情景对话

Todd: So, Phil, I thought we'd talk about food.
托德：菲尔，我们来谈谈食物吧HJ5O.rCmza。
Phil: OK, yeah. Food is one of my favorite subjects.
菲尔：好的!x^u&oil@H9nL_Y。食物是我最喜欢的话题之一foNaGcvs[cE8+WI%ai_6。
Todd: OK, so let's start out with fruit. OK, what's your favorite fruit?
托德：好，我们先来谈谈水果吧;!&;Z%iC*-。你最喜欢的水果是什么？
Phil: My favorite fruit is raspberry, which you can't get in Japan.
菲尔：我最喜欢的水果是覆盆子，不过日本买不到DNrRb3|#E=;f*3gq。
Todd: Oh, raspberry.
托德：哦，覆盆子,crJPCBz(P。
Phil: Oh, well, you can get it in Japan but it's really expensive.
菲尔：嗯，日本买不到，而且覆盆子非常贵gnQ*!SyjeW]^y。
Todd: I love raspberries. Actually, where I'm from in the states, we have loads of raspberries for free.
托德：我也喜欢覆盆子ovwORV!l9U7D3p).。我来自美国，我们有大量免费的覆盆子i6M=MGyk-!3|t8b。
Phil: My granny used to have them in her garden so when I was kid, it was always someone picking the raspberries and like vanilla ice cream and raspberries together.
菲尔：小时候我奶奶在花园里种过覆盆子，他们会去摘覆盆子，然后把覆盆子加到香草冰激凌里u%,La=v2Ug,m8y5#Q。
Todd: Oh, man, yeah. My grandmother, actually, she used to make raspberry cobbler.
托德：哦，天哪yaqJP[%,97]q。我奶奶经常做覆盆子馅饼;&j|%sMD~_z]h。
Phil: Cobbler?
菲尔：水果馅饼？
Todd: Yeah. Oh, you don't have cobbler. You probably have a different name for it in England. It's like a pie, but it's really sweet. You take the blackberries or raspberries, and it's the filling and a pie crust over it. It's a pie. They call it cobbler, so..... Actually, speaking of British food, what's a scone?
托德：对LZ&m)YM40@。哦，你们不这么说|ZoqAr^SFX。英国可能是另一种说法rPdB]|cj21nHx)+~。就是一种水果馅饼，非常甜m(ebG=o=I~++dkpp~H,。用黑莓或者覆盆子作馅，外面是酥皮FVr,h)S1hq.%8*[c。是一种水果馅饼q6qkP@KLSW58=G@gm。他们是这么叫的，说到英国食物，司康饼是什么？
Phil: A scone is basically a really kind of dried cake, kind or really dried kind of cake material but it's got little bits of raisins in it.
菲尔：司康饼是一种干面包，一种干蛋糕，里面有葡萄干MG6e~0]if7I~@HK^1e。
Todd: Right, so when you got to Starbuck's and they have the little triangle things, is that a scone?
托德：好，星巴克有卖那种三角形的面包，那是司康饼吗？
Phil: I don't know to be honest. I don't go to Starbuck's very often.
菲尔：说实话，我不知道r7N~X2B7r_!2xC。我不经常去星巴克3]ExtG7u%Avxk。
Todd: Right.
托德：好WB)oL6gM%m。
Phil: I don't recommend them, they're really, really, really dry. Generally you eat them with cream and tea, but I'm not a fan.
菲尔：我不会推荐司康饼，因为太干了zc==ywAowR|sjTP=s=G(。通常你要配奶油和茶来吃，不过我不喜欢n~tb()L!jBfPtF1jq。
Todd: No. Really.
托德：真的吗？
Phil: Have you ever ate it?
菲尔：你吃过吗？
Todd: Speaking of British food, what's your favorite British food?
托德：说到英国食物，你最喜欢的英国食物是什么？
Phil: Fish n' Chips I suppose.
菲尔：应该是炸鱼薯条*7sUy2r2OT9d!L。
Todd: You got to be kidding. Fish n' Chips?
托德：你开玩笑吧nDau=u5gAIF1j4Lq92。炸鱼薯条？
Phil: Fish... British food basically is just a cosmopolitan mix of foreign stuff combined with together, like the most popular food now, the national dish, is curry.
菲尔：鱼……基本上来说，英国食物是各种外国食物的大混合，就像现在最受欢迎的英国国菜是咖喱uG.~Ko_wgQp。
Todd: Right. How come it's not fish n' chips?
托德：好pZqrgh1D#jsB。为什么不是炸鱼薯条？
Phil: I don't know. Just because maybe people are going a bit more healthy or just because it's different, and curry's the most eaten food now.
菲尔：我也不知道.%zT6MvbyAS4。可能人们想更健康一点，咖喱是现在最多人吃的美食rnfqRpkytK9U!xntp。
Todd: Right. Actually now that we're both living in Japan, are there are British foods that you crave?
托德：好^P|9!qYSYw2gK,@[。实际上现在我们都在日本生活，你有非常想吃的英国食物吗？
Phil: Um, kind of, something called Branston pickle, which is basically, it's kind of sandwich spread. You have it with cheese, or with like meat, and you put it on, it's like diced vegetables, but really thinly chopped and it's got a special sauce. It's just really nice. I really miss it.
菲尔：嗯，腌菜，是一种三明治酱K+T77BBGt[z5*G_j3。可以搭配奶酪或肉类食用，你可以把它加在奶酪或肉类上面，那是一种切块蔬菜，切得非常薄，是用独特的酱料调制的bex4A_B)ab。味道非常好LE,#aHz5+vDmACR。我非常想吃那个F6MbIvOyF13U8。
Todd: Wow. What's it called?
托德：哇]5zk1Bgu0gyHXGE。那个叫什么？
Phil: Branston pickle.
菲尔：腌菜%~eKP_^|;,FxfdRN0。
Todd: Branston pickle?
托德：腌菜A2t2;;7]5(。
Phil: Yeah.
菲尔：对，
Todd: Is it like Vegemite?
托德：是和维吉米特黑酱类似吗？
Phil: Not really, no, no. It's kind of actually lumps of vegetables within in. We have something similar to Vegemite called marmite.
菲尔：不太像，不是，不是f;Hv|)V@qfllj(G61。它里面有蔬菜块6kydCn,ctz6s8m。我们有和维吉米特黑酱类似的酱料，我们称之为马麦酱T~x2oHbx#1U(~=。
Todd: Ah, that's right.
托德：哦，对ug~]JH5T[x。
Phil: But the taste is actually stronger.
菲尔：不过味道要更强烈一些BbgZnxvx6RN)xh!aN7^。
Todd: OK, cool.
托德：好，真酷bAU(^A(10om。

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重点讲解

重点讲解：
1. start out 从…开始；从…着手；
例句：Most beginners start out with too little money.
大部分新手刚开始时的钱很少K0+c5qY~U9r。
2. loads of 很多；大量；
例句：I used to read loads of Asterix books.
我以前看了很多《高卢英雄传》系列漫画书.^8]EO6f2AD#=L。
3. used to do sth. 过去常常；过去曾；
例句：He used to muck out the stables every morning.
他过去每天早上打扫马厩r#^h,sDjtLxnx~bAx-tS。
4. speaking of （接过话头引入新话题）说到…，谈到…；
例句：Speaking of manufactures reminds me of a talk upon that topic.
谈到制造业,这使我联想到关于这个问题的一次谈话3~-e3O8pr2*&O8LQGnn。
5. how come （用于因为惊讶而询问）怎么会这样呢，为什么；
例句：How come the alarm clock did not go oif?
闹钟怎么没有响？
6. be similar to 相像的；相仿的；类似的；
例句：Field hockey is an outdoor game similar to soccer.
曲棍球是一种室外进行的类似足球的运动G-Eh|4mf=|p!。