【英语趣味课堂】她最喜爱的食物-Mari's Favorite Foods

Ron: Hi, I'm Ron from Hawaii. I'm here with Mari from Japan. Today we're gonna be talking about food. So Mari, what's your favorite cuisine¹?

Mari: I think I like American food.

 

Ron: What type of American food?

 

Mari: I like hamburgers.

 

Ron: Hamburgers. Is that your favorite dish as well?

 

Mari: That is my favorite dish. My favorite hamburger place is right near where I went to university and they have this hamburger called the Danish² Burger, and the Danish Burger has blue cheese inside the hamburger, so I love ... my favorite dish has to be the Danish Burger.

 

Ron: Do you like any side things like french fries with your hamburger?

 

Mari: I love french fries but I know that eating hamburger and french fries is a little bit unhealthy so I always replace³ the french fries for a salad.

 

Ron: A salad. OK. What about dessert? What's your favorite dessert?

 

Mari: My favorite dessert has to be chocolate cake.

 

Ron: Chocolate cake. Anything else? Do you like to eat it with anything?

 

Mari: No, I like chocolate cake by itself. Anything else? I like brownie sundaes, like brownies and choc ... brownies with vanilla⁴ ice-cream. I guess my favorite dessert is anything chocolaty.

 

Ron: Sounds good. So before you said you like to eat a salad. What type of salad, what type of vegetables do you like?

 

Mari: I like all vegetables. I like them cooked or raw⁵ but I don't like raw onions.

 

Ron: Not raw onions.

 

Mari: I really can't eat onions raw. That's probably the only vegetable I can't eat raw.

 

Ron: That's interesting. Thanks Mari.

 

Learn Vocabulary⁶ from the lesson

cuisine

 

What's your favorite cuisine?

 

'Cuisine' talks about a style of cooking or kinds of food from different countries.  Note the following:

 

Thai cuisine is too spicy⁷ for me.

I prefer Italian to French cuisine.

side things

 

Do you like any side things like french fries with your hamburger?

 

A side thing or side dish is a small amount of food serverd with the main course.  Note the following:

 

I never order side things like fries, just burgers.

The set includes side things like soup and salad.

replace

 

I always replace the french fries for a salad.

 

At a restaurant we can sometimes change one dish for another.  Note the following:

 

Can I replace the soup with a salad?

It's time to replace the battery⁸ in my watch.

has to be

 

My favorite dessert has to be chocolate cake.

 

'Has to be' is simlar in meaning to 'must be'.  Note the following:

 

The greatest golfer ever has to be Tiger Woods.

Whoa!  It has to be the hottest day of the year.

raw

 

I really can't eat onions raw.

 

'Raw' means⁹ not cooked.  Note the following:

 

Sushi is basically¹⁰ raw fish.

Raw vegetables are healthier than cooked vegetables.

 

 

1 cuisine   

n.烹调，烹饪法

参考例句：

• This book is the definitive guide to world cuisine.这本书是世界美食的权威指南。
• This restaurant is renowned for its cuisine.这家餐馆以其精美的饭菜而闻名。

2 Danish   

n.丹麦语；adj.丹麦的；丹麦人的；丹麦语的

参考例句：

• Few people know Danish in our school.在我们学校很少人懂丹麦语。
• Welcome to the 1st Danish week in Guangzhou!首届广州丹麦文化周欢迎您！

3 replace   

vt.替换；取代；把…放回原处；归还，赔还

参考例句：

• Please replace after reading.阅毕请放回原处。
• The sound of cars will replace the sound of birds.轿车的声音会代替鸟的声音

4 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。

5 raw   

adj.生的，未煮过的，未加工的

参考例句：

• I don't like raw meat.我不喜欢生的肉。
• Can you eat raw fish?你能吃生鱼片吗？

6 vocabulary   

n.词汇，词汇量；词汇表

参考例句：

• How can I widen my vocabulary?怎样扩大自己的词汇量？
• You can find all the new words in the vocabulary of the text.你能在课文的词汇表中找到所有的生词。

7 spicy   

adj.加香料的；辛辣的，有风味的

参考例句：

• The soup tasted mildly spicy.汤尝起来略有点辣。
• Very spicy food doesn't suit her stomach.太辣的东西她吃了胃不舒服。

8 battery   

n.电池；一批；金属物件；群；【律】殴打

参考例句：

• He is charging a storage battery.他在为蓄电池充电。
• The battery has run down.电池用完了。

9 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。

10 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。