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BBQ: Definitely a Guy Thing A three-day weekend, plenty of sunshine heading our way, and, zippity-doo-dah, out roll the barbeque grills, manned, by and large, by men. It is with that 1)gender-non-neutral hypothesis in mind, that we now explore the male-dominated backyard practice in this audio 2)collage from the State of Maine. Man: Grilling is really meant to be done by a man with a beer in his hand. Man: I’m a “3)Weber man.” Man: I like the fire. Woman: Men…love…grills! Man: This is like a 4)primal thing. Man: … especially if it drips down a little bit and catches on fire… Man: Everybody’s experienced barbeque smoke following you around the barbeque as you move around. Woman: Our grill is huge. Man: We have a very traditional “Weber” charcoal-fired grill. Man: I think as low as you can get is a 5)propane grill with an automatic starter. Woman: I just have to hit the button and it starts, and life is good. Man: You put all this effort into getting a good 6)brontosaurus steak and you don’t want it ruined, you know, by somebody who hasn’t been paying attention or is worrying about the kids. Woman: All of the women I know, no one enjoys grilling. Man: It’s not that women can’t cook on a grill. I think they can but they just don’t have much interest in it. Woman: I really like fish on the grill. I like vegetables… Man: That’s not what a grill is meant for. Woman: You know, we get together with friends and all the guys are standing around the grill. Woman: And, before you know it, like two hours have passed. Man: That’s all part of grilling. Woman: So you have to have a, sort of the…the woman 7)interloper who goes out and makes sure that things are still moving along. Man: My attention span’s not that good when I’m grilling. Woman: … comes in burned, Man: Yeah, I burn things a lot. Woman: … 8)charred. I could be eating by now. Man: I figure, that you put that grate down on that fire and you leave it there for a little while and there ain’t nothin’ livin’ there that isn’t going to be living in the meat anyway. Woman: Yeah, that has to be scraped off. Woman: And it doesn’t matter what he’s cooking, he uses more pots and pans and dishes than you can possibly imagine. Man: I like the blood to run a little bit. Man: And if I time it all right, mine’s done about the time hers has turned to shoe leather, which is how she likes it. Man: I can always tell, you know. “So did you take it off when it was pink?” “Oh, yeah, it Man: Medium rare on the edges and, towards the middle, it’s a little more rare. If I had my way, I’d just basically eat meat. Yeah. I’d let the guys cook the meat, around the campfire, in front of the cave. Man: Yup. It’s a guy thing! Woman: It’s definitely a guy thing. 注释： 烧烤，非男人莫属？ 一个阳光明媚的三天长周末假期就要到了，哼着小曲把烧烤炉拉出来，这时忙得不亦乐乎的，大多是男人。带着这种具有“非性别中立”揣测的想法，我们来听听缅因州人七嘴八舌话烧烤，从而一探这项由男性主宰的家庭娱乐活动的究竟。 男：烤肉本来就该是男人做的事，而且他手里还得拿着瓶啤酒。 男：我是“烧烤专家”。 男：我喜欢火。 女：男人……钟情于……烧烤！ 男：这就像是一种本能。 男：尤其是在一点油脂滴了下去，火苗高串的时候…… 男：每个人都有过这种体会：烧烤的时候，你走到哪儿，烧烤的油烟就跟到哪儿，挥之不去。 女：我们的烧烤炉非常大。 男：我们有一个非常老式的韦伯牌木炭烤炉。 男：我认为你怎么也得弄一个配有自动点火器，用丙烷作燃料的烧烤炉。 女：我只需要摁一下按钮，火就着了。生活是如此美好。 男：你费了老大一番功夫去准备一大块美味牛排，你可不想让它毁在一个注意力不集中或是惦记着孩子的人手里。 女：我认识的所有女人里，没一个觉得烧烤有乐趣可言。 男：并不是说女人不会用烧烤炉烤食物，我想她们也会，只是没有什么兴趣罢了。 女：我很喜欢用烧烤炉烤鱼，烤蔬菜…… 男：烧烤炉可不是用来干那个的。 女：你知道，我们和朋友聚会的时候，所有的男人都站在烧烤炉的周围。 女：然后，不知不觉的，两个小时就这样过去了。 男：那本来就是烧烤的乐趣所在。 女：所以就非得有那么些个管家婆式的女人，跑进跑出，确保一切都还正常。 男：我在烧烤的时候，注意力就有限了。 女：烤焦了。 男：对，我常常会把食物烤过火了。 女：都焦透了。如果我自己来的话，现在已经吃上了。 男：我看呢，你只要把烤架放在火上，让它烧一会儿，上面就没有什么细菌了，至少不会比肉里面的细菌多。 女：是的，那东西得刮掉。 女：不论要煮什么或怎么个煮法，他都会用上一大堆锅碗瓢盆，多得你不敢想象。 男：我喜欢肉上面带点血丝。 男：如果我没算错时间，等我烤好的时候，她的已经烤得像鞋面一样硬了，她就喜欢把肉烤成那个样子。 男：我总能知道是怎么回事。“你是不是在它还是淡红色的时候就取下来了？”“啊，是的，还是在淡红色的时候！” 男：牛排的边上要五分熟，往中间要生嫩点。要是让我由着自己的性子，我基本上只吃肉就够了。对，我会让伙计们围着篝火，在山洞前烤肉吃。 男：不错，这是男人的事！ 女：这绝对是男人的事。
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