英语访谈对话 83 Japanese Festival

 　　Todd: OK, Yoko we were just at a festival.

　　Yoko: Yeah!

　　Todd: Do you want to talk about festivals in Japan?

　　Yoko: Yes, OK. So, I think in Fall we have lots of kind of festivals, but it depends on the places.

　　Todd: What are some things that most festivals have, like, what can you see if you go to a Japanese festival?

　　Yoko: Omikoshi.

　　Todd: Omikoshi.

　　Yoko: Yes. Do you know the word?

　　Todd: I think so. What is Omikoshi?

　　Yoko: Ah, it's really difficult for me to explain in English, but Omokishi looks like a bigbox, lots of people, adult people try to carry together, and they usually go to temples¹, and they kind of celebrate a harvest or our happiness² or those kind of thingsTodd: OK. Do you ever carry the Omikoshi?

　　Yoko: Ah, you know, I'm not a strong guy so, I've never tried it.

　　Todd: OK. What about foods? What kind of foods do people like to eat?

　　Yoko: We can see lots of small shops along the street and we can buy really Japanese food, like watagashi, it's a really sweet candy³ but it looks like, how do you say that?

　　Todd: I don't know.

　　Yoko: I don't know. I don't know either. White small stuff⁴.

　　Todd: White small stuff.

　　Yoko: Yeah. Sorry. You should see it. So it's watagashi or watame. It's really popular food in matsuri, and we can see okonomiyaki. Yeah, it's, somepeople say Japanese pancake, or something, but tastes different.

　　Yoko: It's not sweet.

　　Todd: It's not sweet.

　　Yoko: It's not sweet. So vegetables, meat, and some sauce⁵.

　　Todd: Oh, wow! Sounds good.

　　Yoko: Yeah, I think so too. You should try it.

1 temples   

n.庙( temple的名词复数 )；寺；神殿；太阳穴

参考例句：

• Early Christians smashed the gods of many Roman temples. 早期的基督教徒们捣毁了许多罗马寺院的神像。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He often had to spend the night in deserted temples. 他常常不得不在清冷的庙中过夜。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2 happiness   

n.幸福感；快乐；幸运

参考例句：

• I wish you the life of happiness and prosperity.我祝你生活幸福、万事如意。
• We all desire happiness and health.我们都想得到幸福和健康。

3 candy   

n.糖果；vt.用糖煮，使结晶为砂糖；vi.结晶为砂糖

参考例句：

• I'd like a box of candy.我要一盒糖果。
• What shall I buy at the candy shop?我该买什么在水果糖店里？

4 stuff   

n.原料，材料，东西；vt.填满；吃饱

参考例句：

• We could supply you with the stuff in the raw tomorrow.明天我们可以供应你原材料。
• He is not the stuff.他不是这个材料。

5 sauce   

n.酱油，酱汁；调味汁

参考例句：

• Some cream will enrich the sauce.在调味汁里加一些奶油会使其味道更加丰富。
• This sauce is too thick-- add some milk.调味汁太稠，再加点奶.