【一起闲话英语】越南的食物—Vietnamese Food

 Passage Transcript¹

i want to talk about Vietnamese cuisine². and, to many of you, it may sound just like Chinese cuisine or Indian cuisine, it doesn't matter. but in that part of the world where i come from, Vietnam, China, Korea, um each country has a very distinctive³, uh, style of cooking and making food. and, it's very special for me that people appreciate Vietnamese food. um, Vietnamese food is, um, very nutritious⁴, but um much less spicy⁵ than, um, Thai food, if you've eaten it, if you've tried it. and um, we use a lot of ingredients that are only in Vietnam. but, uh, i have become quite popular in, for example, America. uh, where there is a very large population, um, who came from Vietnam. so, um, in Vietnam, the daily cooking is not much different from, um, say, eating out. you eat almost the same type of food, back home and in restaurants. there's nothing too_ different from what you get in a restaurant, um, which maybe in other countries may be considered more special than the, home made food. uh, one of the_ one of the most famous Vietnamese dish is uh the spring rolls. and in Vietnamese, it's called nam. and since it's very popular around new year and, you know, for a feast⁶, a new year party and stuff like that. so um it's called spring rolls. and Vietnamese spring rolls are very different, from those, um, made by chin- almost- like, um, American Chinese. and um... it's made with very thin rice paper, instead of the thick one that you, see that Chinese spring rolls are wrapped in. and um... another, um, very special type of Vietnamese food is, fish sauce. and fish sauce tastes very good. but... smell a little bit. and um, not too many foreigners like fish sauce, at first. but once they've tried it, they kind of love it. um in Vietnam, fish sauce is used almost in every meal. and um... we can fry vegetable... we can fry vegetable with fish sauce. we can, make it into uh, sauces for dipping other food in. it's very tasty. and here in America, fish sauce doesn't taste like it tastes... back home for me. so i really want a chance to have a good Vietnamese meal with real good, fish sauce. um, the food in Vietnam is, um, to me_ it's much tastier than the food in America. um, in Vietnam um... we eat a lot more healthy food. and it's not like in America, and people eat the steak without any sauce on it, which to me is very tasteless. and um, i'm going to have to live on sc- campus for two years. i'm going have to eat American food for two years, and i'm not very happy about it. something interesting.

1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 cuisine   

n.烹调，烹饪法

参考例句：

• This book is the definitive guide to world cuisine.这本书是世界美食的权威指南。
• This restaurant is renowned for its cuisine.这家餐馆以其精美的饭菜而闻名。

3 distinctive   

adj.特别的，有特色的，与众不同的

参考例句：

• She has a very distinctive way of walking.她走路的样子与别人很不相同。
• This bird has several distinctive features.这个鸟具有几种突出的特征。

4 nutritious   

adj.有营养的，营养价值高的

参考例句：

• Fresh vegetables are very nutritious.新鲜蔬菜富于营养。
• Hummingbirds have discovered that nectar and pollen are very nutritious.蜂鸟发现花蜜和花粉是很有营养的。

5 spicy   

adj.加香料的；辛辣的，有风味的

参考例句：

• 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。

6 feast   

n.盛宴，筵席，节日

参考例句：

• After the feast she spent a week dieting to salve her conscience.大吃了一顿之后，她花了一周时间节食以安慰自己。
• You shouldn't have troubled yourself to prepare such a feast!你不该准备这样丰盛的饭菜，这样太麻烦你了！