趣味英语第176期:如何成为优秀的厨师

"How do I become a good cook?"

“怎么能成为优秀的厨师？”

Obviously¹, you've gotta have the chef hat first.

显然，首先你要有顶厨师帽。

Find yourself a good cooking school and take classes.

找一家不错的烹饪学校，然后报名学习。

Go to cooking school, go to a baking school, just don't give people food poisoning.

上烹饪学校或烘焙学校，只要不要让别人食物中毒就好。

Go take cooking lessons. I mean, go to Cordon² Bleu and just keep cooking non-stop every single day and eventually you'll get better and better and better.

报名烹饪课程。我是说，去法国蓝带国际学院学习，每天都要坚持烹饪，最后你的烹饪技巧就会越来越好。

Go online and look and see if there are gourmet³ clubs that you can join. Often times, they'll let newcomers in.

在网上找找，看看有没有可以加入的美食家俱乐部。这些俱乐部经常招新成员。

If you can't take cooking lessons, look it up on YouTube and look up how to cook.

如果你不能上烹饪课，那就在YouTube上搜索，观看烹饪视频。

By watching The Cooking Channel, which I watch all the time.

看烹饪频道，我一直在看这个频道。

Start out with simple things. Practice makes perfect.

先从简单的事情开始。熟能生巧。

Try at home, starting with something easy and then gradually building your way up to something harder.

在家里练习，先从简单的开始，然后逐渐加强难度。

Start out with a cookbook and then try making that meal over and over again until you memorize it.

先看食谱，然后尝试自己做饭，要不断练习，直到你能记住为止。

Give it to your family members and ask them if it's good and then ask them, "What advice can I use?"

做饭给家人吃，问他们好不好吃，然后问他们，“有没有什么建议？”

You need to get into the kitchen with someone who is a good cook, you need to see what they're doing. They need to let you try doing those things so you can start getting experience with it and you'll start to become a good cook.

你要和优秀的厨师一起进厨房，看看他们是怎么做的。他们要让你动手尝试，这样你才能获得经验，继而成为优秀的厨师。

1 obviously   

adv.显然；明白地

参考例句：

• Obviously they were putting him to a severe test.显然他们是在给他以严峻的考验。
• Obviously he was lying.显然他是在撒谎。

2 cordon   

n.警戒线，哨兵线

参考例句：

• Police officers threw a cordon around his car to protect him.警察在他汽车周围设置了防卫圈以保护他。
• There is a tight security cordon around the area.这一地区周围设有严密的安全警戒圈。

3 gourmet   

n.食物品尝家；adj.出于美食家之手的

参考例句：

• What does a gourmet writer do? 美食评论家做什么？
• A gourmet like him always eats in expensive restaurants.像他这样的美食家总是到豪华的餐馆用餐。