【英语趣味课堂】意大利面食-Pasta Dish

 Todd: OK, Jessica, we are going to talk about cooking.

 

Jessica: OK.

 

Todd: Now, you like to cook!

 

Jessica: Yes.

 

Todd: OK. What can you cook?

 

Jessica: I can cook Manicotti, Tacos, lots of food.

 

Todd: OK. So what is Manicotti?

 

Jessica: Manicotti is...it's a big noodle. It's hollow¹ on the inside and you fill it with different cheeses and then you put red tomato sauce over the top of it and..it's pretty good

 

Todd: So how do you make it?

 

Jessica: Well, you use Ricotta cheese, Mozzarella cheese, um , Parmesan Cheese,a little bit of salt, and basil and stuff² and you mix it all together in a pot and then you stuff it in the noodle, and you put the noodle in the pan³ and shove⁴ it in the oven⁵ for 35 minutes and let it cook.

 

Todd: Yeah!

 

Jessica: And it's good.

 

Todd: That sounds really good. How often do you make manicotti?

 

Jessica: Oh, a couple times a month, probably.

 

Todd: What is the secret to good manicotti?

 

Jessica: You got to make it tasty, cause if you add enough salt or Parmesan cheese then it doesn't taste as good.It just tastes like your eating cheese. That's it.

 

Todd: OK. Well I'll remember that. Thanks a lot Jessica.

 

Jessica: You're welcome.

 

学习内容：

Learn Vocabulary from the lesson

hollow

 

Manicotti is a big noodle that is hollow on the inside.

 

When there is nothing inside an object besides air it is 'hollow.' Notice the following:

 

This statue is really light.  It must be hollow.

The dead tree was hollow on the inside.

cheeses or tomato sauce

 

Fill the noodle with different cheeses and pour tomato sauce on top.

 

'Cheese' a type of processed milk product.  There are many different varieties of cheese.  Tomato sauce is a red liquid that is made up of tomatoes and spices and is put on pasta or pizza.  Notice the following:

 

How many different cheeses are on this sandwich?

I made that tomato sauce from my grandmother's recipe.

stuff it in

 

Mix all the cheeses and spices and stuff them in the noodle.

 

To 'stuff something in' a place is to put it into a hollow area with force.  In this case you are putting the cheese in the hole of the noodle.  Notice the following:

 

When I am really hungry I just stuff food in my mouth.

If the clothes don't fit in the closet I just try to stuff them in.

shove in

 

Put everything in the pan and shove it in the oven.

 

In this case 'shove in' means 'put or push in.'  In normal use 'shove' is similar but a little more violent than push.  Notice the following:

 

Don't shove me in the car like that.

He shoved⁶ some clothes in his backpack and ran out the door.

tasty

 

The secret to good manicotti is you got to make it tasty.

 

If something is 'tasty' it has a good flavor⁷ and is delicious. Notice the following:

 

There are many tasty Vietnamese foods.

That salad you made is really tasty.

 

1 hollow   

adj.空的，中空的，空心的；空洞的，无价值的

参考例句：

• The boys scraped out a hollow place for planting trees.那些孩子挖了个坑准备栽树。
• Bamboo is a sort of hollow plant.竹子是一种中空的植物。

2 stuff   

n.原料，材料，东西；vt.填满；吃饱

参考例句：

• We could supply you with the stuff in the raw tomorrow.明天我们可以供应你原材料。
• He is not the stuff.他不是这个材料。

3 pan   

n.平底锅；v.严厉批评

参考例句：

• The water had all boiled away and the pan was burned.水煮干了，锅也烧坏了。
• The eggs were frying in the pan.鸡蛋正在锅里煎。

4 shove   

vt.乱推，乱塞；vi.用力推，挤；n.猛推

参考例句：

• She will not shove the heavy load onto others.她不愿意把重担推给别人。
• Help me shove this furniture aside.帮我把这家具推到一边去。

5 oven   

n.烤炉；烤箱

参考例句：

• You put food inside an oven to cook it.你把食物放进烤箱里热一下。
• She baked bread in an oven.她用烤炉烤面包。

6 shoved   

推，猛推，乱推( shove的过去式和过去分词 )； 乱放； 随便放； 胡乱丢

参考例句：

• The people shoved to get on the bus. 人们你推我挤争着上公共汽车。
• He shoved me roughly aside. 他粗暴地把我推到了一边。

7 flavor   

n.味，滋味，味道；风味；vt.调味，加味于

参考例句：

• I like the flavor of chocolate.我喜欢巧克力的味道。
• Each flavor was totally unique.每一种味道都是独一无二的。