known for the use of fresh fruits and vegetables in interesting combinations with Asian,Mexican and Spanish flavorings.

（大概意思,并非逐字对照翻译）在美国,人们一般是边看电视边吃饭,他们喜欢坐在电视机前的沙发或椅子上而不是坐在饭桌上.美国的烹饪食品不仅仅是汉堡,比萨和快餐.但是美国的快餐店已经很成功地将美式快餐推广到了全世界.现在很多国家的人们都已相信快餐大多数时候在美国吃的都叫快餐.
大多数美国传统食物是由欧洲移民者引进的,但是利用当地的一些原料配料在此基础上又得到了改变.炸鸡,肉,面包,烤土豆,玉米饼,烤豆,苹果派都被认为是美国的传统食品.
地域性的烹调由于各州的不同而不同,并且很大一部分受影响与当地可提供的原料以及当地人的文化背景.新式的英格兰烹饪,原于东北部地区,很大一部分受影响于原始的英国定居者.南部地区的烹饪是由非洲所影响的.Cajun（从亚凯底亚移居美国路易斯安那州人的后裔）的烹饪,原于新奥尔良地区,是一种混合了西班牙、法国和非洲风格的辣辣的食物.加利福尼亚的烹饪因将新鲜的蔬菜水果和混合了来自亚洲,墨西哥和西班牙的调味料一起制作而著名.