走遍全世界58: 餐具以及习俗

English style of eating habits is also easy, pey attetion to nutrition. Breakfast is usually porridge milk or a cup of red juice, coated with butter toast, fried¹ bacon or sausage, egga. At noon, the children eat lunch at school, adults at lunch on the job on the vicinity² to buy a sandwich, a cup of coffee on, just kill. Only to the weekend, the British people will be rich on a table. Usually the main course is meat, such as grilled³ chicken, roast beef, fish and so on.

英国人的饮食习惯亦式样简单，注重营养。早餐通常是麦片粥冲牛奶或一杯果汁，涂上黄油的烤面包片，熏咸肉或煎香肠、鸡蛋。中午，孩子们在学校吃午餐，大人的午餐就在工作地点附近买上一份三明治，就一杯咖啡，打发了事。只有到周末，英国人的饭桌上才会丰盛一番。通常主菜是肉类，如烤鸡肉、烤牛肉、烤鱼等。

A wide variety of vegetables, like cabbage, fresh peas, potatoes, carrots and so on. Vegetables in general are no longer processed, mounted⁴ on a tray⁵, poured from the supermarket to buy ready-made sauce will be consumed⁶. After the main course there will always be together digestible of sweets, such as cooking fruit, fruit pudding, cheese, ice cream and so on.

蔬菜品种繁多，像卷心菜、新鲜豌豆、土豆、胡萝卜等。蔬菜一般都不再加工，装在盘里，浇上从超市买回的现成调料便食用。主菜之后总有一道易消化的甜食，如烧煮水果、果料布丁、奶酪、冰激凌等。

Not same to the people living in western area, Chinese used to have their dinner together with all the family members, sitting around a table and each person will have one set of dining tool in front of them, including two bowls which one for rice and another for soup, one pairs of chopsticks and one plate for meat/ vegetable.

不同于西方，中国人在吃饭时是一家人围坐在一起，每个人面前摆有一套餐具：两个碗，一个用来盛米饭，另一个用来盛汤；一副筷子和一个用来盛肉或蔬菜的盘子。

They will share the food dishes which were made and put into the central of table; diners will only pick up the food from the dishes which who want to eat. He will pick it and places it into the small plate in front of him. There are 2 special habits, one is, Chinese diners never pick up rice from the bowl but will handle the bowl towards their lips then poke⁷ the rice into their mouths by the chopsticks. The other one is, Chinese always have soup during or after dining.

大家把菜肴放在桌子中间，只有在吃饭的时候才将自己喜欢吃的食物从餐具中夹到自己面前的盘子中。另外，中国人吃饭时还有两个比较特别的习惯，一个是中国人很少把米饭从碗中夹起来，而是喜欢把碗拿起凑向嘴边，另一个是他们常常在饭中或者饭后喝汤。

英语词汇整理：

1. nutrition n. 营养

eg: This is a book on nutrition.
这是一本营养学著作。

相关短语：
in nutrition 在营养学
on nutrition 关于营养学
animal nutrition 动物营养学
human nutrition 人类营养学

2. porridge n. 粥，麦片粥

eg: I had a bowl of porridge for breakfast.
我早餐吃了一碗麦片粥。

相关短语：
rice porridge 稀饭
porridge oats 麦片粥；燕麦片
a chip in porridge 无关紧要之物

3. sausage n. 香肠，腊肠

eg: She loves sausage and mash⁸.
她喜欢香肠和土豆泥。

相关短语：
not a sausage [俚语]一点也不，毫不
beef sausage 牛肉香肠

4. grilled adj. 烤的，炙过的，有格子的

eg: Tuna can be grilled, fried or barbecued.
金枪鱼可以用烤炉烤、油炸或者烧烤。

相关短语：
grilled chicken 烤鸡
grilled fish 烤鱼

5. digestible adj. 易消化的，可吸收的，较易理解的

eg: Your meals should be light and digestible.
吃的东西要清淡容易消化。

1 fried   

adj.油煎的；油炒的

参考例句：

• I ate everything fried.所有油炸的我都吃。
• I prefer fried peanuts.我选择炸花生。

2 vicinity   

n.邻近，附近地区

参考例句：

• He told us there was no hotel in the vicinity.他告诉我们说附近没有旅馆。
• There's a factory in the vicinity of the school.学校邻近有个工厂。

3 grilled   

adj. 烤的, 炙过的, 有格子的 动词grill的过去式和过去分词形式

参考例句：

• He was grilled for two hours before the police let him go. 他被严厉盘查了两个小时后，警察才放他走。
• He was grilled until he confessed. 他被严加拷问，直到他承认为止。

4 mounted   

adj.骑在马[自行车]上的；安装好的；裱好的v.登上，骑上( mount的过去式和过去分词)；增加，上升；上演；准备

参考例句：

• He mounted his horse and rode off. 他跨上马骑走了。
• He saddled his horse, mounted, and rode away at a gallop. 他给马套上鞍子，跨上马背疾驰而去。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 tray   

n.盘，托盘，碟

参考例句：

• There were two glasses of champagne on the tray.托盘里有两杯香槟酒。
• A waitress came in,carrying tea on a tray.一名女侍者走进来，手端放着茶的托盘。

6 consumed   

v.消耗( consume的过去式和过去分词 )；烧毁；大吃；使充满（强烈的感情）

参考例句：

• Arguing about details consumed many hours of the committee's valuable time. 争论细节问题耗费了委员会数小时宝贵的时间。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The fire had consumed half the forest away before it was stopped. 大火在熄灭之前毁掉了树林的一半。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 poke   

n.刺，戳，袋；vt.拨开，刺，戳；vi.戳，刺，捅，搜索，伸出，行动散慢

参考例句：

• We never thought she would poke her nose into this.想不到她会插上一手。
• Don't poke fun at me.别拿我凑趣儿。

8 mash   

n.麦芽浆，糊状物，土豆泥；v.把…捣成糊状，挑逗，调情

参考例句：

• He beat the potato into a mash before eating it.他把马铃薯捣烂后再吃。
• Whiskey,originating in Scotland,is distilled from a mash of grains.威士忌源于苏格兰，是从一种大麦芽提纯出来的。