【英语趣味课堂】酒-Wine

 Todd: Now, Sandra, hello!

 

Sandra: Hello!

 

Todd: Now, you are a wine connoisseur¹. Or wine teacher. No!

 

Sandra: Not really!

 

Todd: Not really?

 

Sandra: A wine connoisseur. No, that's sort of a snobby².

 

Todd: Oh, really?

 

Sandra: Yes.

 

Todd: Oh, OK. So, how would you describe what you do?

 

Sandra: A wine professional.

 

Todd: A wine professional. OK, so what does a wine professional do?

 

Sandra: Try to make money from wine.

 

Todd: OK.

 

Sandra: So, I'm a wine writer, a wine columnist³. I teach wine.

 

Todd: OK, so let's say if I'm going to have friends over, and I'm making let's say steak. I'm having a grilling⁴ steak. Can I serve wine with steak?

 

Sandra: Yes. Steak goes with almost any red wine.

 

Todd: Oh, really. OK. So, red. How about if I want to mix wines. Is it OK to go red wine, white wine?

 

Sandra: You always start out with white wines going towards red wines.

 

Todd: OK, always go white wine first, then the red wine. (Yes) OK, and how about for dessert. Is there a special dessert wine?

 

Sandra: There are many great dessert wines, so it depends on what you like, how sweet you like and what you're making for dessert.

 

Todd: OK, so how about I'm making terimisu.

 

Sandra: Terimisu, then I would probably have a tawny⁵ port, either from Portugal or from Australia, which makes great ports, or you might even go for a fruity and oaky zinfandel, which is dry wine from California.

 

Todd: OK, nice. How much will that cost me?

 

Sandra: Depends on how much you want to spend. For a port, a tawny port, anywhere in between 3,500 to 10,000 (OK) And for a California Zinfandel, a good one probably about 3,000 (yen).

 

Todd: 3,000. I think I can maybe afford that. Not much. And, how about what would be a good wine to start off for like appetizers⁶ or with a salad or something like that.

 

Sandra: I always start off with a sparkling wine.

 

Todd: A sparkling wine.

 

Sandra: Yes. I prefer champagne⁷ but if you can't afford it, even though champagne is the lowest price anywhere in the world is in Japan

 

Todd: Oh, really.

 

Sandra: And many of my students load up on cases of champagne and have it sent home by their companies container.

 

Todd: Oh, wow.

 

Sandra: Yes. But champagne is a good starter.

 

学习内容：

 

Learn Vocabulary from the lesson

wine connoisseur

 

Are you a wine connoisseur or a wine teacher?

 

A 'connoisseur' is an expert about something, usually having to do with food, drink or art.  Notice the following:

 

Traveling has turned me into quite a connoisseur of different types of food.

I think of myself as a coffee connoisseur.

snobby

 

I'm not a wine connoisseur; that's sort of snobby.

 

If a person is 'snobby' they act like they are too good for average or normal things.  A person can be snobby towards other people or about certain things like clothes or food. Notice the following:

 

My friend can be kind of snobby, but I promise she's a good person.

She is very snobby about the food she eats.

make money

 

I try to make money from wine.

 

When you receive money for doing or selling something you are 'making money' from that. Notice the following:

 

His company makes a lot of money selling plastic products.

Can you really make money selling wine?

goes with

 

Steak goes with almost any red wine.

 

If a wine 'goes with' a food it complements⁸ or enhances the flavor of that food. They taste good together. Notice the following:

 

I need a wine to go with the seafood⁹ I'm making.

What goes well with this soup?

start off

 

I always start off with a sparkling wine.

 

If you 'start off' with something you have it or do it at the beginning. Notice the following:

 

He always starts off his day with a cup of coffee.

We will both start off with a bowl of soup.

1 connoisseur   

n.鉴赏家，行家，内行

参考例句：

• Only the real connoisseur could tell the difference between these two wines.只有真正的内行才能指出这两种酒的区别。
• We are looking for a connoisseur of French champagne.我们想找一位法国香槟酒品酒专家。

2 snobby   

a.虚荣的

参考例句：

• Can I really tell my snobby friends that I now shop at-egads-Walmart? 天呐，我真得好意思告诉那帮势利的朋友们我在沃尔玛买东西？

3 columnist   

n.专栏作家

参考例句：

• The host was interviewing a local columnist.节目主持人正在同一位当地的专栏作家交谈。
• She's a columnist for USA Today.她是《今日美国报》的专栏作家。

4 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》

5 tawny   

adj.茶色的，黄褐色的；n.黄褐色

参考例句：

• Her black hair springs in fine strands across her tawny,ruddy cheek.她的一头乌发分披在健康红润的脸颊旁。
• None of them noticed a large,tawny owl flutter past the window.他们谁也没注意到一只大的、褐色的猫头鹰飞过了窗户。

6 appetizers   

n.开胃品( appetizer的名词复数 )；促进食欲的活动；刺激欲望的东西；吊胃口的东西

参考例句：

• Here is the egg drop and appetizers to follow. 这是您要的蛋花汤和开胃品。 来自互联网
• Would you like appetizers or a salad to go with that? 你要不要小菜或色拉？ 来自互联网

7 champagne   

n.香槟酒；微黄色

参考例句：

• There were two glasses of champagne on the tray.托盘里有两杯香槟酒。
• They sat there swilling champagne.他们坐在那里大喝香槟酒。

8 complements   

补充( complement的名词复数 )； 补足语； 补充物； 补集（数）

参考例句：

• His business skill complements her flair for design. 他的经营技巧和她的设计才能相辅相成。
• The isoseismal maps are valuable complements to the instrumental records. 等震线图是仪器记录有价值的补充资料。

9 seafood   

n.海产食品，海味，海鲜

参考例句：

• There's an excellent seafood restaurant near here.离这儿不远有家非常不错的海鲜馆。
• Shrimps are a popular type of seafood.小虾是比较普遍的一种海味。