[ti:French Bread Makers Seek UN Recognition of the Baguette] [by:www.51voa.com] [00:00.00]更多听力请访问51VOA.COM [00:00.04]The United Nations' cultural agency [00:02.68]may consider the making of French bread, [00:06.20]known as the baguette, for its list of "intangible treasures." [00:13.12]Bakers in France asked the French government [00:17.28]to propose the traditional bread for the honor from UNESCO. [00:24.08]About 6 million baguettes are sold every day in France. [00:30.84]The French minister of culture [00:33.16]will make a recommendation to UNESCO in March. [00:37.48]The baguette is competing against [00:40.88]two other candidates for France's nomination. [00:45.92]The candidates are the metal rooftops of buildings in Paris, [00:51.08]made from zinc, and a wine festival in the country's Jura area. [00:59.36]In 2020, UNESCO considered things such as a dance in Zambia, [01:07.44]camel racing in the United Arab Emirates [01:12.00]and pottery making in Serbia for its list of treasures. [01:19.44]Bakers in France hope the baguette will be considered [01:23.20]an official treasure because of its importance in French life. [01:29.72]But, the bakers also are worried the baguette [01:33.32]is becoming less important in France. [01:37.52]They say it is being replaced by frozen bread [01:42.68]that gets produced in factories and sold in supermarkets. [01:49.44]They want to protect small, traditional bread makers. [01:54.60]Many of the small bakeries had a difficult year in 2020 [02:00.32]because of coronavirus restrictions. [02:04.56]Since the 1950s, about 30,000 small bakeries [02:09.84]closed in France as supermarkets became popular. [02:16.20]Food and drink-making methods in other countries [02:19.60]are already considered "treasures" by UNESCO. [02:24.76]The organization recognizes the making of [02:28.04]flat breads in Iran and Kazakhstan, [02:33.00]Neapolitan pizza-making in Italy [02:36.76]and beer making in Belgium. [02:41.24]In 1993 the French government declared rules [02:46.12]for bread to be considered a baguette: [02:50.08]It must be made only from water, flour, yeast and salt. [02:57.76]The declaration noted the time and temperature [03:01.40]for the uncooked bread to rise. [03:05.32]Mickael Reydellet owns eight bakeries in France. [03:11.44]He said there is no single secret to making a good baguette. [03:16.04]It requires patience, know-how [03:19.76]and "good flour without additives." [03:25.56]Bakers in France hope the label from UNESCO [03:29.28]would prevent the French baguette [03:31.88]from being taken over by impostors. [03:36.28]Reydellet said the UNESCO honor [03:39.12]would give support to the next generation of bakers. [03:43.84]Dominique Anract is the president of the French bakers' organization. [03:50.08]He said it is important for French people [03:53.80]to protect the tradition of buying a baguette. [03:59.36]"The first errand we ask of a child [04:02.28]is to go buy a baguette from a bakery," he said. [04:06.92]I'm Dan Friedell. 更多听力请访问51VOA.COM