【英语趣味课堂】酒-Wine
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.
学习内容:
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。