【英语趣味课堂】家-Home

 Todd: OK, Nicoleta I am going to ask you questions about your kitchen.

Nicoleta: Mm-hm.

 

Todd: OK, first of all, what do you do in your kitchen?

 

Nicoleta: Cooking mostly.

 

Todd: Yeah, OK. At your home, back in Germany, who cooks at your house?

 

Nicoleta: Well, I'm living alone so I do normally¹.

 

Todd: OK, do you cook every night or do you usually buy take-out or?

 

Nicoleta: No, at the weekends, yeah, mostly at the weekends.

 

Todd: OK. Actually what's a German dish that people cook like a..

 

Nicoleta: Typical?

 

Todd: Yeah

 

Nicoleta: Sauerkraut.

 

Todd: Really?

 

Nicoleta:No, Yeah, everyone asks me about sausages here by the way. But I don't know a typical meal. Maybe really sausages. I mean, originally² but yes.

 

Todd: OK. What's in your kitchen?

 

Nicoleta: Dishes and food, fridge. No microwave.

 

Todd: No microwave

 

Nicoleta: No microwave.

 

Todd: That's good. You're healthy. What's something you can cook very well?

 

Nicoleta: That I can cook very well? Soups.

 

Todd: OK. Like what kind of soup?

 

Nicoleta: Zucchini, cucumber³.

 

Todd: How do you make it?

 

Nicoleta: It's very easy, just I don't know the English word, so don't ask! 

 

学习内容：

 

Learn Vocabulary from the lesson

live alone

 

I'm living alone.

 

If you are 'living alone' then you are living by yourself, just you in the house, without another person.  Notice the following:

 

How many years have you been living alone?

Do you live alone in this big house?

take-out

 

Do you usually cook or buy take-out?

 

'Take-out' is when your order from a restaurant and then take the food with you to eat at home.  The food can also be delivered to your house.  Notice the following:

 

Do you like take-out Chinese food?

Although I know the food tastes better in the restaurant, if I am alone I prefer take-out.

typical

 

What is a typical German dish?

 

If a dish is 'typical' then it is traditional or normal to eat in that country.  Tacos are a typical Mexican food.  Notice the following:

 

We had the typical Thanksgiving dinner: turkey and potatoes.

What is a typical food in your country?

healthy

 

You're healthy.

 

A 'healthy' person is someone who is not sick.  We also use this word to describe a person who eats well, exercises and is generally concerned about his health.  Notice the following:

 

If you want to stay healthy you need to sleep more.

I try to eat healthy foods, but I really love cookies.

make soup

 

How do you make Zucchini soup?

 

To 'make' something is to prepare it, but not from box or can.  You buy all the necessary materials and you cook it yourself.  Notice the following:

 

Do you know how to make bread?

My mother made spaghetti⁴ for dinner last night.

 

 

 

1 normally   

adv.正常地，通常地

参考例句：

• I normally do all my shopping on Saturdays.我通常在星期六买东西。
• My pulse beats normally.我脉搏正常。

2 originally   

adv.本来，原来，最初，就起源而论，独创地

参考例句：

• Originally I didn't want to go.我本意不想去。
• After much discussion they settled on the plan originally proposed.他们讨论了很久，然后确定了原来提出的那个计划。

3 cucumber   

n.黄瓜

参考例句：

• This cucumber plant is climbing.这棵黄瓜爬蔓了。
• Let me eat a cucumber.让我吃一根黄瓜.

4 spaghetti   

n.意大利式细面务

参考例句：

• I think you like spaghetti.我以为你喜欢意大利面条。
• People served a spaghetti supper in the parish house.人们在教堂交谊厅吃意大利面晚餐。