【趣谈英语】一些意大利面的种类-“Spaghetti” Means Little Strings
Pre-Listening Vocabulary
pasta: a staple 1 Italian dish, shapes made from flour, water, and sometimes egg
retain: to keep
translation: the process of changing a word into a different language
reed: a tall thin grass that grows in a marshy 2 area
spiral 3: a twisted shape
figure out: to investigate and come up with an answer
turn off: to cause someone to dislike a thing or person
“Spaghetti” Means Little Strings 4
There are hundreds of kinds of pasta. Some of the well-known types of pasta, such as “spaghetti” and “cannelloni”, have retained their Italian names and are used in English-speaking countries. The translation of these words into English is “little strings” and “large reeds”. Other types of pasta have English names, such as “bow tie pasta” (farfalle) and “elbow macaroni” (maccheroni). You can actually learn a lot of language by studying the names of pasta. For example, tortelleni means “little pies”, while linguine means “little tongues”. “Gemelli” is an S-shaped pasta twisted up to form a spiral. The Italian word for this pasta translates to “twins” in English. Next time you order “vermicelli”, inspect the shape to see if you can figure out what this word translates to in English. Don’t be surprised if it turns you off your dinner.
- Tea is the staple crop here.本地产品以茶叶为大宗。
- Potatoes are the staple of their diet.土豆是他们的主要食品。
- In August 1935,we began our march across the marshy grassland. 1935年8月，我们开始过草地。
- The surrounding land is low and marshy. 周围的地低洼而多沼泽。