英语听力精选进阶版 6663

Feifei: 大家好，欢迎收听由 BBC¹ 制作的《地道英语》。我是冯菲菲。

Diarmuid:(With his mouth full) And I'm Diarmuid.

Feifei: Sorry Diarmuid. I couldn't understand what you just said.

Diarmuid:(With his mouth full) I said, "And I'm Diarmuid."

Feifei: I still can't hear what you're saying. Diarmuid 嘴里塞满了吃的，我实在是不知道他在说什么。It's very bad manners² to speak with your mouth full.

Diarmuid: Sorry Feifei. I was just having a bite to eat before the programme began but I couldn't finish it in time for us to start. The food was so stodgy³.

Feifei: Stodgy? What's that?

Diarmuid: Stodgy is a word that we can use to describe food, and it's our word of the day. Stodgy. S.T.O.D.G.Y.

Feifei: But what does stodgy mean?

Diarmuid: Stodgy is the word we use to describe food that is very heavy and filling.

Feifei: 原来在英语里，可以用 stodgy 这个词来形容口感浓厚的，不易消化油腻的，但又容易填饱肚子的食物 。That sounds like a lot of British food.

Diarmuid: I suppose that's true Feifei. Lots of foreign people would describe British food as stodgy.

Feifei: 我也有同感！

Diarmuid: When you think about it lots of British dishes are stodgy. Things like pies.

Feifei: 馅饼，派。

Diarmuid: Puddings.

Feifei: 布丁，甜点。

Diarmuid: Roast⁴ dinners.

Feifei: 就是英国人周日和每逢过年过节时吃的烤肉大餐。

Example

A: Would you like some Christmas pudding?

B: Not for me thanks. It's far too stodgy.

A: Oh I feel so full up I can barely⁵ move.

B: You shouldn't eat so much stodgy food at lunchtime.

A: Yes, tomorrow I'll have a salad.

Feifei: So do you like stodgy food, Diarmuid?

Diarmuid: Sometimes, yes. Like the steak and kidney⁶ pie I was eating for lunch. Actually there was so much pie I couldn't finish it. Would you like some?

Feifei: Yes please. 我饿死了！Hmmm.

Diarmuid: Here you are. Bye for now.

Feifei:(With her mouth full) And goodbye from me.

1 BBC   

abbr.（=British Broadcasting Corporation）英国广播公司

参考例句：

• She works for the BBC.她为英国广播公司工作。
• The BBC was founded in 1922.英国广播公司建于1922年。

2 manners   

n.礼貌；规矩

参考例句：

• You should mend your manners.你的态度应当纠正。
• His manners are rough,but he is a kind man at heart.他虽然举止粗鲁，但心地善良。

3 stodgy   

adj.易饱的；笨重的；滞涩的；古板的

参考例句：

• It wasn't easy to lose puppy fat when Mum fed her on stodgy home cooking.母亲给她吃易饱的家常菜，她想减掉婴儿肥可是很难。
• The gateman was a stodgy fellow of 60.看门人是个六十岁的矮胖子。

4 roast   

v.烤，炙，烘；n.烤肉；adj.烤(烘)过的

参考例句：

• There's a piece of roast beef.这儿有一块烤牛肉.
• Put the meat into the oven to roast.把肉放到炉子里去烤。

5 barely   

adv.仅仅，几乎没有，几乎不

参考例句：

• The male bird is barely distinguishable from the female.雄鸟和雌鸟几乎无法辨别。
• He took barely enough money to keep the children in bread.他赚很少的钱仅够孩子们勉强糊口。

6 kidney   

n.肾，腰子，类型

参考例句：

• Several of the patients had received kidney transplant.病人中有几位已接受了肾移植手术。
• The operation to transplant a kidney is now fairly routine.肾脏移植手术如今已相当常见。