大家说英语 第476期:美味食物(2)

 　　Our company potluck is on December 23. 我们公司的百乐餐定在12月23日。

　　Did Chef Jeff give you any good ideas for the Christmas dinner? 杰夫大厨有没有给你提供一些圣诞晚餐的点子？

　　Yes. We can cook one main dish, and then everyone else can bring a salad or something else. 有啊。我们可以做一道主菜，然后其他人可以带一份沙拉或者别的东西。

　　Like a dessert! 比如说一份甜品！

　　Of course! You can never have too many desserts! 没错！甜品永远不嫌多！

　　I'll make one. 我要做一份。

　　Great! I'll bake a big ham. 太棒了！我会烤一只大火腿。

　　What are you making for the potluck? 你要为百乐餐做什么东西？

　　I haven't decided¹ yet. But Rob is cooking a ham, right? 我还没决定呢。但是罗布要做一只火腿，是吧？

　　Yes. 是的。

　　Then I can make a potato dish. Ham and potatoes go well together. 那我就做一道土豆的菜肴吧。火腿和土豆很配呦。

　　Yes, they do. 是的，确实如此。

　　Or I could make soup. 或者我也可以做一道汤。

　　Soup? For Christmas dinner? 汤？圣诞晚餐喝吗？

　　Sure. I have a great shrimp² soup recipe. I think people will really like it. 是啊。我有一个很美味的虾汤菜谱。我想大家会喜欢的。

　　I'm looking forward to the Christmas potluck. 我好期待圣诞节的百乐餐啊。

　　Me, too. There will be lots of good food to eat. Taylor is making cheesecake again. 我也是。会有很多美味的食物可以吃。泰勒又要做奶酪蛋糕了。

　　Yum! What are you going to bring? 美味！你会带什么呢？

　　I'm going to bring some fresh fruit. 我会带一些新鲜的水果。

　　And I'm going to bring fried³ rice. 我要带炒饭。

　　No one will go home hungry! 肯定没有人会饿着肚子回家了！

　　And if they do, it will be their own fault! 如果有的话，那就是他们自己的错了！

1 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

2 shrimp   

n.虾，小虾；矮小的人

参考例句：

• When the shrimp farm is built it will block the stream.一旦养虾场建起来，将会截断这条河流。
• When it comes to seafood,I like shrimp the best.说到海鲜，我最喜欢虾。

3 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。