英语访谈对话 313 Ecuadorian Food

 　　Todd: So, Jose, can you talk about the food in Ecuador?

　　Jose: Yes, I was saying that the Andes is where potatoes and corn and many other kinds of food come, I mean, potatoes for example, that was so important for Europe, during the famine¹ in Europe, so in that sense..

　　Todd: Wait, potatoes come from Ecuador?

　　Jose: Of course!

　　Todd: They do!

　　Jose: Yes, we have more than 300 different kinds of potatoes.

　　Todd: No kidding! Wow!

　　Jose: Yes, yes, yes! Potatoes and also corn from the AndesTodd: Wow!

　　Jose: Yes. Didn't you know?

　　Todd: No, no! That's embarrassing².

　　Jose: And do you know, of course for us, potatoes and corn and also rice. It's one of the main dishes, I think, or pork also, and we use lots of pecante sauce, chili³ sauce. Ah, corn is great. Corn with fresh cheese.

　　Todd: Corn with cheese?

　　Jose: Yes, yes, yes, yes!

　　Todd: How do you make it?

　　Jose: Just you take the corn when it's fresh and boil it and you just put it with out anything, no salt, no butter, no anything, and fresh cheese.

　　Todd: No kidding, so you melt the cheese on the corn?

　　Jose: No, no, no, no!

　　Todd: So the cheese is hard?

　　Jose: It is fresh cheese.

　　Todd: Oh, I don't understand.

　　Jose: Fresh cheese! Do you, you have different kinds of cheese. (Yeah) You have this kind of fresh cheese. You have basically⁴ no salt, and it just made. Usually the cheese you have to mature the cheese.

　　Todd: Oh, I got you! So it's more liquid?

　　Jose: No, no, it's just called fresh cheese.

　　Todd: OK, well, I have to try it.

　　Jose: Yes, of course.

　　Todd: Wow! That sounds good. And can you get Japanese food in Ecuador?

　　Jose: Yeah, it's very expensive. You can do it because of course we have the Pacific coast, we have very good, what can I say, fish, and actually Japanese fisherman, they go to the Galapagos area and they pay certain fees. I don't know when, what they pay, and they catch all the tuna they want, so we have good, very good tuna, yeah, and many different kinds of fish so you can have sashimi and sushi and in Quito you have maybe two or three different Japanese restaurants. All of them very upscale at least.

1 famine   

n.饥荒；严重的缺乏

参考例句：

• We're collecting for the famine victims.我们正在为遭受饥荒的灾民募款。
• Famine stared us in the face.饥荒迫在眉睫。

2 embarrassing   

adj.使人尴尬的，令人为难的v.（使）窘迫，（使）局促不安( embarrass的现在分词)

参考例句：

• His jokes didn't even raise a smile, which was embarrassing. 听了他讲的笑话，都没人笑一下，真是太尴尬了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I was in the embarrassing position of having completely forgotten her name. 当时我完全忘记了她的名字，很是尴尬。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 chili   

n.辣椒

参考例句：

• He helped himself to another two small spoonfuls of chili oil.他自己下手又加了两小勺辣椒油。
• It has chocolate,chili,and other spices.有巧克力粉，辣椒，和其他的调味品。

4 basically   

adv.基本上，从根本上说

参考例句：

• His heart is basically sound.他的心脏基本上健康。
• Basically I agree with your plan.我基本上同意你的计划。