时间:2018-12-07 作者:英语课 分类:Take Away English


英语课

Food from around the World 世界食品荟萃






So, you are going to Britain . ‘Oh no!' say your friends, ‘The food is terrible! What are you going to eat?' This was a common thing to say and perhaps it used to be true. English food was terrible! But is that true today?


Traditionally, English food consisted of meat and two veg. That is to say a meal would be meat, either beef, pork or chicken and two vegetables. Of course, one of these was usually potatoes and the other might be peas or carrots. This was then covered in gravy 1, which is a meat sauce.






Indian food is enormously popular in the UK




Fish and chips is another traditional dish often eaten on Fridays. Quite simply it is fried fish served with fried potatoes, or chips.

Nowadays, however, all this has changed. A popular dish for many is curry 2' , Indian food. India used to be a British colony , and many immigrants came to Britain from India in the 1950s. Naturally, they brought their customs and their food. This led to many Indian restaurants opening, and now it is possible to buy Indian food in any town. You can even buy the ingredients to make it in supermarkets.

Indian food can be very hot and spicy 3 , so it may take time to get used to it. However, in a recent survey curry came out as the nation's favourite dish.

Another common food in the UK is Italian. Pasta is served in many homes everyday, and you can order takeaway pizza everywhere you go.

Of course, if you visit England from China , you won't have to go far to get Chinese food. Almost every town has a Chinese restaurant or takeaway. In big cities such as London you can visit Chinatown . Here there are dozens of Chinese restaurants and even Chinese supermarkets. Even the street names are written in both Chinese and English.

One English dish that remains 4 popular, however, is the traditional breakfast. This consists of bacon, sausage, egg, beans, mushrooms, tomatoes and toast, with a large cup of tea. On a cold morning it is guaranteed to fill you up and keep you warm till lunchtime.

So is food in England terrible? No – because it isn't English food!







GLOSSARY  词汇表






consisted of - 由…组成




ingredients - 成分;配料






sauce - 酱油 , 调味料




hot and spicy - 麻辣的






served with - 与…放在一起吃




survey - 调查






curry - 咖喱




pasta - (意大利)通心面






colony - 殖民地




takeaway pizza - 外卖比萨






immigrants - 移民




fill you up - 填满;吃饱






led to - 导致;引起




 







 



1 gravy
n.肉汁;轻易得来的钱,外快
  • You have spilled gravy on the tablecloth.你把肉汁泼到台布上了。
  • The meat was swimming in gravy.肉泡在浓汁之中。
2 curry
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。
3 spicy
adj.加香料的;辛辣的,有风味的
  • The soup tasted mildly spicy.汤尝起来略有点辣。
  • Very spicy food doesn't suit her stomach.太辣的东西她吃了胃不舒服。
4 remains
n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹
  • He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
  • The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
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