英语博客-北美风情 161、Talking with Kara, Maura’s

　　Introducing Maura’s sister! Kara visited Maura in Montreal recently and she took the opportunity to interview her sister. Kara talks about why she loves visiting Montreal – the food and the culture. They also discuss the difficulties¹ when living away from your family, and Kara shares what she thought about living in Sydney, Australia. And she never once hear G’day Mate²!

　　Maura:  So, by now you’ve been to Montreal a few times to visit me, or more than a few times, so you know the city a little bit. Although, there’s still a lot of things you haven’t tried yet. So I’m wondering if you can tell us what you like about Montreal and what are some of your favourite things to do here?
Kara:  I really enjoy Montreal, mainly because it’s such a big city and I love visiting a big city. I love the food and the culture, would be my favourite things. I find that there’s just so much to do because it’s a big city. You can just wander around the streets and there’s so much to look at. It’s probably because I don’t live here, so I find that there’s a lot more to do just by wandering around, but I love going out and
to eat in Montreal. So, usually do a breakfast, lunch, and dinner, going out.
Maura:  Well, I’m very glad that you said eating, because whenever you come to visit, you’re always talking about the restaurants we’re gonna go to and the food we’re going to eat. One thing that you always wanna do is have a poutine, or share the poutine experience with a friend that you bring with you who’s never been to Montreal.
Kara:  That is correct. I love the poutine and I know that we have them back in Ontario, but they’re just not the same as they are here because the french fries and everything just tastes so different, and it is my favourite thing to eat when I’m here.
Maura:  So, do you wanna explain exactly what is in a poutine?
Kara:  I would love to. A poutine is very good fresh-cut fries with cheese curds³. It’s a type of cheese, tastes a lot like a mozzarella but it’s chunks⁴ of cheese. And then poured over top of it is a gravy⁵, usually a brown gravy, and that melts⁶ the cheese and it gets all in between the fries and it’s so good.

1 difficulties   

n.困难( difficulty的名词复数 )；难度；难事；麻烦

参考例句：

• I am acutely aware of the difficulties we face. 我十分清楚我们面临的困难。
• the difficulties of English syntax 英语句法的难点

2 mate   

n.伙伴，同事；配偶；大副；v.(使)交配

参考例句：

• Where is the mate to this glove?这副手套的另一只在哪儿？
• She has been a faithful mate to him.她一直是他忠实的配偶。

3 curds   

n.凝乳( curd的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Little miss muffet sat on a tuffet eating some curds and whey. 小玛菲特小姐坐在垫子上，吃着凝乳和乳清。 来自互联网
• The curds contain casein, fat and minerals. 凝乳中有酪蛋白、脂肪、矿物质。 来自互联网

4 chunks   

厚厚的一块( chunk的名词复数 )； （某物）相当大的数量或部分

参考例句：

• a tin of pineapple chunks 一罐菠萝块
• Those chunks of meat are rather large—could you chop them up a bIt'smaller? 这些肉块相当大，还能再切小一点吗？

5 gravy   

n.肉汁；轻易得来的钱，外快

参考例句：

• You have spilled gravy on the tablecloth.你把肉汁泼到台布上了。
• The meat was swimming in gravy.肉泡在浓汁之中。

6 melts   

（使）融[溶，熔]化( melt的第三人称单数 )； 溶解； （使）消散，消失； （使）软化，变得温柔

参考例句：

• The morning fog usually melts away as the sun rises. 晨雾通常在太阳升起时消失。
• It is difficult to tell where the blue melts into the green. 很难说蓝色是在什么地方变成绿色了。