【英语时差8,16】不易消化的食物-上

Diarmuid: (With his mouth full) I’m Diarmuid. Feifei: Sorry Diarmuid. I couldn’t understand what you just said. Diarmuid: (With his mouth full) I said, “I’m Diarmuid.” Feifei: I still can’t hear what you’re saying.It’s very bad manners¹ to speak with your mouth full. Diarmuid: Sorry Feifei. I was just having a bite² 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:That sounds like a lot of British food.

1 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。

2 bite   

n.咬，咬伤，一口，刺痛；（= byte）字节，位组，二进位组，信息组；v.咬，刺痛

参考例句：

• The dog may bite at you.狗会咬你的。
• Let me have a bite.让我咬一口。

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。