美国文化脱口秀 第444期:你知道元宵节英语叫什么吗?
时间：2019-03-05 作者：英语课 分类：美国文化脱口秀
英语课
祝大家元宵佳节快乐！这集节目，Jenny, Diana告诉你关于元宵节的一切英语！
关键词：
“元宵节”英语叫：
The Lantern Festival: 元宵节
Lantern: 灯笼
The 15th day of the lunar calendar: 正月十五
Lunar calender: 阴历
Lunar New Year: 春节(Chinese New Year)的另一种英语说法
The Lantern Festival marks the end of the Chinese New Year (Lunar New Year) celebration: 元宵节标志着春节庆祝的尾声
汤圆英语叫：
你大概已经猜到了，汤圆在英语里也是dumpling.
Dumplings: 饺子、包子、汤圆......
Anything wrapped in skin with filling inside can be called a dumpling: 总之，外面有皮包着，里面有馅儿的中式点心都能统称dumpling
Skin/wrapper: 皮
Filling: 内馅儿
你知道元宵节英语叫什么吗
"汤圆”怎么说最贴切？
Sticky rice dumplings/soup dumplings: 汤圆
Sticky rice/glutinous rice: 糯米
Black sticky rice: 血糯米
Black sesame: 黑芝麻
Red bean paste: 红豆沙
Purple potato: 紫薯
Taro 1: 香芋
Sweet: 甜的
Savory 2: 咸的 （salty的意思是盐太多，所以形容咸的口味，用savory更准确）
Minced 3 pork: 猪肉糜
Ground beef: 牛肉末
通常熟的肉末用minced, 生的用ground.
Innovative 4 flavors: 创新口味
猜灯谜
Lantern riddle 5: 灯谜
Guess the lantern riddle: 猜灯谜
Clue: 谜面
Answer: 谜底
美国的猜字游戏
Word-guessing games
＃1.Charades 6
Charades-use body language to act out the answer: Charades是通过肢体语言演出来的猜字游戏
#2.Taboo
Taboo-describe the answer with words: Taboo这个游戏是用语言描述谜底
But you can't use the answer word, it's a taboo: 当然不能用到谜底这个词，它是个ta boo (禁忌词)
童年的记忆：兔子灯
Rabbit lantern/rabbit-shaped lantern: 兔子灯
Made of paper, wheels underneath, candle inside: 纸扎的，下面有轮子，里面放一根蜡烛
Pull it around with a thread: 用绳子拉着
Hand-made: 手工做的
Very retro: 好怀旧
n.芋，芋头
- Main grain crop has taro,corn,banana to wait.主要粮食作物有芋头、玉米、芭蕉等。
- You celebrate your birthday with taro,red bean and butter.用红豆、芋头和黄油给自己过生日。
adj.风味极佳的，可口的，味香的
- She placed a huge dish before him of savory steaming meat.她将一大盘热气腾腾、美味可口的肉放在他面前。
- He doesn't have a very savory reputation.他的名誉不太好。
v.切碎( mince的过去式和过去分词 )；剁碎；绞碎；用绞肉机绞（食物，尤指肉）
- He minced over to serve us. 他迈着碎步过来招待我们。
- A young fop minced up to George and introduced himself. 一个花花公子扭扭捏捏地走到乔治面前并作了自我介绍。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adj.革新的，新颖的，富有革新精神的
- Discover an innovative way of marketing.发现一个创新的营销方式。
- He was one of the most creative and innovative engineers of his generation.他是他那代人当中最富创造性与革新精神的工程师之一。
n.谜，谜语，粗筛；vt.解谜，给…出谜，筛，检查，鉴定，非难，充满于；vi.出谜
- The riddle couldn't be solved by the child.这个谜语孩子猜不出来。
- Her disappearance is a complete riddle.她的失踪完全是一个谜。