VOA慢速英語：Paczki——肥胖星期二的甜食

Paczki, Sweet Treats for Fat Tuesday

Paczki——肥胖星期二的甜食

This is What’s Trending Today.

歡迎收聽今日熱點節(jié)目。

For Christians around the world, Wednesday is the beginning of Lent. It is the first day of a six-week religious observance before the Easter holiday.

對于全世界的基督徒來說，周三是大齋節(jié)的開始。復(fù)活節(jié)開始之前，這是為期6周的宗教儀式開始的第一天。

Lent is a time of sacrifice. Many Christians stop eating meat and give up sugar and alcoholic drinks.

大齋節(jié)是獻祭的時間。許多基督徒不再吃肉并且戒掉糖和酒精類飲品。

But before Lent begins, people get one last chance to enjoy themselves. Some attend celebrations on the Tuesday before Lent, also known as Fat Tuesday.

但是在大齋節(jié)開始之前，人們只有一次享受的機會。一些慶?；顒釉诖簖S節(jié)之前的周二開始，通常也叫做肥胖星期二。

In some cultures, people celebrate Fat Tuesday by eating a sweet bread treat called paczki. Paczki are from Poland and similar to doughnuts.

在一些風俗習慣中，人們通過食用一種叫做Paczki的甜面包甜食來慶祝肥胖節(jié)。Paczki來自波蘭并且和甜甜圈和相似。

In parts of the United States with large Polish communities, Fat Tuesday is also known as Paczki Day.

在美國的部分地區(qū)的大波蘭家族，肥胖星期二也叫做Paczki日。

On Tuesday, the hashtag #PaczkiDay was trending on social media.

在周二，#PaczkiDay #在社交媒體上已經(jīng)成為熱點。

Many people shared photographs of the sugary, round treats.

許多人分享甜食照片。

Paczki are popular in northern U.S. cities like Detroit and Chicago, where many people have Polish roots.

Paczki在美國北部地區(qū)，底特律和芝加哥很流行。在這兩座城市許多人的祖籍是波蘭。

Traditionally, paczki are filled with sweet fruity jams made from plums and the fruits of the rose plant. But these days, people will put just about anything inside paczki.

傳統(tǒng)方法來說，Paczki是用甜水果醬，李子和玫瑰填充。但是，近期，人們隨意填充里面的餡兒。

One Detroit newspaper reported that a hot dog stand will serve a “Coney Paczki.” That is a piece of meat inside of sweet paczki instead of a traditional bun. One can add mustard, chili and even onions.

某底特律報道：某熱狗站將售賣Coney Paczki。這是一種肉餡的Paczki，而不是傳統(tǒng)的小面包。大家可以添加芥末、辣椒甚至是洋蔥。

One Twitter user wrote: “Those look yummy.”

某推特用戶寫道：這些看起來很好吃。

But another more traditional Twitter user thought it was just not the right way to celebrate Fat Tuesday. He wrote: “An actual Cajun would never eat this.” Many people with Cajun roots celebrate Fat Tuesday in Louisiana.

但是其他的較傳統(tǒng)的推特用戶認為：這不是慶祝肥胖星期二的正確方式。他寫道：真正的后裔是不會這樣吃的。許多后裔在路易斯安納慶祝肥胖節(jié)。

Other people celebrated Paczki Day by bringing large boxes of the treats to their office.

其他人通過攜帶大量的甜食到辦公室來慶祝肥胖星期二。

A Twitter user named Rebecca posted a photo of at least 20 paczki and asked “is there such a thing as too many #paczki?”

一位叫做瑞貝卡的用戶發(fā)布了一張照片，上面有至少20個Paczki，并且問道：這不是有太多的#Paczki#了?

Abdul El-Sayed was born in Michigan. But his family is from Egypt. He works as a doctor and politician in the Detroit area.

Abdul El-Sayed 出生在密歇根。但是他們是來自埃及。他在底特律是一名醫(yī)生和政治家。

He and his wife Sarah went looking for halal paczki. They found them at a food stand in one Detroit neighborhood.

他和他的妻子將會去尋找清真的Paczki。他們在底特律的一家食物售賣站找到了清真的Paczki。

They made a video showing their paczki-eating experience.

他們制作了一則視頻--展示他們的Paczki食用經(jīng)歷。

Others made videos showing how to make paczki and how to say their name correctly, too.

其他人也制作了視頻--展示了如何制作Paczki和如何正確的叫出他們的名字。

And that’s What’s Trending Today.

這就是今天的今日熱點節(jié)目。

I’m Dan Friedell.

丹·弗雷德報道。