50. The last sentence of this passage implies that ________.
(A)The popularity of a dish could last longer than a queen’s
(B)Sauerkraut was no longer fashionable after the queen died.
(C)The queen was not popular from the very beginning.
(D)The French would easily accept a foreign dish.

Once, food was defined by a very small geographic zone, 
prescribed by the products and traditions in that area.
糧食曾經只被限制在特定的小小地理區域範圍內，
受當地的作物和傳統給侷限。

Where there were wars, food was modified. 
但當戰爭開始爆發，糧食的來去也受變動了。
Arabs conquered Europe; cane sugar went with them. 
當阿拉伯人征服了歐洲，蔗糖也就這樣傳過去了。
The Chinese entered Japan and the soybean entered the Japanese diet. 
當中國人進入了日本，日本飲食開始多了黃豆。
Immigration left a mark, too. 
人口的移民也有相當程度的影響噢。

Jews fleeing Portugal brought chocolate to southwestern France.
當猶太人從葡萄牙逃離的路途中，把巧克力帶進了法國的西南方。
African slaves brought frying and okra to the Caribbean and the American South.
非洲奴隸把油炸食物和秋葵帶到了加勒比以及美國南部。
It seemed every time a royal marriage was arranged in France, 
the cuisine gained a few ingredients and dishes.
而彷彿法國每舉辦一次皇室的結婚典禮，
他們的菜餚也照樣跟著一點一點的多樣化了起來。

Modern historians question the influence of Catherine de’ Medici when she arrived in Paris in 1533 at the age of 14, with an extensive Italian cooking staff. 
１５３３年凱瑟琳·德·美第奇在她１４歲的時候帶著昂貴的義大利烹飪器材來到巴黎，到現在現代歷史學家還猜測著其影響。
The event probably did not revolutionize French cooking as is sometimes suggested, but it did bring the artichoke north. 
或許這事件並不如某些人猜測的那樣造成法國的烹飪革命，
但它的確將洋薊北傳了。
And when Louis XVI married Marie Antoinette from Lorraine, sauerkraut became fashionable in Paris and remained popular far longer than she did.
而當路易十六從洛琳娶了瑪麗·安托瓦內特，
酸菜便開始在法國傳了開來，其受歡迎程度甚至維持得比她（瑪莉）久呢。