时间:2019-01-25 作者:英语课 分类:英语趣味课堂


英语课

 Todd: Now, Sandra, hello!


 
Sandra: Hello!
 
Todd: Now, you are a wine connoisseur 1. Or wine teacher. No!
 
Sandra: Not really!
 
Todd: Not really?
 
Sandra: A wine connoisseur. No, that's sort of a snobby 2.
 
Todd: Oh, really?
 
Sandra: Yes.
 
Todd: Oh, OK. So, how would you describe what you do?
 
Sandra: A wine professional.
 
Todd: A wine professional. OK, so what does a wine professional do?
 
Sandra: Try to make money from wine.
 
Todd: OK.
 
Sandra: So, I'm a wine writer, a wine columnist 3. I teach wine.
 
Todd: OK, so let's say if I'm going to have friends over, and I'm making let's say steak. I'm having a grilling 4 steak. Can I serve wine with steak?
 
Sandra: Yes. Steak goes with almost any red wine.
 
Todd: Oh, really. OK. So, red. How about if I want to mix wines. Is it OK to go red wine, white wine?
 
Sandra: You always start out with white wines going towards red wines.
 
Todd: OK, always go white wine first, then the red wine. (Yes) OK, and how about for dessert. Is there a special dessert wine?
 
Sandra: There are many great dessert wines, so it depends on what you like, how sweet you like and what you're making for dessert.
 
Todd: OK, so how about I'm making terimisu.
 
Sandra: Terimisu, then I would probably have a tawny 5 port, either from Portugal or from Australia, which makes great ports, or you might even go for a fruity and oaky zinfandel, which is dry wine from California.
 
Todd: OK, nice. How much will that cost me?
 
Sandra: Depends on how much you want to spend. For a port, a tawny port, anywhere in between 3,500 to 10,000 (OK) And for a California Zinfandel, a good one probably about 3,000 (yen).
 
Todd: 3,000. I think I can maybe afford that. Not much. And, how about what would be a good wine to start off for like appetizers 6 or with a salad or something like that.
 
Sandra: I always start off with a sparkling wine.
 
Todd: A sparkling wine.
 
Sandra: Yes. I prefer champagne 7 but if you can't afford it, even though champagne is the lowest price anywhere in the world is in Japan
 
Todd: Oh, really.
 
Sandra: And many of my students load up on cases of champagne and have it sent home by their companies container.
 
Todd: Oh, wow.
 
Sandra: Yes. But champagne is a good starter.
 
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Learn Vocabulary from the lesson
wine connoisseur
 
Are you a wine connoisseur or a wine teacher?
 
A 'connoisseur' is an expert about something, usually having to do with food, drink or art.  Notice the following:
 
Traveling has turned me into quite a connoisseur of different types of food.
I think of myself as a coffee connoisseur.
snobby
 
I'm not a wine connoisseur; that's sort of snobby.
 
If a person is 'snobby' they act like they are too good for average or normal things.  A person can be snobby towards other people or about certain things like clothes or food. Notice the following:
 
My friend can be kind of snobby, but I promise she's a good person.
She is very snobby about the food she eats.
make money
 
I try to make money from wine.
 
When you receive money for doing or selling something you are 'making money' from that. Notice the following:
 
His company makes a lot of money selling plastic products.
Can you really make money selling wine?
goes with
 
Steak goes with almost any red wine.
 
If a wine 'goes with' a food it complements 8 or enhances the flavor of that food. They taste good together. Notice the following:
 
I need a wine to go with the seafood 9 I'm making.
What goes well with this soup?
start off
 
I always start off with a sparkling wine.
 
If you 'start off' with something you have it or do it at the beginning. Notice the following:
 
He always starts off his day with a cup of coffee.
We will both start off with a bowl of soup.


n.鉴赏家,行家,内行
  • Only the real connoisseur could tell the difference between these two wines.只有真正的内行才能指出这两种酒的区别。
  • We are looking for a connoisseur of French champagne.我们想找一位法国香槟酒品酒专家。
a.虚荣的
  • Can I really tell my snobby friends that I now shop at-egads-Walmart? 天呐,我真得好意思告诉那帮势利的朋友们我在沃尔玛买东西?
n.专栏作家
  • The host was interviewing a local columnist.节目主持人正在同一位当地的专栏作家交谈。
  • She's a columnist for USA Today.她是《今日美国报》的专栏作家。
v.烧烤( grill的现在分词 );拷问,盘问
  • The minister faced a tough grilling at today's press conference. 部长在今天的记者招待会上受到了严厉的盘问。
  • He's grilling out there in the midday sun. 他在外面让中午火辣辣的太阳炙烤着。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adj.茶色的,黄褐色的;n.黄褐色
  • Her black hair springs in fine strands across her tawny,ruddy cheek.她的一头乌发分披在健康红润的脸颊旁。
  • None of them noticed a large,tawny owl flutter past the window.他们谁也没注意到一只大的、褐色的猫头鹰飞过了窗户。
n.开胃品( appetizer的名词复数 );促进食欲的活动;刺激欲望的东西;吊胃口的东西
  • Here is the egg drop and appetizers to follow. 这是您要的蛋花汤和开胃品。 来自互联网
  • Would you like appetizers or a salad to go with that? 你要不要小菜或色拉? 来自互联网
n.香槟酒;微黄色
  • There were two glasses of champagne on the tray.托盘里有两杯香槟酒。
  • They sat there swilling champagne.他们坐在那里大喝香槟酒。
补充( complement的名词复数 ); 补足语; 补充物; 补集(数)
  • His business skill complements her flair for design. 他的经营技巧和她的设计才能相辅相成。
  • The isoseismal maps are valuable complements to the instrumental records. 等震线图是仪器记录有价值的补充资料。
n.海产食品,海味,海鲜
  • There's an excellent seafood restaurant near here.离这儿不远有家非常不错的海鲜馆。
  • Shrimps are a popular type of seafood.小虾是比较普遍的一种海味。
学英语单词
0979
alphanumeric characterss
assembl? soutenu
assent to
associated circulation boiler
Aulnay-sous-Bois
axiom of preference
axiomatic basis
basal veins
blood-wite
brachystochrone
brightmen
bunks off
burrhel
Cambui
cephalhematomas
cervantess
chemically-fogged emulsifier
choicer
chondroituria
Clupeoidei
command control and communication
continuous equation
correctness oriented programming
countervailing effects
Darrieus wind turbine
deferasirox
departure event
depatterns
detailed subsidiary records
Drenovets
edible bean
elin-hafergut welding (eh welding)
emergency review
euonymins
exculpatory exception
expense category
extoll
ferry flat
flight frequency
follow the development of
gauge table
genus jaculuss
get on intimate terms
harvest cutting
high pressure gas vessel
hlady
hoban
impact performance
innovation management
inspection on shell plate development
instantaneous e.m.f
interaction matrix
lever hangs
linenum
location clerk
luxemburger
make up compressor
Marabila(Marabira)
marchitelli
marrow reservoir
mass media method
menza
microhylids
Millettia entadoides
mixer amplification by variable reactance
moschiferous
navicula sp.
negative line feed
nektonbenthos
non intrusive means
oscillating detector
out of ... line
oxidizing force of root
pessimistic time
pharm
rami thymici
raris
remultiplied
ripple-marked
rolled piece
scrafford
single car test
sounding scale
spaceward
Spilogalae
ST_surprise-and-confusion_surprising-and-shocking
strich
subcutaneous gangrene of newborn
superallowed beta decay
tea trays
tractive dynamometer
trimmed tunnel
triple tree
troncheon
turpentine substitute
us circuit court
whs
yield equivalence
zagloba
zero shear