大学体验英语听说教程 第二册19

　　Unit 19 What’d you get?
Vocabulary Task
Answers
1. Yum! This chocolate is so sweet and creamy.
2. Nice face. Is that grapefruit too sour? Want some sugar for it?
3. Wow! This octopus¹ isn’t bad – kind of chewy, though.
4. This is ostrich²? It tastes like chicken.
5. You made this salsa? Mmm, spicy³. I like it.
6. Hmm. I think I like the shrimp⁴ better. The squid was kind of bland⁵.
7. I’m thirsty. That popcorn⁶ was really salty.
8. Wait a second! Aren’t you gonna cook that first? You’re not going to eat that raw, are you?
Listening Task
1 First Listening
Answers
1. Gazpacho – cold tomato soup, a little bit sour
2. Split-pea soup – it’s a little salty
3. Pumpkin⁷ soup – it’s a little on the sweet side
4. Jambalaya – it’s very spicy
2 Second Listening
Answers
1. celery
2. tomatoes
3. oats
4. pepper
Script
1. Keith: Hello! My name is Keith and I’ll be your waiter tonight. Are you ready to order?
Customer A: Yes, I’d like the soup and salad special. What’s the soup of the day?
Keith: We have gazpacho soup today.
Customer A: What is gazpacho?
Keith: It’s cold tomato soup with onions, cucumbers and lime juice. It’s a little bit sour.
2. Customer B: I think I’d like to order soup. What is the split pea soup like?
Keith: The split pea soup is made with split peas, onions, celery, carrots and ham. It’s a little salty.
Customer B: In that case I’ll have a Coke with it.
3. Customer C: I’ve never had pumpkin soup before. Is it good?
Keith: Yes. It has pumpkin, of course; cinnamon, nutmeg and brown sugar – and it’s a little on the sweet side.
Customer C: Sounds good. I’ll take a cup of that. On second thought I’ll take a bowl.
4. Customer D: What’s jambaalah – how do you say that?
Keith: Jam – ba – LAY – a. It’s a dish from the American South.
Customer D: Can you tell me what’s in it?
Keith: It’s made with sausage, tomatoes, shrimp and chili⁸ powder and is very spicy.
Real World Listening
1 Predict
Answers
Jim says that octopus is rubbery like an eraser and that raw seafood⁹ is dangerous.
Sandy says ostrich tastes a lot like chicken and that the fries are too salty.
2 Get the main ideas
Answers
Ostrich burger – Jim says it’s good and Sandy says it tastes like chicken
Pizza/octopus – Jim says octopus doesn’t have much taste and is rubbery and Sandy says she got used to it, that it’s good for you
Shrimp – Jim says they are dangerous to eat raw but Sandy likes the salty taste
French fries – Sandy says they are too salty and implies they are dangerous, too (because of the fat content)
Script
Jim: Here, take a bite of this.
Sandy: Mmm…It’s good. What is it?
Jim: It’s an ostrich burger.
Sandy: An ostrich burger! It tastes like a lot like chicken.
Jim: Yeah, kind of strange to be eating ostrich but it’s excellent. What’ve you got?
Sandy: My usual, pizza. Wanna bite?
Jim: With – what is that – octopus and squid? You call that usual? How can you eat that stuff?
Sandy: I guess I got used to it. You should try it – it’s good for you.
Jim: I did have octopus once – it didn’t have that much taste. And it was too rubbery.
Sandy: It’s just really chewy. It doesn’t have that much flavor, really.
Jim: Yeah, chewy! Like an eraser. Oh, no, what’s that?
Sandy: Oh, I got the dancing shrimp on the side.
Jim: But that’s raw! Is it still alive?
Sandy: Yeah. I like the mild salty flavor.
Jim: Aren’t you afraid of getting sick?
Sandy: What do you mean?
Jim: I’ve heard that raw seafood is dangerous.
Sandy: You don’t know what you’re missing. If you tried the dancing shrimp I’m sure you’d change your mind.
Jim: I doubt it. Want some of my fries?
Sandy: Uhh…too salty for me. And you think raw seafood is dangerous!
Real World Speaking
Answers
Sentence
1. Give it to me in a nutshell. (I don’t have much time.)
2. Let’s chew the fat a while.
Meaning
Tell me briefly¹⁰, please
Let’s talk
3. Don’t cry over spilt milk.
4. It was a piece of cake.
5. You’re full of beans tonight!
6. He’s a bad egg.
7. You’d better take what she says with a grain of salt.
8. She’s the apple of his eye.
9. they are the cream of the crop
10. I know you are a big potato
11. You cannot have your cake and eat it.
12. The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
13. The joke is on us, a very sour joke indeed!
14. She has a sweet voice and can sing like an angel.
15. I told her the bitter truth.
16. The tax represents a real bite out of our wages
You can’t change the past.
It was very easy.
You’re talking nonsense!
You should avoid him – he’s not a good person.
Don’t believe every – thing she says.
He loves her.
They are the best.
I know you are a very important person.
You can’t have both.
Even if something seems to be good, you can only judge how good it really is when you see how it performs.
It is a very unpleasant joke on us.

1 octopus   

n.章鱼

参考例句：

• He experienced nausea after eating octopus.吃了章鱼后他感到恶心。
• One octopus has eight tentacles.一条章鱼有八根触角。

2 ostrich   

n.鸵鸟

参考例句：

• Ostrich is the fastest animal on two legs.驼鸟是双腿跑得最快的动物。
• The ostrich indeed inhabits continents.鸵鸟确实是生活在大陆上的。

3 spicy   

adj.加香料的；辛辣的，有风味的

参考例句：

• The soup tasted mildly spicy.汤尝起来略有点辣。
• Very spicy food doesn't suit her stomach.太辣的东西她吃了胃不舒服。

4 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。

5 bland   

adj.淡而无味的，温和的，无刺激性的

参考例句：

• He eats bland food because of his stomach trouble.他因胃病而吃清淡的食物。
• This soup is too bland for me.这汤我喝起来偏淡。

6 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。

7 pumpkin   

n.南瓜

参考例句：

• They ate turkey and pumpkin pie.他们吃了火鸡和南瓜馅饼。
• It looks like there is a person looking out of the pumpkin!看起来就像南瓜里有人在看着你！

8 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。

9 seafood   

n.海产食品，海味，海鲜

参考例句：

• There's an excellent seafood restaurant near here.离这儿不远有家非常不错的海鲜馆。
• Shrimps are a popular type of seafood.小虾是比较普遍的一种海味。

10 briefly   

adv.简单地，简短地

参考例句：

• I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面。
• He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。