【英语趣味课堂】午餐-Lunch

Nicola: Hi, Cat, that looks like a lovely salad you got there.

 

Cat: Thanks it is.

 

Nicola: What has it got in it?

 

Cat: Um, I cheated and I bought one of those pre-packaged lettuce¹ with herbs and some leftover² food from last night, but it's good. It's got some couscous and vegetables, some grilled³ veggies, and then salad and olive oil and vinegar for dressing⁴.

 

Nicola: Ah, so you're a bit of a cook or, I don't know, you enjoy preparing food.

 

Cat: Yeah, I guess so. I wouldn't call myself a cook but I enjoy eating well.

 

Nicola: OK, so do you go out much to eat, or do you kind of stay at home, or?

 

Cat: I can't afford it right now, but I wouldn't mind going out every now and then.

 

Nicola: Let's say if you had a $100 now, and you could go to any restaurant,

anywhere in the world, where would you go?

 

Cat: I would go for very expensive sushi. I think. Something good.

 

Nicola: And anything else? What about for dessert?

 

Cat: Oh, I don't know. One of those fancy restaurants and buy a $20 dessert or something like that, if there is such a thing. I don't even know. Creme brulee. That's one of my favorites.

 

Nicola: Creme brulee! What's creme brulee?

 

Cat: We'll have to ask one of our French friends for that one. What's that mean? Cream? Creme brulee. I don't know. It's good though.

 

Nicola: Is it ice-creamy or creamy or?

 

Cat: It's got, um, what is it? It's that dish. It's a custard, with a, they put the heat. A hot, like a flare⁵ gun. What is it? It's a heat gun over the custard and it makes the sugar harden and then on the inside it's all custard. If that makes sense. It's really good. It's nice, though.

 

Nicola: It sounds really good.

 

Cat: Yeah!

 

Nicola: Oh, so you'll have to meet yourself a Frenchman and get him in the kitchen.

 

Cat: I'll have to find one in the kitchen.

 

Nicola: Well, good luck. Thanks for talking to us.

 

Cat: Yeah! See you next time.

 

1 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。

2 leftover   

n.剩货，残留物，剩饭；adj.残余的

参考例句：

• These narrow roads are a leftover from the days of horse-drawn carriages.这些小道是从马车时代沿用下来的。
• Wonder if that bakery lets us take leftover home.不知道那家糕饼店会不会让我们把卖剩的带回家。

3 grilled   

adj. 烤的, 炙过的, 有格子的 动词grill的过去式和过去分词形式

参考例句：

• He was grilled for two hours before the police let him go. 他被严厉盘查了两个小时后，警察才放他走。
• He was grilled until he confessed. 他被严加拷问，直到他承认为止。

4 dressing   

n.(食物)调料；包扎伤口的用品，敷料

参考例句：

• Don't spend such a lot of time in dressing yourself.别花那么多时间来打扮自己。
• The children enjoy dressing up in mother's old clothes.孩子们喜欢穿上妈妈旧时的衣服玩。

5 flare   

v.闪耀，闪烁；n.潮红；突发

参考例句：

• The match gave a flare.火柴发出闪光。
• You need not flare up merely because I mentioned your work.你大可不必因为我提到你的工作就动怒。