时间:2019-01-16 作者:英语课 分类:伦敦生活


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BBC Learning English


London Life
Wine


Jackie: Hello I'm Jackie Dalton, this is London Life. Today


I'm at London's


annual Good Food Show. I've tried out plenty of food


already, but I also want to find out about the wine here.


I'm going to talk to David, an English wine-maker – yes,


there is such a thing as English wine! As we listen to him,


we'll explore some wine-related language. David is going to


start by talking about one of his favourite wines. What


word does he invent to describe the wine that he's


drinking?



David


So can you tell me about this particular sparkling wine


that you've got here?


Well, this is a blend of Reichensteiner, which is a


Reisling style, perhaps more similar to a Gewurz Traminer.


So what you want to do when you taste a wine is to take a


nice mouthful of it and breathe in air over the top of it


and then breathe it out and it’s you're nose which


actually tastes the wine. So that's what I'm going to do…


If you're looking
for adjectives, basically, it's 'gulpable'.


Jackie: 'Gulpable'. 'Gulpable' is not a word you'd normally


find in the dictionary, but you will find the word 'gulp 1'.


The verb 'to gulp' means to drink something very quickly,


swallowing a lot at a time.



Voice: She gulped 2 down her breakfast then ran off to catch


the bus. Jackie: It can also be a noun:
Voice: He finished his drink in one gulp.
 
Jackie: So 'gulp' is normally used as a noun or a verb. But


what David has done,


is turned it into an adjective by adding a-b-l-e on the


end, describing wine as 'gulpable'. The kind of wine you


can drink easily and quickly.
Next, David is gong to use a word which has an opposite


meaning to


'gulp'. Can you spot what it is?


David


If you're looking for adjectives, basically, it's


'gulpable'. The test of a good wine is that if you have to


sip 3 it, it's a bad wine.



Jackie: David says if you have to sip wine, it's a bad


wine. To 'sip' means to drink very slowly, taking just a


small amount into your mouth each time. While we can use


'gulp' when talking about both food and drink, we can only
use 'sip' with liquids.


Voice: Hmm, have a sip of this, it's delicious!


Jackie: So David reckons the kind of wine that's easy to


gulp down is better than the kind of wine that you would


only sip.


David


The test of a good wine is that if you have to sip it, it's


a bad wine. If you can actually gulp it down, then that is


the indication that that wine has been perfectly 4 made, it's


easy to drink, it's soft and that is the whole key to good


wine-making.



Jackie: David is going to tell us more about the wine he


has. For him the wine is very 'fruity'. What words does he


use which show you he thinks this?



David


So, what you notice immediately that it's got a lemony,


slightly orange flavour to it. It's got masses of fruit


there, that's come through initially 5. It's got a nice


sweetness to it, but the balance and the harmony is


absolutely perfect.
 
Jackie: David talks about the wine's flavour – what it


tastes like. He uses the adjective 'lemony' to suggest it


tastes a bit like lemons and says it also has an orange


flavour. He also says it has masses of fruit, which means


lots of fruit: 'masses' – an adjective to describe


quantity which can be used in
lots of contexts…



Voice: There's a huge party outside, there are masses of


people in the streets. Voice: I'm afraid I can't go out


with you, I've got masses to do this weekend.
David


It's got masses of fruit there that's comes through


initially. It's got a nice sweetness to it, but the balance


and the harmony is absolutely perfect.



Jackie: David says it's 'got a nice sweetness to it' – it


tastes quite sweet. It also has a perfect balance and


harmony. By 'balance' he means no one flavour stands out;


the different elements have equal strength. 'Harmony' is


when things seem to work well together. So David says all


the different elements of the wine come together perfectly.


Now let's practise some of the new words that have come up.


Over to you! What verb beginning with 'g' means to eat or


drink something quickly and in large amounts? (To gulp)



What about a word that begins with 's' and means to drink


something slowly and in small quantities? (To sip)



If we want to talk about what a food or drink tastes like,


do we talk about its flavour or its flower? (Food and drink


have 'flavours')



What word beginning with 'm' did we hear which means a lot


of something? (Masses) And that's all for this week's


London Life. Do join us again next time!



vt.吞咽,大口地吸(气);vi.哽住;n.吞咽
  • She took down the tablets in one gulp.她把那些药片一口吞了下去。
  • Don't gulp your food,chew it before you swallow it.吃东西不要狼吞虎咽,要嚼碎了再咽下去。
v.狼吞虎咽地吃,吞咽( gulp的过去式和过去分词 );大口地吸(气);哽住
  • He gulped down the rest of his tea and went out. 他把剩下的茶一饮而尽便出去了。
  • She gulped nervously, as if the question bothered her. 她紧张地咽了一下,似乎那问题把她难住了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
v.小口地喝,抿,呷;n.一小口的量
  • She took a sip of the cocktail.她啜饮一口鸡尾酒。
  • Elizabeth took a sip of the hot coffee.伊丽莎白呷了一口热咖啡。
adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地
  • The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
  • Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。
adv.最初,开始
  • The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
  • Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。
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