英語播客初級版 第297期(外教講解):印度美食

A: So where is this mystery restaurant that we are going to?
那個我們要去的神秘的餐廳在哪兒?
B: It' s an Indian restaurant! I know you have never had Indian food, so I thought you might want to try.
那是個印第餐館!我知道你沒有吃過印度的食物，所以我想也許你會想嘗試一下。
A: That sounds great! I am craving some type of beef dish.
聽起來不錯!我想吃牛肉菜。
B: Well, Indian cuisine actually doesn' t serve beef. You see, cows are a sacred animal, a very important element in the Hindu religion, so beef is not eaten.
嗯，事實上印度菜譜里沒有牛肉。你知道的，奶牛是一種很神圣的動物，在印度教里是很重要的東西，因此牛肉是不能吃的。
A: I see, so what are we having? Chicken?
我知道了，所以我們可以吃什么呢?雞肉嗎?
B: There are many amazing dishes to choose from. We can have some chicken tikka masalawhich is an amazing curry. It' s a bit spicy, but I think you can handle it.
這里有很多美味可以選擇。我們有雞肉味的小塊香料做成的很棒的咖喱。有點辛辣，不過我覺得你能吃的。
A: Sounds good! I have always heard that Indian spices give a rich flavor to food.
很好!我聽說印度的香料讓食物味道變得很豐富。
B: Yeah. Also, we can have some Naan bread which is baked in a tandoori oven. Since you don' t use any utensils to eat, you can use this bread to scoop up the curry or rice.
是的。我們還有些在泥爐炭火鍋里制作的印度薄餅。你可以用面包來盛咖喱粉和米飯而省去了器皿。
A: What about veggies?
那素食者呢?
B: They have a good variety of vegetable-based dishes like palak paneer, vegetable samosas ordaal.
他們有各種各樣的以蔬菜為主的菜肴，比如菠菜芝士，蔬菜三角包。
A: It all sounds exquisite! I can' t wait!
聽上去它們都很美味啊!我等不及想去了!
crave 懇求渴望
Worse yet, eating salt makes you crave more salt! 更糟的是，吃得愈咸會使你想吃更多鹽!
cuisine n. 烹飪，烹調(diào)法
cow n. 奶牛，母牛;母獸 vt. 威脅，恐嚇
sacred adj. 神的;神圣的;宗教的;莊嚴的
Hindu n. 印度人;印度教教徒 adj. 印度教的;印度的
tikka n. 碎塊 vt. 切成小塊 masala n. 馬沙拉(一種香料)
spice n. 香料;情趣;調(diào)味品;少許 vt. 加香料于…;使…增添趣味
His jokes always give spice to his conversation. 他講的笑話常常給他的談話增添風趣。
naan n. 奶奶(小孩兒語)印度烤餅 印度薄餅 印度餅
Tandoori n. 唐杜里烹飪法;泥爐炭火烹飪法 adj. 用唐杜里烹飪法燒的;泥爐炭火烹飪法的
utensil n. 用具，器皿
scoop up 用鏟子取;兜接，舀上來
veggie n. 素食者
palak 菠菜泥 paneer n. 印度奶酪 Palak Paneer 菠菜芝士
samosa 炸三角包
exquisite n. 服飾過于講究的男子 adj. 精致的;細膩的;優(yōu)美的，高雅的;異常的;劇烈的