英语访谈对话 319 Food

 　　Todd: Raphael, let's talk about dinner. (Yes) Did you have dinner tonight?

　　Raphael: Yes, I did.

　　Todd: And what did you have?

　　Raphael: I had sandwiches from the D-mart, and it's not really good.

　　Todd: Sandwiches from the D-mart! What kind of sandwich? (Sorry!) What kind of sandwich?

　　Raphael: You know the usual ones you find in Japan like tomatoes and then tuna and some mayonnaise, yeah, basic triangle, you know, bread sandwiches.

　　Todd: Yeah, not good stuff¹.

　　Raphael: No, it's not really good.

　　Todd: Um, what do you normally² have for dinner?

　　Raphael: Well, the same kind of things. (Why?) The truth is, like almost everyday I eat outside cause it's quite easy to eat outside in Japan, yeah, but when I eat home like pasta³ or pizza.

　　Todd: Oh, OK. Oh, and what can you make? What type (myself) yeah?

　　Raphael: French gratin. Gratin. (Oh, gratin.) Yeah!

　　Todd: What is that?

　　Raphael: It's basically⁴ baked potatoes with milk, onions, bacon⁵, and what else, butter, what, that's it. You can add several things. Cheese as well of course.

　　Todd: So how do you make it?

　　Raphael: Well, you cut the potatoes in slices and you make like, you put, you need a big dish. Put the potatoes and a bit of bacon and a bit of onions and then you put cheese and potatoes again until you go to the top where you add the milk and you put some butter on top of it make it bake for 45 minutes and it's doneTodd: Sounds good!

　　Raphael: It's easy. It's quite easy actually. I'm not a good cooker at all. I can smell it though. Yeah, I haven't had dinner so that sounds good.

1 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。

2 normally   

adv.正常地，通常地

参考例句：

• I normally do all my shopping on Saturdays.我通常在星期六买东西。
• My pulse beats normally.我脉搏正常。

3 pasta   

n.生面团，意大利通心粉

参考例句：

• Cook the pasta in a large pan of boiling water.在一大锅沸水中煮意大利面。
• Would you like some pasta?想来点意大利面食吗？

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。

5 bacon   

n.咸肉，熏肉

参考例句：

• He is frying the bacon.他在煎咸肉。
• This bacon is too salty for me.这块熏咸猪肉我觉得太咸了。