【英语趣味课堂】吃寿司-Eating Sushi

Todd: Hey, Jessica, what are you going to have for dinner tonight?

 

Jessica: Tonight is sushi night.

 

Todd: Oh, you're going to sushi.

 

Jessica: Well, actually no. My girlfriend and I, we buy sushi every Tuesdays and Fridays, and those are sushi night.

 

Todd: Oh, Wow

 

Jessica: Yeah, Yeah. It's because, well we buy it in the supermarket and bring it home cause it's cheaper than eating in a restaurant.

 

Todd: Yeah, it is a lot cheaper.

 

Yeah

 

Todd: OK, what sushi do you eat?

 

Jessica: Well, we always buy the box, which has a little bit of everything. And I'm never quite sure what any of it is. I know there's a piece of salmon¹ in there. Some octopus², or squid. Um, and then from that point on I'm not quite sure what anything else is, but it's all delicious, so I eat it all, and then we also have rolls, so we buy just different rolls. Actually, last week we tried natto. Have you ever tried that before?

 

Todd: Yeah, it's gross³.

 

Jessica: It's the most vile⁴, disgusting food you can ever possibly eat, so I definitely⁵ don't recommend that but.

 

Todd: Well, have you had uni?

 

Jessica: I have not.

 

Todd: Uni is gross. Uni is sea urchin⁶ and it looks like an orange tongue.

 

Jessica: Oh, I've seen that. Is that what that is?

 

Todd: Yeah, stay away from that.

 

Jessica: I will. I definitely will. 

 

学习内容：

 

Learn Vocabulary from the lesson

sushi night

 

Tonight is going to be sushi night.

 

Putting '-night' after a food or activity shows that that is the plan for that evening.  In this case it is a night for eating sushi. Notice the following:

 

Tonight is old movie night for us.

You know that Sunday is always football night.

never quite sure

 

I'm never quite what any of it is.

 

If you are not certain about something or you have questions about it then you are not 'quite sure' about it. Notice the following:

 

She is never quite sure exactly where places are in the city.

Although I order the same thing every time I'm never quite sure what I'm going to get.

from that point on

 

From that point on, I'm not sure what anything else is.

 

This phrase is used to describe what happens after a certain moment or action, from a specific and into the future. Notice the following:

 

She was basically⁷ sick from that point on.

From that point on I never trusted her.

rolls

 

We also have rolls with sushi.

 

In this case, 'rolls' refers to sushi rolls, or pieces which have rice, seaweed paper, sushi fish and maybe other vegetables. Notice the following:

 

My favorite roll has salmon and cucumber⁸.

I think we should get three or four different rolls.

vile

 

I think natto is the most vile, disgusting food there is.

 

If something tastes 'vile' is has an absolutely terrible taste. Notice the following:

 

Some of the health food drinks are absolutely vile.

I can't believe you can eat that, it's vile.

1 salmon   

n.鲑，大马哈鱼，橙红色的

参考例句：

• We saw a salmon jumping in the waterfall there.我们看见一条大马哈鱼在那边瀑布中跳跃。
• Do you have any fresh salmon in at the moment?现在有新鲜大马哈鱼卖吗？

2 octopus   

n.章鱼

参考例句：

• He experienced nausea after eating octopus.吃了章鱼后他感到恶心。
• One octopus has eight tentacles.一条章鱼有八根触角。

3 gross   

adj.全部的，粗俗的，肥胖的；vt.获得...总收入

参考例句：

• The gross weight of the box of chocolates is 500 grams.那盒巧克力的全部重量是500克。
• I consider this a gross oversight on your part.我把这件事看作是你的一大疏忽。

4 vile   

adj.卑鄙的，可耻的，邪恶的；坏透的

参考例句：

• Who could have carried out such a vile attack?会是谁发起这么卑鄙的攻击呢？
• Her talk was full of vile curses.她的话里充满着恶毒的咒骂。

5 definitely   

adv.一定地，肯定地；明确地，确切地

参考例句：

• The team will definitely lose if he doesn't play.如果他不参加比赛，这个队肯定会输。
• I shall definitely be home before six o'clock.6点以前，我一定回家。

6 urchin   

n.顽童；海胆

参考例句：

• You should sheer off the urchin.你应该躲避这顽童。
• He is a most wicked urchin.他是个非常调皮的顽童。

7 basically   

adv.基本上，从根本上说

参考例句：

• His heart is basically sound.他的心脏基本上健康。
• Basically I agree with your plan.我基本上同意你的计划。

8 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.