【英语趣味课堂】英国的食物-Food in England
时间:2019-03-06 作者:英语课 分类:英语趣味课堂
英语课
Todd: So, Phil, I thought we'd talk about food.
Phil: OK, yeah. Food is one of my favorite subjects.
Todd: OK, so let's start out with fruit. OK, what's your favorite fruit?
Phil: My favorite fruit is raspberry, which you can't get in Japan.
Todd: Oh, raspberry.
Phil: Oh, well, you can get it in Japan but it's really expensive.
Todd: I love raspberries. Actually, where I'm from in the states, we have loads of raspberries for free.
Phil: My grand used to have them in her garden so when I was kid, it was always someone picking the raspberries and like vanilla 1 ice cream and raspberries together.
Todd: Oh, man, yeah. My grandmother, actually, she used to make raspberry cobbler.
Phil: Cobbler?
Todd: Yeah. Oh, you don't have cobbler. You probably have a different name for it in England. It's like a pie, but it's really sweet. You take the blackberries or raspberries, and it's the filling and a pie crust over it. It's a pie. They call it cobbler, so..... Actually, speaking of British food, what's a scone 2?
Phil: A scone is basically a really kind of dried cake, kind or really dried kind of cake material but it's got little bits of raisins 3 in it.
Todd: Right, so when you got to Starbuck's and they have the little triangle things, is that a scone?
Phil: I don't know to be honest. I don't go to Starbuck's very often.
Todd: Right.
Phil: I don't recommend them, they're really, really, really dry. Generally you eat them with cream and tea, but I'm not a fan.
Todd: No. Really.
Phil: Have you ever ate it?
Todd: Speaking of British food, what's your favorite British food?
Phil: Fish n' Chips I suppose.
Todd: You got to be kidding. Fish n' Chips?
Phil: Fish... British food basically is just a cosmopolitan 4 mix of foreign stuff combined with together, like the most popular food now, the national dish, is curry 5.
Todd: Right. How come it's not fish n' chips?
Phil: I don't know. Just because maybe people are going a bit more healthy or just because it's different, and curry's the most eaten food now.
Todd: Right. Actually, I lived in England for about a year and I loved shepard pie.
Phil: Shepard's pie or cottage pie is very similar, yeah.
Todd: Yeah, right.
Phil: I do like it but, I don't know. I just don't eat it that often.
Todd: No, really. OK, actually now that we're both living in Japan, are there are British foods that you crave 6?
Phil: Um, kind of, something called Branston pickle 7, which is basically, it's kind of sandwich spread. You have it with cheese, or with like meat, and you put it on, it's like diced 8 vegetables, but really thinly chopped and it's got a special sauce. It's just really nice. I really miss it.
Todd: Wow. What's it called?
Phil: Branston pickle.
Todd: Branston pickle?
Phil: Yeah.
Todd: Is it like veggiemite?
Phil: Not really, no, no. It's kind of actually lumps of vegetables within in. We have something similar to veggiemite called marmite.
Todd: Ah, that's right.
Phil: But the taste is actually stronger.
Todd: OK, cool.
Phil: OK, yeah. Food is one of my favorite subjects.
Todd: OK, so let's start out with fruit. OK, what's your favorite fruit?
Phil: My favorite fruit is raspberry, which you can't get in Japan.
Todd: Oh, raspberry.
Phil: Oh, well, you can get it in Japan but it's really expensive.
Todd: I love raspberries. Actually, where I'm from in the states, we have loads of raspberries for free.
Phil: My grand used to have them in her garden so when I was kid, it was always someone picking the raspberries and like vanilla 1 ice cream and raspberries together.
Todd: Oh, man, yeah. My grandmother, actually, she used to make raspberry cobbler.
Phil: Cobbler?
Todd: Yeah. Oh, you don't have cobbler. You probably have a different name for it in England. It's like a pie, but it's really sweet. You take the blackberries or raspberries, and it's the filling and a pie crust over it. It's a pie. They call it cobbler, so..... Actually, speaking of British food, what's a scone 2?
Phil: A scone is basically a really kind of dried cake, kind or really dried kind of cake material but it's got little bits of raisins 3 in it.
Todd: Right, so when you got to Starbuck's and they have the little triangle things, is that a scone?
Phil: I don't know to be honest. I don't go to Starbuck's very often.
Todd: Right.
Phil: I don't recommend them, they're really, really, really dry. Generally you eat them with cream and tea, but I'm not a fan.
Todd: No. Really.
Phil: Have you ever ate it?
Todd: Speaking of British food, what's your favorite British food?
Phil: Fish n' Chips I suppose.
Todd: You got to be kidding. Fish n' Chips?
Phil: Fish... British food basically is just a cosmopolitan 4 mix of foreign stuff combined with together, like the most popular food now, the national dish, is curry 5.
Todd: Right. How come it's not fish n' chips?
Phil: I don't know. Just because maybe people are going a bit more healthy or just because it's different, and curry's the most eaten food now.
Todd: Right. Actually, I lived in England for about a year and I loved shepard pie.
Phil: Shepard's pie or cottage pie is very similar, yeah.
Todd: Yeah, right.
Phil: I do like it but, I don't know. I just don't eat it that often.
Todd: No, really. OK, actually now that we're both living in Japan, are there are British foods that you crave 6?
Phil: Um, kind of, something called Branston pickle 7, which is basically, it's kind of sandwich spread. You have it with cheese, or with like meat, and you put it on, it's like diced 8 vegetables, but really thinly chopped and it's got a special sauce. It's just really nice. I really miss it.
Todd: Wow. What's it called?
Phil: Branston pickle.
Todd: Branston pickle?
Phil: Yeah.
Todd: Is it like veggiemite?
Phil: Not really, no, no. It's kind of actually lumps of vegetables within in. We have something similar to veggiemite called marmite.
Todd: Ah, that's right.
Phil: But the taste is actually stronger.
Todd: OK, cool.
n.香子兰,香草
- He used to love milk flavoured with vanilla.他过去常爱喝带香草味的牛奶。
- I added a dollop of vanilla ice-cream to the pie.我在馅饼里加了一块香草冰激凌。
n.圆饼,甜饼,司康饼
- She eats scone every morning.她每天早上都吃甜饼。
- Scone is said to be origined from Scotland.司康饼据说来源于苏格兰。
n.葡萄干( raisin的名词复数 )
- These raisins come from Xinjiang,they taste delicious. 这些葡萄干产自新疆,味道很甜。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Mother put some raisins in the cake. 母亲在糕饼中放了一些葡萄干。 来自辞典例句
adj.世界性的,全世界的,四海为家的,全球的
- New York is a highly cosmopolitan city.纽约是一个高度世界性的城市。
- She has a very cosmopolitan outlook on life.她有四海一家的人生观。
n.咖哩粉,咖哩饭菜;v.用咖哩粉调味,用马栉梳,制革
- Rice makes an excellent complement to a curry dish.有咖喱的菜配米饭最棒。
- Add a teaspoonful of curry powder.加一茶匙咖喱粉。
vt.渴望得到,迫切需要,恳求,请求
- Many young children crave attention.许多小孩子渴望得到关心。
- You may be craving for some fresh air.你可能很想呼吸呼吸新鲜空气。
n.腌汁,泡菜;v.腌,泡
- Mother used to pickle onions.妈妈过去常腌制洋葱。
- Meat can be preserved in pickle.肉可以保存在卤水里。