【英语趣味课堂】汤和沙拉-Soups and Salads

Josh: So, Shirley, I told you about my favorite restaurant. What is your favorite restaurant?

 

Shirley: Well, my favorite restaurant is a kind of salad and soup restaurant.

 

Josh: Okay, that’s my favorite.

 

Shirley: Great! Well, the food is very good but I also like it because the room is nice, it looks on a garden and the food is very cheap.

 

Josh: Wow!

 

Shirley: Yeah.

 

Josh: With a great view of a garden. It seems like it would be expensive.

 

Shirley: Yeah, it does seem like it would be expensive, but it’s not. The garden has lots of beautiful flowers but also they grow herbs. So the herbs that they use in the salad are all fresh from the garden. It’s delicious.

 

Josh: That sounds really delicious.

 

Shirley: Yeah, it’s great. And they make a fantastic soup.

 

Josh: Okay.

 

Shirley: Some cream soups, and also a really nice vegetable soup.

 

Josh: Great! So, is the vegetable soup your favorite dish at the restaurant?

 

Shirley: Mmm, yes. In the wintertime, the minestrone soup is my favorite soup.

 

Josh: I love minestrone soup.

 

Shirley: Yeah. It’s excellent. But in the summertime, my favorite soup is cream of potato chilled¹.

 

Josh: Chilled?

 

Shirley: That means it’s served cold.

 

Josh: Okay, that sounds amazing.

 

Shirley: It’s really refreshing² in the summertime.

 

Josh: What are the prices at the restaurant?

 

Shirley: It is so cheap. It’s about nine dollars for a small bowl of soup, a big salad, and a sandwich that usually has some salad and seafood³ in it.

 

Josh: That’s really cheap.

 

Shirley: Yeah.

 

Josh: We should go there.

 

Shirley: Plus, after all that, you get a coffee or herb tea.

 

Josh: Wow, that’s great!

 

Shirley: I definitely recommend that you go there some time.

 

Josh: I’ll try it out.

 

Shirley: Okay!

 

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Josh: So, Shirley, I told you about my favorite restaurant. What is your favorite restaurant?

 

Shirley: Well, my favorite restaurant is a kind of salad and soup restaurant.

 

Josh: Okay, that’s my favorite.

 

Shirley: Great! Well, the food is very good but I also like it because the room is nice, it looks on a garden and the food is very cheap.

 

Josh: Wow!

 

Shirley: Yeah.

 

Josh: With a great view of a garden. It seems like it would be expensive.

 

Shirley: Yeah, it does seem like it would be expensive, but it’s not. The garden has lots of beautiful flowers but also they grow herbs. So the herbs that they use in the salad are all fresh from the garden. It’s delicious.

 

Josh: That sounds really delicious.

 

Shirley: Yeah, it’s great. And they make a fantastic soup.

 

Josh: Okay.

 

Shirley: Some cream soups, and also a really nice vegetable soup.

 

Josh: Great! So, is the vegetable soup your favorite dish at the restaurant?

 

Shirley: Mmm, yes. In the wintertime, the minestrone soup is my favorite soup.

 

Josh: I love minestrone soup.

 

Shirley: Yeah. It’s excellent. But in the summertime, my favorite soup is cream of potato chilled.

 

Josh: Chilled?

 

Shirley: That means it’s served cold.

 

Josh: Okay, that sounds amazing.

 

Shirley: It’s really refreshing in the summertime.

 

Josh: What are the prices at the restaurant?

 

Shirley: It is so cheap. It’s about nine dollars for a small bowl of soup, a big salad, and a sandwich that usually has some salad and seafood in it.

 

Josh: That’s really cheap.

 

Shirley: Yeah.

 

Josh: We should go there.

 

Shirley: Plus, after all that, you get a coffee or herb tea.

 

Josh: Wow, that’s great!

 

Shirley: I definitely recommend that you go there some time.

 

Josh: I’ll try it out.

 

Shirley: Okay!

 

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重点词汇：

 

Learn Vocabulary from the Lesson!

herb

 

The herbs are all fresh from the garden.

 

Herbs are plants used for cooking for flavor or health reasons. Notice the following:

 

I grow herbs in my garden.

Basil is one of my favorite herbs.

minestrone

 

The minestrone soup is my favorite soup.

 

Minestrone is a soup with pasta and vegetables. Notice the following:

 

I think minestrone is an Italian dish.

Minestrone is very easy to cook.

fantastic

 

They make a fantastic soup.

 

Fantastic means wonderful or really good. Notice the following:

 

The movie was fantastic.

She speaks fantastic English.

chilled

 

My favorite soup is cream of potato chilled.

 

Chilled means served very cold, but not frozen⁵. Notice the following:

 

I love chilled lemonade.

Chilled soup needs to sit in the fridge for twenty minutes.

refreshing

 

 

It’s really refreshing in the summertime.

 

Something refreshing gives you energy and makes you less tired. Notice the following:

 

These sports drinks are really refreshing.

A quick swim is always refreshing.

try it out

 

I will try it out.

 

The phrase "I will try it out" means the same as "I will try it" or "I will check it out." Notice the following:

 

You should check out the new cafe.

Okay, I will try it out tomorrow.

1 chilled   

adj. 冷却的, 冷藏的，冷冻了的 动词chill的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He felt totally chilled. 他感觉完全放松了下来。
• Rain chilled the glittering pageant. 雨使华丽的庆典大为逊色。

2 refreshing   

adj.使精神振作的，使人清爽的，使人喜欢的

参考例句：

• I find it'so refreshing to work with young people in this department.我发现和这一部门的青年一起工作令人精神振奋。
• The water was cold and wonderfully refreshing.水很涼，特别解乏提神。

3 seafood   

n.海产食品，海味，海鲜

参考例句：

• There's an excellent seafood restaurant near here.离这儿不远有家非常不错的海鲜馆。
• Shrimps are a popular type of seafood.小虾是比较普遍的一种海味。

4 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

5 frozen   

adj.冻结的，冰冻的

参考例句：

• He was frozen to death on a snowing night.在一个风雪的晚上，他被冻死了。
• The weather is cold and the ground is frozen.天寒地冻。