英语访谈对话 535 Thai Cooking

 　　Ruth: So, Akane, you've been to Thailand, right?

　　Akane: That's right. I went once on a holiday with my friends for Chinese New Year.

　　Ruth: Wow. I've always wanted to go to Thailand.

　　Akane: Yes, it's a really nice place. I really enjoyed it.

　　Ruth: So what did you do there?

　　Akane: Well, one of the things I did there was to take a Thai cooking course and I learned¹ how to make Thai food.

　　Ruth: Oh, wow. So how do you make Thai food?

　　Akane: Well, I don't know if I remember but I really enjoyed the cooking course. What was the course like?

　　Ruth: Well, it was really interesting actually. They picked me up first thing in the morning and drove² me to an outdoor market where they sold all kinds of fruits and vegetables and meats and spices³ and it was a kind of market where only the local people would go and they introduced me to a lot of different kinds of herbs⁴ and spices and fruits and vegetables that I've never even seen before so that was really interesting, and then they took me to the kitchen which was actually an outdoor kitchen right by a beach so I got to do cooking right in front of a beach it was very beautiful.

　　Akane: Wow.

　　Ruth: I was really lucky that day because I was the only student. It was still a new company that just opened up so I was the only student and so I got a lot of attention. There were two teachers that taught me how to do all these things and there was a lot of extra⁵ time at the end so they even taught me how to do fruit carving⁶. I made leaves out of cucumber⁷ and flowers out of papaya fruit and things like that.

　　Akane: That sounds fantastic.

　　Ruth: It really was.

　　Akane: And do you ever cook Thai at home now?

　　Ruth: Ah, unfortunately⁸ I don't, but maybe if I have some time I might try it

　　Akane:Good.

1 learned   

adj.有学问的，博学的；learn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
• In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。

2 drove   

vbl.驾驶，drive的过去式；n.畜群

参考例句：

• He drove at a speed of sixty miles per hour.他以每小时60英里的速度开车。
• They drove foreign goods out of the market.他们把外国货驱逐出市场。

3 spices   

n.香料( spice的名词复数 )；调味品；趣味；情趣

参考例句：

• common spices such as ginger and cinnamon 姜和肉桂等常见香料
• They carried on trade in tea and spices with the orient. 他们同东方国家做茶叶和香料的生意。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 herbs   

草本植物( herb的名词复数 )； 药草，香草

参考例句：

• the curative properties of herbs 药草治病的功效
• the therapeutic properties of herbs 草药的医疗效用

5 extra   

adj.额外的，外加的；特大的

参考例句：

• We do not ask for extra pay.我们不要求额外报酬。
• You have to pay extra for breakfast.早餐你要另外付费。

6 carving   

n.雕刻品，雕花

参考例句：

• All the furniture in the room had much carving.房间里所有的家具上都有许多雕刻。
• He acquired the craft of wood carving in his native town.他在老家学会了木雕手艺。

7 cucumber   

n.黄瓜

参考例句：

• This cucumber plant is climbing.这棵黄瓜爬蔓了。
• Let me eat a cucumber.让我吃一根黄瓜.

8 unfortunately   

adv.不幸地，可惜的是

参考例句：

• I called on you yesterday,but unfortunately you were out.昨天我来看你，但是不幸的是你不在。
• She had gone home,unfortunately.遗憾的是她已回家了。