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BBC Learning English
London Life
Wine
Jackie: Hello I'm Jackie Dalton, this is London Life. Today
I'm at London's
annual Good Food Show. I've tried out plenty of food
already, but I also want to find out about the wine here.
I'm going to talk to David, an English wine-maker – yes,
there is such a thing as English wine! As we listen to him,
we'll explore some wine-related language. David is going to
start by talking about one of his favourite wines. What
word does he invent to describe the wine that he's
drinking?
David
So can you tell me about this particular sparkling wine
that you've got here?
Well, this is a blend of Reichensteiner, which is a
Reisling style, perhaps more similar to a Gewurz Traminer.
So what you want to do when you taste a wine is to take a
nice mouthful of it and breathe in air over the top of it
and then breathe it out and it’s you're nose which
actually tastes the wine. So that's what I'm going to do…
If you're looking
for adjectives, basically, it's 'gulpable'.
Jackie: 'Gulpable'. 'Gulpable' is not a word you'd normally
find in the dictionary, but you will find the word 'gulp1'.
The verb 'to gulp' means to drink something very quickly,
swallowing a lot at a time.
Voice: She gulped2 down her breakfast then ran off to catch
the bus. Jackie: It can also be a noun:
Voice: He finished his drink in one gulp.
Jackie: So 'gulp' is normally used as a noun or a verb. But
what David has done,
is turned it into an adjective by adding a-b-l-e on the
end, describing wine as 'gulpable'. The kind of wine you
can drink easily and quickly.
Next, David is gong to use a word which has an opposite
meaning to
'gulp'. Can you spot what it is?
David
If you're looking for adjectives, basically, it's
'gulpable'. The test of a good wine is that if you have to
Jackie: David says if you have to sip wine, it's a bad
wine. To 'sip' means to drink very slowly, taking just a
small amount into your mouth each time. While we can use
'gulp' when talking about both food and drink, we can only
use 'sip' with liquids.
Voice: Hmm, have a sip of this, it's delicious!
Jackie: So David reckons the kind of wine that's easy to
gulp down is better than the kind of wine that you would
only sip.
David
The test of a good wine is that if you have to sip it, it's
a bad wine. If you can actually gulp it down, then that is
the indication that that wine has been perfectly4 made, it's
easy to drink, it's soft and that is the whole key to good
wine-making.
Jackie: David is going to tell us more about the wine he
has. For him the wine is very 'fruity'. What words does he
use which show you he thinks this?
David
So, what you notice immediately that it's got a lemony,
slightly orange flavour to it. It's got masses of fruit
there, that's come through initially5. It's got a nice
sweetness to it, but the balance and the harmony is
absolutely perfect.
Jackie: David talks about the wine's flavour – what it
tastes like. He uses the adjective 'lemony' to suggest it
tastes a bit like lemons and says it also has an orange
flavour. He also says it has masses of fruit, which means
lots of fruit: 'masses' – an adjective to describe
quantity which can be used in
lots of contexts…
Voice: There's a huge party outside, there are masses of
people in the streets. Voice: I'm afraid I can't go out
with you, I've got masses to do this weekend.
David
It's got masses of fruit there that's comes through
initially. It's got a nice sweetness to it, but the balance
and the harmony is absolutely perfect.
Jackie: David says it's 'got a nice sweetness to it' – it
tastes quite sweet. It also has a perfect balance and
harmony. By 'balance' he means no one flavour stands out;
the different elements have equal strength. 'Harmony' is
when things seem to work well together. So David says all
the different elements of the wine come together perfectly.
Now let's practise some of the new words that have come up.
Over to you! What verb beginning with 'g' means to eat or
drink something quickly and in large amounts? (To gulp)
What about a word that begins with 's' and means to drink
something slowly and in small quantities? (To sip)
If we want to talk about what a food or drink tastes like,
do we talk about its flavour or its flower? (Food and drink
have 'flavours')
What word beginning with 'm' did we hear which means a lot
of something? (Masses) And that's all for this week's
London Life. Do join us again next time!
1 gulp | |
vt.吞咽,大口地吸(气);vi.哽住;n.吞咽 | |
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2 gulped | |
v.狼吞虎咽地吃,吞咽( gulp的过去式和过去分词 );大口地吸(气);哽住 | |
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3 sip | |
v.小口地喝,抿,呷;n.一小口的量 | |
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4 perfectly | |
adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地 | |
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5 initially | |
adv.最初,开始 | |
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