英语博客：ESL Podcast 829 – Having a Barbecue

 　　George: Step aside! The king of the cookout is here. I’m ready to work my magic on this barbecue.

 

　　Sophia: Here are the burgers and hot dogs. The kids are pretty hungry.

 

　　George: Hold on. I need to put on the charcoal¹. Now I’m ready to fire up this barbecue. Where’s the lighter² fluid?

 

　　Sophia: It’s right here.

 

　　George: Good. Oh, I almost forgot. I’ll need to gather some wood to burn to give the meat that smoky flavor.

 

　　Sophia: Why don’t I do that while you get things going?

 

　　George: No, I need to do things my way. I also need to make my world-famous barbecue sauce. The meat won’t taste very good if I don’t baste³ it with my special sauce each time I flip⁴ it.

 

　　Sophia: Okay, how about if I get the corn on the cob ready for grilling⁵?

 

　　George: I’ll do that. I have my own special way of preparing the corn.

 

　　Sophia: Is there anything I can do to hurry things along?

 

　　George: Perfection takes time. Would you tell Michelangelo to hurry up?

 

　　Script by Dr. Lucy Tse

1 charcoal   

n.炭，木炭，生物炭

参考例句：

• We need to get some more charcoal for the barbecue.我们烧烤需要更多的碳。
• Charcoal is used to filter water.木炭是用来过滤水的。

2 lighter   

n.打火机，点火器；驳船；v.用驳船运送；light的比较级

参考例句：

• The portrait was touched up so as to make it lighter.这张画经过润色，色调明朗了一些。
• The lighter works off the car battery.引燃器利用汽车蓄电池打火。

3 baste   

v.殴打，公开责骂

参考例句：

• The paper baste the candidate for irresponsible statement.该报公开指责候选人作不负责任的声明。
• If he's rude to me again,I'll baste his coat.如果他再对我无礼的话，我就要揍他了。

4 flip   

vt.快速翻动；轻抛；轻拍；n.轻抛；adj.轻浮的

参考例句：

• I had a quick flip through the book and it looked very interesting.我很快翻阅了一下那本书，看来似乎很有趣。
• Let's flip a coin to see who pays the bill.咱们来抛硬币决定谁付钱。

5 grilling   

v.烧烤( grill的现在分词 )；拷问，盘问

参考例句：

• The minister faced a tough grilling at today's press conference. 部长在今天的记者招待会上受到了严厉的盘问。
• He's grilling out there in the midday sun. 他在外面让中午火辣辣的太阳炙烤着。 来自《简明英汉词典》