【英语趣味课堂】玉米面豆卷-Tacos for Two

Daniel: Hey Olga, how are you?

Olga: Hi, and how are you Daniel?

 

Daniel: I'm fine thanks. I need to ask you a favor.

 

Olga: Sure, what's up?

 

Daniel: Well I'm trying to impress a girl and I need to cook something for her.

 

Olga: I see.

 

Daniel: So I was thinking of Mexican food.

 

Olga: Wow, that's a good option.

 

Daniel: What can you recommend me?

 

Olga: Why don't you cook tacos?

 

Daniel: OK.

 

Olga: It's fairly simple and I think you can do it. Can you get tortillas?

 

Daniel: I might be able to get them but I'm not really sure.

 

Olga: Well if you get them then I can just cook the meat, you know. It's really easy, like in a pan¹, a fry pan, you just fry it with onion, salt, pepper, and maybe a little bit of chilli peppper. Do you like it hot?

 

Daniel: I would rather not to have it that hot. It's the first date.

 

Olga: Yeah, but you know it's romantic.

 

Daniel: OK.

 

Olga: Maybe just a bit. So yeah you just cut a little bit of chilli pepper and put it inside and when you've made this you just put it inside a tortilla, wrap it and maybe put some salad like lettuce² and tomato on top with a little bit of cream.

 

Daniel: OK, what kind of cream?

 

Olga: The one that's not sweet, you know the natural cream.

 

Daniel: That white one?

 

Olga: Yeah, right and are you sure about the tortillas?

 

Daniel: Just explain me so in case I cannot get them.

 

Olga: Just get corn flour.

 

Daniel: Corn flour?

 

Olga: Yeah, I think you can get it anywhere or at least on the internet and you just mix it with some water and maybe a little bit of salt and make like a...

 

Daniel: Pastry³?

 

Olga: Yeah and just take a little round ball the size that you can hold it in your hand and you know like extend⁴ it to make the shape of the tortilla and just heat it up in the pan without any oil or anything and it's done like in one minute.

 

Daniel: Wow that's really easy. You think it's going to work?

 

Olga: Of course.

 

Daniel: Thanks.

 

Olga: You're welcome.

 

重点词汇：

 

Learn Vocabulary from the lesson

impress

 

Well, I'm trying to impress a girl.

 

You try to 'impress' someone by acting⁵ in a way that will make her notice or like you. Notice the following:

 

He always does something foolish when he is trying to impress girls.

He really impressed me with his hard work.

first date

 

It's the first date.

 

The 'first date' is the first romantic appointment that you have with someone. Common date activities are going out to eat or going to movies. Notice the following:

 

We were both really nervous on our first date.

This is the restaurant we went to for our first date.

wrap

 

Wrap it and put some lettuce and tomato on top.

 

When you 'wrap' something, you cover it on all sides. Notice the following:

 

Make sure the baby is wrapped in the blanket really tight so she changes.

The chicken is actually wrapped in bacon.

in case

 

Just explain it to me in case I cannot get them

 

You can use the phrase 'in case' to describe what you will do if a particular event happens. Notice the following:

 

In case it rains during the picnic, we have a big tent that we can sit under.

We should make sure to leave very early, just in case the traffic is bad.

extend

 

You must extend it to make the shape of the tortilla.

 

When you 'extend' something, you make it longer or wider. This can either be used for a physical object or a time or deadline. Notice the following:

 

My boss extended⁶ the deadline for my project, so I'm feeling much less stressed.

You need to make sure that the oil extends⁷ to the edge of the pan.

 

1 pan   

n.平底锅；v.严厉批评

参考例句：

• The water had all boiled away and the pan was burned.水煮干了，锅也烧坏了。
• The eggs were frying in the pan.鸡蛋正在锅里煎。

2 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。

3 pastry   

n.油酥面团，酥皮糕点

参考例句：

• The cook pricked a few holes in the pastry.厨师在馅饼上戳了几个洞。
• The pastry crust was always underdone.馅饼的壳皮常常烤得不透。

4 extend   

v.伸开；展开，伸展；扩大；加大

参考例句：

• Can you extend your visit for a few days more?你能把你的访问再延长几天吗？
• The examinations extend over two weeks.考试持续两个星期。

5 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

6 extended   

adj.延伸的；伸展的；延长的；扩大的v.延伸(extend的过去式和过去分词)；伸展；延长

参考例句：

• an extended lunch hour 延长了的午餐时间
• France has greatly extended its influence in world affairs. 在世界事务中，法国的影响已大大地扩大了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 extends   

v.（空间、时间等）延伸，延续( extend的第三人称单数 )；伸展；给予；延长

参考例句：

• This country extends its power and influence into neighbouring countries. 这个国家将其势力与影响扩大至邻国。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• His domain extends for 20 miles in every direction. 方圆20英里之内都是他的地产。 来自《简明英汉词典》