英语大赢家 下册 174.Scene 4.Topic 2小吃 Snacks

 Daniel: Girls always like these Japanese-style hair clips.

 

May: They are cute, most importantly, inexpensive.

 

Daniel: Anyway, I need to get myself some late supper. I'm starving.

 

May: How about “stinky tofu”?

 

Daniel: Stinky tofu? What's that? It sounds strange.

 

May: It's a famous Hunan snack. And it's very popular in Beijing. Would you like to have a try?

 

Daniel: I'll think about it. Anything else?

 

May: Grilled¹ corn, glutinous² dumplings, fried peanuts, and bean curd³ jelly. Good enough?

 

Daniel: I prefer fried peanuts. I like peanuts very much. By the way, is that healthy? Mom always tells us not to eat outside, because they often use the recycled oil.

 

May: Don't consider too much about it. You said you were very hungry, so you can't do anything else but to eat.

 

Daniel: I prefer not. I'll eat when I'm back home. By the way, do all the stinky tofu vendors⁴ come from Hunan?

 

May: Not exactly. Actually, people learn the making process from the native residents.

 

Daniel: Got it. Are there any other regional snacks here?

 

May: Of course. For example, Sichuan, Fujian, Guangzhou. Their snacks are also very famous.

 

Daniel: Are there any Beijing snacks?

 

May: Of course. Look, it is over there.

 

听看学

 

丹尼尔：女孩子都喜欢这些日本风格的发夹。

 

阿美：它们很可爱，最重要的是很便宜。

 

丹尼尔：不管怎样，我很饿，我要去吃点夜宵。

 

阿美：臭豆腐怎么样？

 

丹尼尔：臭豆腐？是什么东西啊？听起来怪怪的。

 

阿美：它是一种湖南的小吃，而且它在北京非常流行。你要试试吗？

 

丹尼尔：我考虑一下，那还有些什么呢？

 

阿美：烤玉米、汤圆、炸花生和豆腐脑。够多了吧？

 

丹尼尔：我选择炸花生。我非常喜欢吃花生。对了，那卫生吗？妈妈经常告诉我们不要在外面吃东西，因为他们经常用那种循环使用的油。

 

阿美：别想太多了，你说你非常饿，那你就别无选择，只有吃了。

 

丹尼尔：算了，我还是回家吃吧。对了，那些卖臭豆腐的商贩都是从湖南来的吗？

 

阿美：不一定。事实上，人们从本地居民那里学到了制作方法。

 

丹尼尔：我知道了。那这儿还有其他地方小吃吗？

 

阿美：当然有啊。比如说这儿有来自四川、福建、广州的小吃。这些也非常有名。

 

丹尼尔：那有北京小吃吗？

 

阿美：当然有啊。看，那边就有一个。

 

Recitation 经典背诵

 

Daniel:May told me that “stinky tofu” was very popular in Beijing; it's a very famous Human snack. But its name sounds a bit weird⁵. I thought that all the stinky tofu vendors came from Hunan, but I'm wrong. They just learn the making process from the native residents.

1 grilled   

adj. 烤的, 炙过的, 有格子的 动词grill的过去式和过去分词形式

参考例句：

• He was grilled for two hours before the police let him go. 他被严厉盘查了两个小时后，警察才放他走。
• He was grilled until he confessed. 他被严加拷问，直到他承认为止。

2 glutinous   

adj.粘的，胶状的

参考例句：

• The sauce was glutinous and tasted artificial.这种酱有些黏，尝起来不是非常地道。
• The coat covering the soft candies is made from glutinous rice.包裹软糖的江米纸是由糯米做成的。

3 curd   

n.凝乳；凝乳状物

参考例句：

• I'd like to add some pepper to the bean curd.我想在豆腐里加一点辣椒粉。
• The next one is bean curd with crab roe.下一个是蟹黄豆腐。

4 vendors   

n.摊贩( vendor的名词复数 )；小贩；（房屋等的）卖主；卖方

参考例句：

• The vendors were gazundered at the last minute. 卖主在最后一刻被要求降低房价。
• At the same time, interface standards also benefIt'software vendors. 同时，界面标准也有利于软件开发商。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

5 weird   

adj.古怪的，离奇的；怪诞的，神秘而可怕的

参考例句：

• From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
• His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。