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02 民以食為天

開開心心買食材

dialogue

susan and jane have invited their colleagues to their house for dinner on saturday. they planed to cook by themselves. now they are going to the supermarket to buy some food.

蘇珊和簡邀請她們的同事周六到家里吃晚飯。她們打算自己下廚，現在她們要去超市買一些食物。

susan: what do you have in mind about today's supper?

蘇珊：今天的晚飯你打算做什么？

jane: what about making dumplings? i want to prepare a typical chinese food for our colleagues.

簡：包餃子怎么樣？我想為同事們準備一頓正宗的中國飯菜。

susan: good idea. but what do we need to prepare? i have never made dumplings before.

蘇珊：好主意。但是我們要準備些什么呢？我以前從來沒包過餃子。

jane: don't worry about that. making dumpling is my specialty. now let's go to the supermarket to buy some meat and vegetables. and what dumplings with the stuffing do you like?

簡：不用擔心。包餃子是我的拿手好戲。現在我們去超市買些肉和蔬菜吧。你喜歡吃什么餡的餃子？

susan: the stuffing of beef and mushrooms is my favorite.

蘇珊：牛肉香菇餡的餃子是我的最愛。

jane: ok. let's buy some fresh beef,mushrooms and some other vegetables.don't forget the dressing for dumplings.

簡：行。我們就買一些新鮮的牛肉、香菇和一些其他的菜。不要忘了買餃子專用的調料。

susan: all right. let's go.

蘇珊：好的。我們出發吧。

notes

1. stuffed [st?ft] adj. 塞滿了的；喂飽的

2. stuffin [?st?fi?] n.（食品）填塞物，（物體）填充劑；填餡

3. mushroom ['m??'rum] n. 蘑菇

4. dressing ['dresi?] n. 穿衣，打扮；敷料；調料，填料；肥料

小貼士

常見食材：

肉類 meat:

beef 牛肉

lamb 羔羊肉

lobster 龍蝦

squid 魷魚

mutton 羊肉

chicken 雞肉

crab 蟹

carp 鯉魚

pork 豬肉

peeled prawns 蝦仁

shrimp 蝦米

lean meat 瘦肉

蔬菜類 vegetables:

green pepper 青椒

spinach 菠菜

leek 韭菜

garden bean 四季豆

pea 豌豆

celery 芹菜

lettuce 生菜（萵苣）

cucumber 黃瓜

eggplant 茄子

dried black mushroom 冬菇

onion 洋蔥

sweet corn 甜玉米

調料類 dressings:

caper 馬檳榔

coriander 香菜

cinnamon 肉桂

chive 細香蔥，蝦夷蔥

clove 丁香

cumin 孜然，小茴香，枯茗

dill 蒔蘿

fennel 茴香

allspice 香辣椒，多香果，牙買加胡椒

anise（star anise） 大茴香，八角，大料

basil 羅勒，紫蘇，九層塔

bay leaf 香葉，月桂樹葉

cayenne pepper 辣椒，牛角椒

烹飪美食我最棒

dialogue

time to call it a day. maggie and lucas are talking what to eat for dinner.

下班了，麥琪和盧卡斯正在商量晚上吃什么。

maggie: do you have any plans for dinner tonight?

麥琪：你打算好今天晚飯吃什么了嗎？

lucas: no, i was thinking of putting a frozen pizza in the oven. what about you?

盧卡斯：還沒，我正在考慮弄個冷凍披薩放進烤箱里加熱。你呢？

maggie: maybe we can make dinner together tonight. what do you think?

麥琪：咱們今晚可以一起做飯。你覺得怎么樣？

lucas: i'm utterly ignorant of cooking!

盧卡斯：我對做飯一竅不通啊！

maggie: i can teach you how to cook something healthy. frozen pizza is so bad for you! recently i have just learned how to cook steamed crabs. do you like it?

麥琪：我可以教你怎樣做健康飲食。冷凍披薩對你沒有一點好處! 我最近剛學會做清蒸蟹。你喜歡吃嗎？

lucas: of course. i like seafood. i can hardly believe that you can cook steamed crabs. do you have all the ingredients?

盧卡斯：當然，我喜歡吃海鮮。我簡直不敢相信你竟然會做清蒸蟹。材料都有嗎？

maggie: i bought all the ingredients this morning. so let's start!

麥琪：我今天早上買的。咱們現在就開始吧。

lucas: what do we do first?

盧卡斯：第一步先干什么？

maggie: first, we need to scrub the crabs with a brush. and then pour some water in the pan. when the water is boiling, follow ginger, basil, crabs. you can also sprinkle some ginger and basil on the crabs.

麥琪：首先需要用刷子將蟹洗凈。然后在平底鍋里倒些水。水開后放入姜、羅勒葉、大閘蟹，蟹上也可以撒一點姜和羅勒葉。

lucas: oh, that's not complex.

盧卡斯：哦，這樣不是很復雜。

maggie: then use a cotton rope to tie the crabs' feet and steam them for 12 minutes. when crabs turn red, almost ready. very simple, right?

麥琪：然后用棉線把蟹腿綁起來，蒸12分鐘。當蟹變紅了，就差不多好了。很簡單，對吧？

lucas: yeah, it's much easier than i thought.

盧卡斯：是呀，比我想象得簡單多了。

notes

1. oven ['?v?n] n. 烤箱，烤爐

2. utterly ['?t?li] adv. 完全，全然，絕對

3. steamed [sti:md] adj. 蒸熟的

4. ingredient [in'gri:di?nt] n. 成分；原料，配料；因素

5. scrub [skr?b] n. 用力擦洗；矮樹；渺小之物；v. 用力擦洗

6. ginger ['d?ind??] n. 姜，姜根；精力；姜黃色；v. 用姜調味

7. basil ['b?zil] n. 羅勒（芳香的草本植物）

8. sprinkle ['spri?kl] v. 灑，撒；下稀疏小雨；n. 少量散布的屑狀物

小貼士

in terms of chinese food, it is popularly known that chinese cuisine is worldfamous for its perfect combination of “color, aroma, taste and appearance”. chinese cuisine takes into consideration the selection of raw materials, the texture of food,the blending of seasonings, slicing techniques, the perfect timing of cooking and the art of laying out the food on the plate. among the best-known schools of chinese culinary tradition are the cantonese cuisine of the south, the shandong cuisine of the north, the huaiyang cuisine of the east and the sichuan cuisine of the west. these four major varieties of chinese food have been traditionally noted as “the light flavor of the south, the salty flavor of the north, the sweet flavor of the east and the spicy-hot flavor of the west”.

說起中餐，人們都知道中餐烹飪以其“色、香、味、形”俱全而著稱于世。中餐烹飪講究原料的選配、食物的質地、佐料的調制、切菜的刀工、適時的烹調以及裝盤藝術。最負盛名的中餐菜系有南方的粵菜、北方的魯菜、東部的淮揚菜和西部的川菜，素有“南淡北咸，東甜西辣”之特點。

預訂餐桌要提早

dialogue

the department garner is working in decides to go pig out after the project is finished. the manager asks garner to make a reservation in a restaurant ahead of time.

加納所在的部門在工程完工后決定出去大吃一頓。經理讓加納提前在一家飯店預訂餐位。

waiter: good morning, this is hilton hotel. may i help you?

侍者：早上好，這里是希爾頓飯店。有什么我可以為您效勞的？

garner: i'd like to book a private room this evening.

加納：我想預訂一間今晚的私人包間。

waiter: how many people do you have?

侍者：你們有多少人？

garner: we are a group of eight.

加納：我們一共8個人。

waiter: let me check. hold on, please…ok, that's fine. smoking or nonsmoking area?

侍者：讓我查查。請稍候……好的，沒問題。您要吸煙區還是非吸煙區？

garner: nonsmoking, please.

加納：要非吸煙區。

waiter: all right. may i have you name, sir?

侍者：好的。先生，能留下您的姓名嗎？