【英语趣味课堂】一个厨师的生活-A Chef's Life

Todd: So, Rebecca, now you were saying that were a chef¹, or you worked in a kitchen in your previous job. Can you talk about that? Like where did you work and what was it like?

 

Rebecca: OK, I worked in a few different restaurants over several years, sometimes full-time², sometimes part-time. Sometimes I worked in busy city restaurants, and other times just small cafes doing breakfast, that kind of thing.

 

Todd: OK, so, you must have had a very busy routine³. Can you describe what's the typical workday⁴ when you are a chef?

 

Rebecca: Well, usually you start preparing in the afternoon and that's the quiet part of the day. You don't have any customers. You just come in and you chop⁵ up all the vegetables and the things you need to do like that. You cook any food that can be cooked before and organize all the ingredients⁶ for the dishes. Then service starts at about six o'clock and that's when it gets really crazy. It's really busy from then on and you have to be very organized and cook everything as fast as possible.

 

Todd: OK, sounds like a pretty busy schedule. When you're working, what do you enjoy about the job? What makes the job fun and interesting?

 

Rebecca: Actually, I like the pressure of cooking. It's stressful but it's also exciting. It's like a game. You have to organize everything, and you have to think of sixty things at once. It's a really good atmosphere. Everybody's excited. Everyone has to work together. It's a team job, so you can make really close friends in the kitchen. It's fun to work with them.

 

Todd: Is there anything you didn't like? Like maybe the smell of the food or getting dirty or things like that?

 

Rebecca: No, that didn't bother me, but I used to travel home after work on the bus sometimes and interestingly even when it was full I would have a seat to myself because the smell of the food gets into your clothes, your hair, your skin, everything. You smell like fifty different kinds of food. That's not a good thing.

 

Todd: Wow. So did you have dogs or anything when you got home that they would be like craving⁷ for you to walk through the door?

 

Rebecca: No, I didn't have dogs because I was scared they might eat me you know. They might think I was a piece of steak or something.

 

Todd: Alright thanks, Rebecca.

 

 

1 chef   

n.炊事员，厨师

参考例句：

• He started work as a trainee chef.他开始了见习厨师的工作。
• No one can become a chef without practical experience.没有实际工作经验，谁也当不了厨师长。

2 full-time   

adj.满工作日的或工作周的，全时间的

参考例句：

• A full-time job may be too much for her.全天工作她恐怕吃不消。
• I don't know how she copes with looking after her family and doing a full-time job.既要照顾家庭又要全天工作，我不知道她是如何对付的。

3 routine   

n.例行公事，惯例；adj.例行的，常规的

参考例句：

• It is everyday routine.这是每天的例行公事。
• She found the hospital routine slightly dull.她感到医院的工作有点枯燥乏味。

4 workday   

n.工作日；上班时间

参考例句：

• Today is my workday.今天是我的工作日。
• I all will walk 25 miles in every morning of workday.每个工作日的早晨我都要步行2.5英里。

5 chop   

n.厚肉片，排骨，砍，交换，戳记，商标；vt.剁碎，砍，切，割断；vi.砍，突然转向

参考例句：

• He struck off the branch with a single chop of the ax.他一斧子就砍掉了那根树枝。
• She cut down the seedling with one chop.她一刀就把小苗砍倒了。

6 ingredients   

n.（混合物的）组成部分( ingredient的名词复数 )；（烹调的）原料；（构成）要素；因素

参考例句：

• All ingredients are readily available from your local store. 所有的原料都可以方便地从你当地的商店买到。
• We never use second quality ingredients to build building. 我们决不使用次等材料用于建筑。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 craving   

n.渴望,热望

参考例句：

• a craving for chocolate 非常想吃巧克力
• She skipped normal meals to satisfy her craving for chocolate and crisps. 她不吃正餐，以便满足自己吃巧克力和炸薯片的渴望。