实战口语情景对话 第88期:红酒 Wine

 Todd: Now, Sandra, hello! 桑德拉，你好！

Sandra: Hello! 你好！

Todd: Now, you are a wine connoisseur¹. Or wine teacher. No! 你现在是一名红酒鉴赏家。或者是红酒鉴定老师。

Sandra: Not really! 不完全是！

Todd: Not really? 不完全是？

Sandra: A wine connoisseur. No, that's sort of a snobby². 红酒鉴赏家，不，那名字太夸张了。

Todd: Oh, really? 真的吗？

Sandra: Yes. 是的。

Todd: Oh, OK. So, how would you describe what you do? 那你怎么形容你的职业？

Sandra: A wine professional. 一名红酒品酒师。

Todd: A wine professional. OK, so what does a wine professional do? 品酒师。好的，品酒师都要做什么？

Sandra: Try to make money from wine. 从红酒身上赚钱。

Todd: OK. 好的。

Sandra: So, I'm a wine writer, a wine columnist³. I teach wine. 因此我还是一名红酒作家，我在写一个红酒专栏。我还教课。

Todd: OK, so let's say if I'm going to have friends over, and I'm making let's say steak. I'm having a grilling⁴ steak. Can I serve wine with steak? 如果说我邀请朋友来做客，以牛排为主菜，烧烤牛排好了。我能用红酒搭配牛排吗？

Sandra: Yes. Steak goes with almost any red wine. 当然，牛排和大多数红酒都搭。

Todd: Oh, really. OK. So, red. How about if I want to mix wines. Is it OK to go red wine, white wine? 真的。好，那就红酒吧。如果我还想上点儿其他酒。红酒和其他白葡萄酒搭配吗？

Sandra: You always start out with white wines going towards red wines. 我们通常都是先喝白葡萄酒，然后再过渡到红酒的。

Todd: OK, always go white wine first, then the red wine. (Yes) OK, and how about for dessert. Is there a special dessert wine? 好的，先喝白葡萄酒再喝红葡萄酒。那么甜点呢。有什么酒可以搭配甜点吗？

Sandra: There are many great dessert wines, so it depends on what you like, how sweet you like and what you're making for dessert. 有许多可以搭配甜点的酒，具体要看甜点是什么了，还要看你喜欢的甜度和甜点的制作原料。

Todd: OK, so how about I'm making terimisu. 如果是提拉米苏呢。

Sandra: Terimisu, then I would probably have a tawny⁵ port, either from Portugal or from Australia, which makes great ports, or you might even go for a fruity and oaky zinfandel, which is dry wine from California. 提拉米苏，那么我建议搭配葡萄牙或者澳大利亚的茶色波特酒，效果会非常好。我甚至会建议你加上水果和馨芳葡萄酒，那是一种加利福尼亚的干白葡萄酒。

Todd: OK, nice. How much will that cost me? 好的。那要多少钱？

Sandra: Depends on how much you want to spend. For a port, a tawny port, anywhere in between 3,500 to 10,000 (OK) And for a California Zinfandel, a good one probably about 3,000 (yen). 这取决于你打算花多少钱了。波特酒，茶色波特酒价位在3500到10,000日元之间，加利福尼亚的馨芳葡萄酒，一瓶好的要3,000日元。

Todd: 3,000. I think I can maybe afford that. Not much. And, how about what would be a good wine to start off for like appetizers⁶ or with a salad or something like that. 3,000日元。我买得起。不是很贵。那么，什么酒能搭配开胃菜，沙拉或者类似的食物呢？

Sandra: I always start off with a sparkling wine. 我总是用含汽葡萄酒。

Todd: A sparkling wine. 含汽葡萄酒。

Sandra: Yes. I prefer champagne⁷ but if you can't afford it, even though champagne is the lowest price anywhere in the world is in Japan 是的。我喜欢用香槟酒，如果香槟酒太贵了的话就用它。虽然日本的香槟酒是世界上最便宜的香槟酒了。

Todd: Oh, really. 哦，真的。

Sandra: And many of my students load up on cases of champagne and have it sent home by their companies container. 我有很多学生所在的公司都是用集装箱装载满香槟酒运过去的。

Todd: Oh, wow. 哇。

Sandra: Yes. But champagne is a good starter. 是的。但香槟酒打头阵是不错的。

1 connoisseur   

n.鉴赏家，行家，内行

参考例句：

• Only the real connoisseur could tell the difference between these two wines.只有真正的内行才能指出这两种酒的区别。
• We are looking for a connoisseur of French champagne.我们想找一位法国香槟酒品酒专家。

2 snobby   

a.虚荣的

参考例句：

• Can I really tell my snobby friends that I now shop at-egads-Walmart? 天呐，我真得好意思告诉那帮势利的朋友们我在沃尔玛买东西？

3 columnist   

n.专栏作家

参考例句：

• The host was interviewing a local columnist.节目主持人正在同一位当地的专栏作家交谈。
• She's a columnist for USA Today.她是《今日美国报》的专栏作家。

4 grilling   

v.烧烤( grill的现在分词 )；拷问，盘问

参考例句：

• The minister faced a tough grilling at today's press conference. 部长在今天的记者招待会上受到了严厉的盘问。
• He's grilling out there in the midday sun. 他在外面让中午火辣辣的太阳炙烤着。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 tawny   

adj.茶色的，黄褐色的；n.黄褐色

参考例句：

• Her black hair springs in fine strands across her tawny,ruddy cheek.她的一头乌发分披在健康红润的脸颊旁。
• None of them noticed a large,tawny owl flutter past the window.他们谁也没注意到一只大的、褐色的猫头鹰飞过了窗户。

6 appetizers   

n.开胃品( appetizer的名词复数 )；促进食欲的活动；刺激欲望的东西；吊胃口的东西

参考例句：

• Here is the egg drop and appetizers to follow. 这是您要的蛋花汤和开胃品。 来自互联网
• Would you like appetizers or a salad to go with that? 你要不要小菜或色拉？ 来自互联网

7 champagne   

n.香槟酒；微黄色

参考例句：

• There were two glasses of champagne on the tray.托盘里有两杯香槟酒。
• They sat there swilling champagne.他们坐在那里大喝香槟酒。