【英语趣味课堂】比利时的设宴款待-Belgium Dining

 Ade: Now Chris, in our last conversation you told me you come from Belgium. And I would like to know, what kind of food do you eat in Belgium?

 

Chris: What kind of food, well we eat all kinds of food. I mean there’s no restrictions² or anything. We have our fish, our meat, our wines, our fruits, our veggies, we eat all kinds of food.

 

Ade: Yeah, I know. But I mean what is popular about Belgium food?

 

Chris: Well if you talk about gastronomy³, it’s a bit different in Belgium as I think it is in Spain. I mean in Belgium we really enjoy the tables. We don’t go out for dinner that often but when we go out we stay on a table for four hours. I mean it starts with little entrants, then it’s maybe a soup, then it’s the main dish, then it’s still an ice-cream or something. I mean it takes long so we really enjoy eating and it goes slow. For example, at Christmas, for Christmas we meet at maybe 5:30, 6 o’clock and then we start already with aperitifs⁴ and it goes all night long, I think we eat from 6 o’clock in the afternoon till 12 o’clock at night.

 

Ade: Wow! So you must be fat people there in Belgium if you eat that much.

 

Chris: Well that’s why I just said, we don’t do it that often, but if we do it we really enjoy it and then of course next day or next few days you see people just don’t eat anything.

 

重点词汇：

 

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restriction¹

 

notesI mean there’s no restrictions or anything.

 

A restriction is something that is forbidden or not allowed. Notice the following:

 

There is a restriction on owning more than two cars.

He can't have a pet because there is a restriction at his apartment.

gastronomy

 

notesLet's talk about gastronomy.

 

Gastronomy refers to food or cooking. Notice the following:

 

Chinese gastronomy is very complex⁵.

I'm interested in Turkish gastronomy.

go all night long

 

 

notesIt goes all night long.

 

To go all night long means⁶ until morning or very late. Notice the following:

 

We went all night long.

She doesn't need sleep, she can go all night long.

till

 

notesWe eat from 6 o’clock in the afternoon till 12 o’clock at night.

 

Till means the same as 'until' and is used mainly in spoken English. Notice the following:

 

The movie goes till seven.

Keep driving till you see a blue house.

veggies

 

notesWe have our fish, our meat, our wines, our fruits, our veggies.

 

Veggies is short for vegetables. Notice the following:

 

You need to eat more veggies.

Kids hate to eat their veggies.

1 restriction   

n.限制，约束

参考例句：

• The park is open to the public without restriction.这个公园对公众开放，没有任何限制。
• The 30 mph speed restriction applies in all built-up areas.每小时限速30英里适用于所有建筑物聚集区。

2 restrictions   

约束( restriction的名词复数 )； 管制； 制约因素； 带限制性的条件（或规则）

参考例句：

• I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
• a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制

3 gastronomy   

n.美食法；美食学

参考例句：

• He studied gastronomy but cannot make a living as a cook.他学习了烹饪但却无法靠厨艺过活。
• Burgundy has always been considered a major centre of gastronomy.勃艮第大区一向被视为重要的美食中心。

4 aperitifs   

n.（饭前饮用的）开胃酒( aperitif的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Server welcomes the party by name, suggests cocktails or aperitifs. 前台服务员向客人问好，并推荐酒水。 来自互联网

5 complex   

adj.复杂的，合成的，综合的；n.联合体

参考例句：

• What he said was too complex for me to understand.他说的太复杂了，我无法了解。
• Justice is part of the complex machinery of the law.正义是复杂的法律机器的一部分。

6 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。