【英语趣味课堂】日式沙拉-Japanese Salad

 Todd: OK, Hisa, why don't we talk about food?

 

Hisa: Good.

 

Todd: OK, first of all, actually, can you cook?

 

Hisa: Yes, I can.

 

Todd: Yeah. What can you cook?

 

Hisa: I can cook most of the Japanese dishes. And I also like baking.

 

Todd: Oh, really. OK. Since you're Japanese can you tell us what things you cook in Japanese cuisine¹.

 

Hisa: OK. I use a lot of vegetables in my cuisine, in cookery, and then I prepare lots of Japanese type of salad, which is sometimes we call it suno-mono.

 

Todd: Suna-mono. OK

 

Hisa: Yes, with vinegar w hich is especially good for spring? And the summer time, and then also pickles², is one type of thing and then I use vegetables, even cooked kind of salad I use, that is, we call it O-shi-tashi, green leaves, throughout the year, I use a different kind of green vegetables for salad.

 

Todd: Can you talk about one kind of salad that you can make? (Yes) And how do you make it?

 

Hisa: OK. For example, this is spring, I tell you one kind of salad, Udo.

 

Todd: Udo.

 

Hisa: That is a white stick, kind of vegetable. Just you peel them very thick because outside is quite bitter, so inside you slice up and then put them in the water with vinegar because that is how you can keep this white color. It lasts long, yes, and then, usually I put some wakame, sea vegetables, and then two ingredients I use, and then add some ginger³, which I love very much. Chop up some ginger, and then those three things I mix with vinegar, a little bit soy sauce and then salt and then just sometimes you can even marinate if you like.

 

Todd: Wow, sounds good.

 

Hisa: Very light.

 

Todd: And I can buy these ingredients at the Japanese supermarket?

 

Hisa: Yes, green grocer's, and it is only for spring time. Udo! Sounds like Udon. Just you remove "n"

 

Todd: Udo. Good luck.

 

Hisa: Alright, I'll try and make it.

 

学习内容：

 

Learn Vocabulary from the lesson

cuisine

 

I use a lot of vegetables in my cuisine.

 

Your 'cuisine' is the food that you eat, your cooking style or your diet. Notice the following:

 

Very few people know about Cambodian cuisine.

I really love Italian cuisine.

green vegetables

 

I use different kinds of green vegetables for salad.

 

'Green vegetables' are vegetables that have a green color like lettuce⁴, spinach⁵, broccoli⁶, cucumbers, etc. Notice the following:

 

The salad is full of green vegetables.

You need to eat green vegetables because they contain a lot of iron.

bitter

 

You have to peel this vegetable thick, because the outside is quite bitter.

 

If something is bitter it has an intense, sharp taste, which many people consider to be unpleasant.  Examples of bitter foods would be orange peel, olives, or the flavor of an aspirin⁷. Notice the following:

 

The soup actually tastes a little bitter.

Bitter things make my mouth feel tight.

slice up, chop up

 

Slice up the vegetables, and chop up some ginger.

 

To 'slice' something is to cut it carefully into longer pieces, like how you would cut cheese or tomato for a sandwich.  When you 'chop' something you cut it more roughly into very small pieces like garlic when you are going to cook it. Notice the following:

 

I am going to slice up some ham.  Do you want some?

Will you chop up the onions for the sauce?

marinate

 

Sometimes, you can marinate the ingredients, if you like.

 

When you 'marinate' something you put it with a flavorful liquid in a bowl and keep it there for hours to absorb the flavor. Notice the following:

 

Next time I will marinate the chicken a little longer.

The marinated vegetables were delicious.

 

 

 

1 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。

2 pickles   

n.腌菜( pickle的名词复数 )；处于困境；遇到麻烦；菜酱

参考例句：

• Most people eat pickles at breakfast. 大多数人早餐吃腌菜。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I want their pickles and wines, and that.' 我要他们的泡菜、美酒和所有其他东西。” 来自英汉文学 - 金银岛

3 ginger   

n.姜，精力，淡赤黄色；adj.淡赤黄色的；vt.使活泼，使有生气

参考例句：

• There is no ginger in the young man.这个年轻人没有精神。
• Ginger shall be hot in the mouth.生姜吃到嘴里总是辣的。

4 lettuce   

n.莴苣；生菜

参考例句：

• Get some lettuce and tomatoes so I can make a salad.买些莴苣和西红柿，我好做色拉。
• The lettuce is crisp and cold.莴苣松脆爽口。

5 spinach   

n.菠菜

参考例句：

• Eating spinach is supposed to make you strong.据说吃菠菜能使人强壮。
• You should eat such vegetables as carrot,celery and spinach.你应该吃胡萝卜、芹菜和菠菜这类的蔬菜。

6 broccoli   

n.绿菜花，花椰菜

参考例句：

• She grew all the broccoli plants from seed.这些花椰菜都是她用种子培育出来的。
• They think broccoli is only green and cauliflower is only white.他们认为西兰花只有绿色的，而菜花都是白色的。

7 aspirin   

n.阿司匹林

参考例句：

• The aspirin seems to quiet the headache.阿司匹林似乎使头痛减轻了。
• She went into a chemist's and bought some aspirin.她进了一家药店，买了些阿司匹林。