大学体验英语听说教程 第三册19

　　Unit 19 Putting food on the table
Vocabulary Task
Answers/Script
A I need to pick up something for dinner on the way home. I’d like to be able to throw together something quick and easy. The easiest would be to just open up a package and toss¹ it in the microwave.
B What’s for dinner? Instant noodles again? I’m so sick of that junk. I guess I’ll have to order out for pizza.
C I’m hoping to get a care package from Mom soon. It’s hard to find something to eat every single day. There’s never enough ingredients in the fridge to make anything. I wish someone would cook me a decent², well-balanced meal.
Listening Task
1) First Listening
Answers
1. Frozen³ meals.
2. Fried rice.
3. Delivery pizza.
4. Barbecued chicken, salad and rice.
2) Second Listening
Answers
1. She is going to buy frozen meals on the way home.
2. She is going to cook dinner tonight.
3. No one, they are ordering pizza.
4. They both are, she is cooking rice and making salad and he is — cooking or preparing chicken.
Script
1. A: Hi, honey. I’m on my way home now. Want me to pick up something for dinner?
B: Yeah…
A: Frozen meals? What are they called?
B: Uh, Stir-master, or something Like that. Some kind of stir-fry dinners. They’re already cooked. All you do is open up the package and toss it in the microwave.
A: Perfect! Want me to pick some up on the way home?
B: Yeah. Could you?
A: Sure. I’ll be home in a few minutes.
2. A: Hey there! What’s for dinner uh, fried rice again?
B: You have no idea, do you, how much time and creativity it takes to plan a decent dinner. First you have to get an idea – for some thing that is balanced, tastes good, and isn’t the same old thing. Then you have to figure out what ingredients you already have and what you need to buy. Then you have to go get the stuff, bring it home, cook it. I have to do this every single day!
B: Okay, okay, I get your point. But what can I do? You know what an awful cook I am.
A: Well, if you really want to help, you could look through these cookbooks and cooking magazines to get an idea for dinner tomorrow. Then you could go to dinner?
3. A: Hey, there you are. I’m hungry – what should we do for dinner?
B: I don’t know and I don’t care. I know I’m not gonna cook today.
A: What’s up?
B: I had a really rough day. The computer crashed and destroyed a report that my boss needed, so I had to retype it. I worked straight through lunch and am so tired. I can’t deal with cooking let’s just order a pizza to be delivered.
B: Sounds good – I’ll give ‘em a call. Mmm, let’s see, DiMaggio’s Pizza *oh, here it is.
4. A: I’ve got a big report due tomorrow, so could you do the cooking tonight?
B: Nah, I really don’t feel like it. Let’s just get some take-out.
A: But we’ve already got salad ingredients, and I’ve started the rice. Just throw something together quick and easy.
B: What’s your idea of quick and easy?
A: Well, you could barbecue some chicken legs.
B: Do we have any?
A: Oops, I guess not. Would you mind getting some from the store?
B: Oh, okay. I’ll go get some chicken. I guess I can handle that.
A: I’d appreciate it, I’m really under pressure right now.
Real World Listening
1. Predict
Answer
A cookbook
2. Get the main idea
Answer
1. He got a cookbook.
2. They usually eat instant ramen or fast-food burgers.
3. They have lots of soda⁴, half a submarine sandwich and cheese in their refrigerator. They have a box of cereal⁵, some instant ramen sand a jar of peanut butter in their cabinets.
4. They are going to buy chips, salsa, a can of chili⁶, and shredded⁷ cheese.
5. They are going to eat hamburgers or pizza.
Script
Rob: Hey, Tony! What’s up?
Tony: Hey, Rob. Check this out. I got a package from my Mom.
Rob: Oh, yes! Cookies, I hope.
Tony: Nah, it’s a cookbook. Twenty-Minute Meals. It’s perfect for us, don’t you think?
Rob: Yeah, I guess. But I wish she would’ve sent you cookies instead.
Tony: Think about it, though. No more instant ramen, no more fast-food burgers. Twenty minutes in the kitchen, and voila! We have a well-balanced meal. Are you in?
Rob: Whatever you say, Chef Tony. Let’s have a look. How about this? Super Nachos. Now that’s my kind of food.
Tony: All right! Let’s get started. What do we need?
Rob: What we really need is for you to find a girlfriend who can cook.
Tony: Yeah, right. And then you’ll find one, too, and they can take turns cooking for us. So what are the ingredients?
Rob: Hmm…chips, salsa, can of chili, and shredded cheese. That sounds easy enough.
Tony: Well, we’ve got half a bag of nacho chips. Think that’s enough?
Rob: It’ll have to be. Let’s see what’s in the fridge. We’ve got lots of soda…half a submarine sandwich…cheese! We’ve got that…oh, it’s kind of moldy⁸, though.
Tony: Kind of? It’s green! Do we have and chill⁹?
Rob: Sorry, man, I think I ate it the other night.
Tony: That wasn’t yours. Anyway, I had a coupla cans. There must be at least one left.
Rob: Let’s see…box of cereal…some instant ramen…and a jar of peanut butter. That’s it.
Tony: Oh, rats. It looks like we can’t have nachos tonight after all.
Rob: I guess not. Well, what’s it gonna be? Instant ramen for the third night in a row? With peanut butter?
Tony: I’m so sick of that junk! Let’s go to the supermarket and get what we need to make Super Nachos.
Rob: Yeah, and on the way, let’s stop for hamburgers or a pizza.
Tony: Yeah, cool.

1 toss   

n./v.突然抬起，摇摆，扔

参考例句：

• Let's toss to see who pays it.让我们来掷钱币决定谁付账吧。
• The matter made him toss in the bed.那件事使他在床上翻来覆去。

2 decent   

adj.象样的，不错的，体面的，正派的，恰当的

参考例句：

• We want to raise our children to be decent men and women.我们盼望把孩子们培养成优秀人才。
• There isn't even a decent table in this room.这屋里连张像样的桌子也没有。

3 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。

4 soda   

n.苏打水；汽水

参考例句：

• She doesn't enjoy drinking chocolate soda.她不喜欢喝巧克力汽水。
• I will freshen your drink with more soda and ice cubes.我给你的饮料重加一些苏打水和冰块。

5 cereal   

n.谷类，五谷，禾谷

参考例句：

• I have hot cereal every day for breakfast.我每天早餐吃热麦片粥。
• Soybeans are handled differently from cereal grains.大豆的加工处理与谷类的加工处理不同。

6 chili   

n.辣椒

参考例句：

• He helped himself to another two small spoonfuls of chili oil.他自己下手又加了两小勺辣椒油。
• It has chocolate,chili,and other spices.有巧克力粉，辣椒，和其他的调味品。

7 shredded   

shred的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• Serve the fish on a bed of shredded lettuce. 先铺一层碎生菜叶，再把鱼放上，就可以上桌了。
• I think Mapo beancurd and shredded meat in chilli sauce are quite special. 我觉得麻婆豆腐和鱼香肉丝味道不错。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 moldy   

adj.发霉的

参考例句：

• She chucked the moldy potatoes in the dustbin.她把发霉的土豆扔进垃圾箱。
• Oranges can be kept for a long time without going moldy.橙子可以存放很长时间而不腐烂。

9 chill   

vt.使变冷，使冷却，使沮丧；n.寒冷，风寒

参考例句：

• With the chill factor,it's nearly minus forty here.加上风寒指数，气温接近零下40度。
• The bad news cast a chill over the whole family.这坏消息使全家人感到沮丧。