【大家说英语】第155期:我要吃点心!

 Lesson 8 Food 第八课 食物

April 16 4月16日

I Need a Snack! 我需要吃点心！

Read it! 读读看！

Alex eats potato chips and cookies for a snack. 亚力克斯吃洋芋片和饼干当零食。

He doesn't like healthy snacks. 他不喜欢健康的点心。

He doesn't like carrots or celery. 他不喜欢胡萝卜或洋芹菜。

Taylor tells him about some yummy, healthy snacks. 泰乐告诉了他一些美味的健康零食，

He can eat wheat crackers² and peanut butter. 他可以吃全麦饼干加花生酱，

Then he can put a banana slice on each cracker¹. 还可以在每一片饼干上放一片香蕉。

Or he can eat popcorn³. 或者，他也可以吃爆玉米花。

Conversation A 会话A

What are you eating, Alex? 亚力克斯，你在吃什么呀？

I'm eating a snack. 我在吃点心，

I get hungry in the afternoon. 我下午都会肚子饿。

I do, too. But that's not a very good snack. 我也是， 可是你吃的那种零食不太好。

What's wrong with potato chips and cookies? 洋芋片和甜饼干有什么不好？

They aren't healthy. 这些东西不健康。

Healthy snacks are boring. 健康的点心吃起来很没劲，

I don't like carrots or celery. 我不喜欢胡萝卜或洋芹菜。

There are some really yummy healthy snacks. 有些健康零食也是很美味的。

Really? Tell me! 真的吗？告诉我！

Conversation B 会话B

This is a nice kitchen, Taylor. 泰乐，这厨房真不错呢。

Thanks, Alex. I make a lot of healthy snacks here. 谢了，亚力克斯， 我在这里做很多健康的小点心。

And you take them to work. 然后妳再带那些点心来上班。

Yes. I don't buy snacks at the convenience store. 没错，我不在便利商店买零食。

Are the snacks hard to make? 妳做的那些小点心会很麻烦吗？

No, they're easy. 不会，很简单。

Can you show me one? 妳可以做一个给我看吗？

Sure! I need a banana, some peanut butter and six wheat crackers. 当然可以！我需要一根香蕉，一些花生酱和六片全麦饼干。

Conversation C 会话C

What do you do with them? 妳怎么弄这些东西？

I put the peanut butter on the crackers. 我把花生酱涂在饼干上，

Then I put a slice of banana on each cracker. 然后再加上一片香蕉在每片饼干上。

How does it taste? 吃起来口味怎么样？

Try it. 你试试看啊。

Not bad. 不错耶。

I can give you another snack idea. Popcorn! 我可以给你另一个小点心的点子： 爆米花！

But don't put butter on it. 可是别加奶油。

Hmm ... I can try that, too. 嗯…我也可以试试看这个。

1 cracker   

n.（无甜味的）薄脆饼干

参考例句：

• Buy me some peanuts and cracker.给我买一些花生和饼干。
• There was a cracker beside every place at the table.桌上每个位置旁都有彩包爆竹。

2 crackers   

adj.精神错乱的，癫狂的n.爆竹( cracker的名词复数 )；薄脆饼干；（认为）十分愉快的事；迷人的姑娘

参考例句：

• That noise is driving me crackers. 那噪声闹得我简直要疯了。
• We served some crackers and cheese as an appetiser. 我们上了些饼干和奶酪作为开胃品。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 popcorn   

n.爆米花

参考例句：

• I like to eat popcorn when I am watching TV play at home.当我在家观看电视剧时，喜欢吃爆米花。
• He still stood behind his cash register stuffing his mouth with popcorn.他仍站在收银机后，嘴里塞满了爆米花。