【英语趣味课堂】英国的食物-Food in England

Todd: So, Phil, I thought we'd talk about food. 

Phil: OK, yeah. Food is one of my favorite subjects. 

Todd: OK, so let's start out with fruit. OK, what's your favorite fruit? 

Phil: My favorite fruit is raspberry, which you can't get in Japan.

Todd: Oh, raspberry. 

Phil: Oh, well, you can get it in Japan but it's really expensive. 

Todd: I love raspberries. Actually, where I'm from in the states, we have loads of raspberries for free. 

Phil: My grand used to have them in her garden so when I was kid, it was always someone picking the raspberries and like vanilla¹ ice cream and raspberries together. 

Todd: Oh, man, yeah. My grandmother, actually, she used to make raspberry cobbler. 

Phil: Cobbler? 

Todd: Yeah. Oh, you don't have cobbler. You probably have a different name for it in England. It's like a pie, but it's really sweet. You take the blackberries or raspberries, and it's the filling and a pie crust over it. It's a pie. They call it cobbler, so..... Actually, speaking of British food, what's a scone²? 

Phil: A scone is basically a really kind of dried cake, kind or really dried kind of cake material but it's got little bits of raisins³ in it. 

Todd: Right, so when you got to Starbuck's and they have the little triangle things, is that a scone? 

Phil: I don't know to be honest. I don't go to Starbuck's very often. 

Todd: Right. 

Phil: I don't recommend them, they're really, really, really dry. Generally you eat them with cream and tea, but I'm not a fan. 

Todd: No. Really. 

Phil: Have you ever ate it? 

Todd: Speaking of British food, what's your favorite British food? 

Phil: Fish n' Chips I suppose. 

Todd: You got to be kidding. Fish n' Chips? 

Phil: Fish... British food basically is just a cosmopolitan⁴ mix of foreign stuff combined with together, like the most popular food now, the national dish, is curry⁵. 

Todd: Right. How come it's not fish n' chips? 

Phil: I don't know. Just because maybe people are going a bit more healthy or just because it's different, and curry's the most eaten food now. 

Todd: Right. Actually, I lived in England for about a year and I loved shepard pie. 

Phil: Shepard's pie or cottage pie is very similar, yeah. 

Todd: Yeah, right. 

Phil: I do like it but, I don't know. I just don't eat it that often. 

Todd: No, really. OK, actually now that we're both living in Japan, are there are British foods that you crave⁶? 

Phil: Um, kind of, something called Branston pickle⁷, which is basically, it's kind of sandwich spread. You have it with cheese, or with like meat, and you put it on, it's like diced⁸ vegetables, but really thinly chopped and it's got a special sauce. It's just really nice. I really miss it.

Todd: Wow. What's it called? 

Phil: Branston pickle. 

Todd: Branston pickle? 

Phil: Yeah. 

Todd: Is it like veggiemite? 

Phil: Not really, no, no. It's kind of actually lumps of vegetables within in. We have something similar to veggiemite called marmite. 

Todd: Ah, that's right. 

Phil: But the taste is actually stronger. 

Todd: OK, cool.

1 vanilla   

n.香子兰，香草

参考例句：

• He used to love milk flavoured with vanilla.他过去常爱喝带香草味的牛奶。
• I added a dollop of vanilla ice-cream to the pie.我在馅饼里加了一块香草冰激凌。

2 scone   

n.圆饼，甜饼，司康饼

参考例句：

• She eats scone every morning.她每天早上都吃甜饼。
• Scone is said to be origined from Scotland.司康饼据说来源于苏格兰。

3 raisins   

n.葡萄干( raisin的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• These raisins come from Xinjiang,they taste delicious. 这些葡萄干产自新疆，味道很甜。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Mother put some raisins in the cake. 母亲在糕饼中放了一些葡萄干。 来自辞典例句

4 cosmopolitan   

adj.世界性的，全世界的，四海为家的，全球的

参考例句：

• New York is a highly cosmopolitan city.纽约是一个高度世界性的城市。
• She has a very cosmopolitan outlook on life.她有四海一家的人生观。

5 curry   

n.咖哩粉，咖哩饭菜；v.用咖哩粉调味，用马栉梳，制革

参考例句：

• Rice makes an excellent complement to a curry dish.有咖喱的菜配米饭最棒。
• Add a teaspoonful of curry powder.加一茶匙咖喱粉。

6 crave   

vt.渴望得到，迫切需要，恳求，请求

参考例句：

• Many young children crave attention.许多小孩子渴望得到关心。
• You may be craving for some fresh air.你可能很想呼吸呼吸新鲜空气。

7 pickle   

n.腌汁，泡菜；v.腌，泡

参考例句：

• Mother used to pickle onions.妈妈过去常腌制洋葱。
• Meat can be preserved in pickle.肉可以保存在卤水里。

8 diced   

v.将…切成小方块，切成丁( dice的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The meat should be finely diced for this dish. 做这种菜肴肉必须细细切成小方块。 来自辞典例句
• Arther diced himself into debt. 亚瑟因掷骰子而负了债。 来自辞典例句