【英语趣味课堂】我们所讨厌的食物-Foods We Hate

Todd: So Josh, you’re a teen still, correct?

 

Josh: Yeah, that’s right.

 

Todd: Okay, so I thought we would talk about things you love and hate.

 

Josh: Things I love and hate. Okay.

 

Todd: Because I remember when I was younger, back in the day like there were certain foods I hated, certain things I hated to do. As you get older, you know, you kind of learn to adapt and you don’t hate them so much. So for example, you know what is a food that you just really dislike?

 

Josh: Yeah. That’s an easy one. I really don’t like pickled plums.

 

Todd: Pickled plums, yeah? Why, is it the taste or the texture²?

 

Josh: Something about just how sour they are and I guess it’s really pickled anything except pickles³. So I like pickles but I don’t really like anything else pickled.

 

Todd: So like you don’t like pickled carrots? You don’t like pickled...

 

Josh: Yeah, pickled herring.

 

Todd: Pickled cucumber.

 

Josh: Pickled cucumbers, picked artichoke, anything like that.

 

Todd: Right. I guess though, pickle¹ is a cucumber, isn’t it?

 

Josh: Yeah, a pickle is a cucumber, that’s right.

 

Todd: Right. So they do it sometimes, they do it a different way with other cucumbers.

 

Josh: Yeah. So I don’t mind pickles, but other kinds of pickling.Todd: Right. Okay. Is there any other food that you don’t like, like any cooked dish you don’t like, any meat or anything like that?

 

Josh: Not really, I basically like all food. That might be a part of being a teenager.

 

Todd: Wow! When I was ... even to this day, I still cannot stand liver. I never eat liver. Yeah. Can you eat it?

 

Josh: I can eat it. I don’t ... I wouldn’t say I like it but I don’t hate it.

 

Todd: Oh man, it tastes like metal. Josh: Yeah. Todd: You know. So, both of us we lived in Asia and they have lots of different meat here than our home country which is America. So for example, tongue, can you eat tongue?

 

Josh: Can I eat tongue? I can force it down but I guess I would say I hate tongue, yeah.

 

Todd: Yeah. Because like if you go to a Korean barbecue they always have the tongue.

 

Josh: Yeah, that’s true. I guess I kind of feel bad because, you know, it’s not actually that bad but just the idea of it being tongue is like, man, I can’t eat that.Todd: It’s actually not the visual for me, I don’t mind that it’s a cow’s tongue, it just, I don't know, it's pretty chewy, it doesn’t taste that good.

 

Josh: It’s true, it’s chewy. Yeah.

 

Todd: Yeah. Okay, what about if you buy chicken? Lots of cultures like to eat chicken heart.

 

Josh: Chicken heart, yeah, not a fan of chicken heart, definitely hate that.

 

Todd: Yeah. That’s really chewy, that’s hard to chew.

 

Josh: Really chewy, yeah, not good.

 

Todd: Yeah. Yeah, okay. What about the cartilage? Sometimes, you ever had like the fried cartilage, like chicken cartilage?

 

Josh: I actually have a short story about that sort of, I went to a restaurant and I ordered what I thought was chicken. I asked whether it was chicken and they said, “Oh yeah, it’s chicken.” And when I got it, I took a big bite of one and it was chicken cartilage. And I’ve never had that before and it was like kind of crunchy, it tasted like fried chicken bone or something. I'm not into it. And I called the waitress and asked her what it was and she pointed⁴ to her elbow and said, “Chicken elbow." And I said “Oh, thank you.” You know, I muscled down a few more and left the rest on the plate but...

 

Todd: Yeah, I’m with you, man. I've made that same mistake, yeah. There’s just some stuff. What about pig’s feet?

 

Josh: Pig’s feet, yeah. My grandma really loves pig’s feet and she’ll always try to get me to eat pickled pig’s feet and bean pickled and just pig’s feet, not into it.

 

Todd: Right. So that was a double whammy, right?

 

Josh: Yeah, absolutely.

 

Todd: So actually, it’s a triple⁵ whammy I guess. Disgusting part of the animal, doesn’t sound, you know, it doesn’t sound good or look good. Yeah, and it’s pickled.Josh: And it's pickled, yeah.

 

重点词汇：

 

Learn Vocabulary from the lesson

back in the day

 

Back in the day like there were certain foods I hated

 

Back in the day means a long time ago. Notice the following:

 

Back in the day, there were no computers. 

She used to walk to school back in the day.

pickled

 

I really don’t like pickled plums.

 

Pickled means preserved with vinegar. Notice the following:

 

Pickled radishes⁶ last longer than fresh ones. 

She pickled lots of fruits and vegetables for the winter.

muscled down

 

I muscled down a few more and left the rest on the plate.

 

To muscle down is the force something down. Here it means to swallow. Notice the following:

 

I muscled down the carrots, even though I don't like them.

She muscled down four bites of chicken.

I'm with you

 

 

I’m with you, man. I've made that same mistake.

 

"I'm with you means "I agree".Notice the following:

 

I'm with you. Tennis is the best sport. 

"I prefer dogs to cats". "I'm with you".

double whammy

 

 

So that was a double whammy, right?

 

A double whammy is when two things, usually bad, happen at once. Notice the following:

 

I crashed my bike and I was late to work. It was a double whammy. 

What a double whammy; it's unhealthy and it tastes bad.

1 pickle   

n.腌汁，泡菜；v.腌，泡

参考例句：

• Mother used to pickle onions.妈妈过去常腌制洋葱。
• Meat can be preserved in pickle.肉可以保存在卤水里。

2 texture   

n.(织物)质地；(材料)构造；结构；肌理

参考例句：

• We could feel the smooth texture of silk.我们能感觉出丝绸的光滑质地。
• Her skin has a fine texture.她的皮肤细腻。

3 pickles   

n.腌菜( pickle的名词复数 )；处于困境；遇到麻烦；菜酱

参考例句：

• Most people eat pickles at breakfast. 大多数人早餐吃腌菜。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I want their pickles and wines, and that.' 我要他们的泡菜、美酒和所有其他东西。” 来自英汉文学 - 金银岛

4 pointed   

adj.尖的，直截了当的

参考例句：

• He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
• She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。

5 triple   

n.三倍之数，三个一组；adj.三倍的

参考例句：

• Twelve is the triple of four.十二是四的三倍数。
• He received triple wages for all his extra work.由于额外的工作他领取了三倍的工资。

6 radishes   

n.（做色拉用的）小萝卜( radish的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a bunch of radishes 一捆萝卜
• These radishes of mine taste as good as pears. 我这萝卜赛梨。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》