纪录片《中国美食之旅》 第8期:北京篇(7)

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We've been in the capital for a couple of days,

我们已在首都待了几天

and we're starting to appreciate the spirit of the Beijingers.

我们开始欣赏北京人的精神

Being in the north of the country,Beijing is exposed to some harsh, cold winters.

北京坐落于中国的北方，暴露于严酷寒冷之冬

Are you warm with a hat on, Ken¹?Yeah, I'm very warm with the hat on.

戴上帽子暖和了吗，老谭？是的，戴上很暖和

I wish I got one as well! Really?Oh, you have hair! I don't.

希望我也有一顶！真的？你有头发，而我没有

The locals survive it on a diet of hearty² comfort food.

当地人靠丰盛而舒适的食物渡过严冬

And we're joining them for a traditional breakfast.

我们将要和他们一起享用传统早餐

Smells really good.Aw, this is the kind of food I love!

闻起来很不错，噢 这是我喜欢的那种食物

Oh, fantastic! I feel like we're at a school cafeteria. Wow!

无与伦比！感觉就像在学校食堂，哇

You can't come to Beijing without eating a baozi.

不吃包子你就不该来北京

This is the pork and leek³ one. Yes.

这是猪肉韭菜馅，是的

Mmmmm! This is heaven on Earth.

嗯！简直就是人间天堂

It's so juicy inside.

里面汤汁很多

Mmm!And the bread is slightly sweet.

嗯！面还有点甜味

And the dough⁴ has to have that pillowy texture⁵ about it.

面团必须有枕形纹理

It's steamed,just like fluffy⁶ clouds.

蒸熟之后，就像松软的云彩

It's delicious.It's actually like eating almost sweet nothingness. Mmm! Mmm!

美味 吃起来甘甜爽滑 恩!

Baozi have savoury or sweet fillings,

包子有咸味或者甜味的馅料

and are found across the country as street snacks.

全国各地都找得到的街头小吃

In Beijing,there's a unique way of eating them.

在北京，有一种特殊的吃法

They serve the baozi with this, like, an intestine⁷... Soup. ..soup.

他们用这些东西配包子，比如，肠…汤，汤

Like a garlicy soup, quite starchy.

像蒜汤，相当浓稠

And inside there's intestine. Yeah.

里面有肠，是的

The locals can't seem to get enough of it, so why not?

当地人似乎吃不厌，怎么会吃厌呢？

Mmm.

嗯

I've never had baozis with, like,a rich soup like that before.

我之前从未吃过包裹着如此浓汁的包子

Very Beijingy. Mm.

非常地北京味，恩

Baozi are part of the extensive dumpling family,

包子是品种繁多的“饺子”家族重要的一员

pleated parcels of deliciousness

褶边包裹的美味

that have been at the heart of Chinese cuisine⁸ for 600 years.

作为中国美食的核心已经600年了

In the capital's highend restaurants,

在首都的高档餐厅

culinary pride has been taken to levels of fanatical obsession⁹.

烹饪荣誉感已经达到了一种狂热迷恋的程度

Kitchens are like factory production lines,

厨房俨如工厂的生产线

producing thousands of dumplings a day to rulebook standards.

每天按照标准生产数以万计的饺子

For me, this is never going to compete with the simple pleasure of a homecooked dumpling.

对我来说，这永远不会和自制饺子的简单快乐相较

To perfect our techniques,we're going back to dumpling school.

为完善技术，我们现在要返回水饺学校

1 ken   

n.视野，知识领域

参考例句：

• Such things are beyond my ken.我可不懂这些事。
• Abstract words are beyond the ken of children.抽象的言辞超出小孩所理解的范围.

2 hearty   

adj.热情友好的；衷心的；尽情的，纵情的

参考例句：

• After work they made a hearty meal in the worker's canteen.工作完了，他们在工人食堂饱餐了一顿。
• We accorded him a hearty welcome.我们给他热忱的欢迎。

3 leek   

n.韭葱

参考例句：

• He is always confusing wheat with leek.他对麦苗和韭菜总是辨别不清。
• He said the dumplings with the stuffing of pork and leek were his favourite.他说他喜欢吃猪肉韭菜馅的饺子。

4 dough   

n.生面团；钱，现款

参考例句：

• She formed the dough into squares.她把生面团捏成四方块。
• The baker is kneading dough.那位面包师在揉面。

5 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。

6 fluffy   

adj.有绒毛的，空洞的

参考例句：

• Newly hatched chicks are like fluffy balls.刚孵出的小鸡像绒毛球。
• The steamed bread is very fluffy.馒头很暄。

7 intestine   

adj.内部的；国内的；n.肠

参考例句：

• This vitamin is absorbed through the walls of the small intestine.这种维生素通过小肠壁被吸收。
• The service productivity is the function,including external efficiency,intestine efficiency and capacity efficiency.服务业的生产率是一个包含有外部效率、内部效率和能力效率的函数。

8 cuisine   

n.烹调，烹饪法

参考例句：

• This book is the definitive guide to world cuisine.这本书是世界美食的权威指南。
• This restaurant is renowned for its cuisine.这家餐馆以其精美的饭菜而闻名。

9 obsession   

n.困扰，无法摆脱的思想(或情感)

参考例句：

• I was suffering from obsession that my career would be ended.那时的我陷入了我的事业有可能就此终止的困扰当中。
• She would try to forget her obsession with Christopher.她会努力忘记对克里斯托弗的迷恋。