每日一句(55-16/09/09)：做饭的意义

The unrivalled success of the human species is down to our mastery of flame and our use of it to transform raw food into cooked. (From The Times, September 17, 2009: How cooking helped us to evolve)

人类之所以取得巨大成功，是因为会用火、会做饭。

1、unrivalled，无与伦比的，修饰success。
2、be down to sb/sth: to be caused by a particular person or thing。
*She claimed her problems were down to the media.
3、the human species是指代人类的又一种说法。
4、mastery of flame，掌握用火。
5、raw和cooked是反义词，表示“生的”和“熟的”。