BBC地平线系列之《饮食变迁》第8期:食物的创新性
日期:2013-06-07 20:11

(单词翻译:单击)

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If one has a family sitting down,
如果家中有人坐在桌旁
the housewife serves them a meal,
主妇为他们做饭
she is obviously concerned and
很显然 她很关心和在意
worried if two or three around the table leave.
别人对她的食物满意与否
Types of food served.
各类食物需求
It's broken down as follows.
如下依次排列
Cereals...
谷类...
As new production methods
随着新生产方法
brought down the price of food,
降低了食物的价格
the possibilities for innovation appeared to be endless.
创新的可能性似乎是无穷的
And there's certainly a convenience benefit there,
而且如果在技术上能实现的话
if it could be done technically,
这必定能提供便利
to have a tray with bacon and egg and fried bread
一个盘子装上咸肉 鸡蛋和烤面包
and grilled sausage and tomatoes and so on that you
还有烤香肠 番茄等等
simply slip into the oven while you nip upstairs
当你在楼上小酌或为孩子上学做准备时只需
and get the kids ready for school and when you come down...
简单的放入烤炉 下楼时就能...
It's not been tried.
还没有人做过
And if one had a deep-frozen egg in some sort of foil dish
如果可以将装有深度冷冻鸡蛋的容器
that one actually took and dropped into a pan of boiling water...
放入一个沸水锅里面...
One might recreate the egg all over again.
那可能得重新创造一种鸡蛋
It's an egg shape. It has a shell of some sort.
它有鸡蛋的外形 有某类外壳
You would boil it, I guess. You know?
或许你能煮熟它
And I don't know what it contains,
我不知道里面的组成
but it could be kind of solid egg
可能是一种蛋状的固体
and bacon in an egg shape, or solid sausage and tomato.
鸡蛋和咸肉 或者固体的香肠和番茄
But whatever it is, this is
但不管是什么
concentrated high-protein, and it is the new egg.
它富含高蛋白 这是全新意义上的鸡蛋

重点解释

the possibilities for innovation appeared to be endless.创新的可能性似乎是无穷的

appear to:看来像是; 看来似乎

The students appear to be completely out of hand.

学生们似乎已完全无法控制了。

They appear to be able to handle the problem.

他们似乎可以处理这个问题。

相关短语:

appear as 作为 ... 出现

She was summoned to appear as a witness.

她被法庭传去出庭作证。

appear for替 ... 出庭

Mr. Jones will appear for you in court tomorrow.

琼斯先生明天做你的律师出庭。

you simply slip into the oven while you nip upstairs and get the kids ready for school and when you come down...当你在楼上小酌或为孩子上学做准备时只需简单的放入烤炉,下楼时就能...

get ready for:为 ... 作好准备

He was busy getting ready for his journey.

他正忙于准备旅行。

come down:下降

Come down to us we can't hear you upstairs.

下来到我们这儿来,你在楼上我们听不清楚。

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重点单词
  • handlen. 柄,把手 v. 买卖,处理,操作,驾驭
  • concentratedadj. 全神贯注的,浓缩的 动词concentrate
  • shelln. 壳,外壳 v. 去壳,脱落,拾贝壳 n.[计
  • innovationn. 创新,革新
  • benefitn. 利益,津贴,保险金,义卖,义演 vt. 有益于,得
  • conveniencen. 适宜,便利,便利设施,方便的时间,舒适
  • concernedadj. 担忧的,关心的
  • slipv. 滑倒,溜走,疏忽,滑脱 n. 滑倒,溜走,疏忽,失
  • foiln. 箔,箔纸,陪衬物,(击剑运动用的)花剑, 钝头剑
  • witnessn. 目击者,证人 vt. 目击,见证,出席,观察,经历