(单词翻译:单击)
听力文本
From VOA Learning English, this is the Agriculture Report.
In many countries, when cows are killed for meat, the heads are put in the waste. That is because many people do not believe meat from a cow head should be eaten. But in South Africa, some people have a strong desire for cow head meat. Many people are selling and eating it in Johannesburg. VOA recently visited a cow-head processing factory in the city.
In South Africa, the meat is called "skop." The men who eat it say it is less costly than other meats and more tasty.
Some meat sellers in Johannesburg recently learned how to prepare cow heads for their customers. They remove the skin from the head. Then they use an axe to separate the meat from the bones.
William Mahlangu works at a cow head processing factory. Up to 150 cow heads are processed there each day.
"This meat is delicious, it's tender and it's very, very nice meat for men. Even in, even in the old days, like our grandfathers, if they slaughter a cow, the cow head it was only for men."
Much of the skop meat is sold to sellers who sell food on the street. But at the factory, they also cook the meat for customers. Then they put the meat on a large table, not on plates. They put hot sauce on it, and a starch called "uPhuthu."
Kenneth Ayudo is a Nigerian food shop owner living in Johannesburg. He says in Nigeria people even eat the skin after they roast it over a fire to remove the hair. Then they wash the skin like a piece of cloth.
"It's the way it tastes and there is too much demand for it and everywhere now because anyone that eat it wants, wants, want to eat it again."
Peter Antill goes to a skop restaurant every day.
"One thing I can tell youse guys is that this is the best you will ever taste in town, in town, in the city Johannesburg. It's skop! It's skop! Eish! Nom, nom, nom! Yeah!"
Because of worries about mad cow disease, which causes the brain to waste, few people in western countries eat cow brains or organs such as livers or kidneys. But South Africa's government says mad cow disease has never been found in cows in the country.
Many men in South Africa think skop meat not only tastes great but also helps them with their sexual desires. And they say it is strongest in cow head soup, which they eat after they have skop.
And that's the VOA Learning English Agriculture Report. For more Agriculture, Food and Environment stories, go to our website learningenglish.voanews.com. I'm Caty Weaver.
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词汇解释
1.tender adj. 温柔的；柔软的；脆弱的；幼稚的；难对付的 n. 偿付，清偿；看管人；小船 vt. 提供，偿还；使…变嫩；使…变柔软 vi. 投标；变柔软
Cook for a minimum of 2 hours, or until the meat is tender.
至少煮两个小时，或一直煮到肉软了为止。
2.starch n. 淀粉；刻板，生硬 vt. 给…上浆
He never puts enough starch in my shirts.
他从不给我的衬衫上足够的浆粉。
3.sauce n. 酱油；沙司；调味汁 vt. 使增加趣味；给…调味
Cook the sauce over a low heat until it boils and thickens.
以小火加热酱汁至其沸腾变浓。
内容解析
1.Then they use an axe to separate the meat from the bones.
separate from 分离；把…和…分开
Business bank accounts were kept separate from personal ones.
银行的商业账户和个人账户是分开管理的。
Raw meat must be kept separate from cooked meat.
生肉和熟肉必须分开存放。
参考译文
这里是美国之音慢速英语农业报道。
在很多国家，杀牛是为了吃肉，而牛头被扔在一边。这是因为很多人认为牛头上的肉是不可以吃的，但在南非，有的人非常喜欢吃牛头肉。约翰内斯堡有很多人卖牛头肉、吃牛头肉。美国之音最近采访了该市一个牛头肉加工厂。
在南非，这种肉被叫做skop，吃这种肉的男人说它比其他肉更便宜，味道却更好。
约翰内斯堡的一些肉贩最近学会如何给顾客处理牛头，他们将皮从头上移除掉，使用斧头将肉从骨头上分离。
威廉·马赫兰古在一家牛头加工厂工作，这里每天要处理150个牛头。
“这种肉很美味，更柔软，对男人来说很有益。即使在过去，如果父辈们杀了一头牛，牛头肉都是只给男人吃的。”
大部分牛头肉卖给了在街头卖食物的小贩，但在这座工厂，他们还给顾客烹饪牛头肉。他们把肉放到一个大桌子上，而不是盘子上。然后浇上辣酱和一种淀粉。
肯尼斯·阿尤多是居住在约翰内斯堡的一位尼日利亚食品店老板，他说在尼日利亚，人们甚至在火上烤掉毛后吃牛皮。
“这是过去的吃法，现在到处都有人想吃，因为吃过的人都想再吃。”
彼得·安蒂尔每天都去牛头肉餐厅。
“我可以告诉你们，这是在约翰内斯堡能吃的最好的东西，牛头肉，真好吃。”
因为担心疯牛病，牛头被浪费掉了，西方国家很少人吃牛头或诸如肝脏或肾脏等器官。在南非政府说疯牛病从未出现在本国的牛身上。
南非的很多男人认为牛头肉不仅味道好，而且帮助他们提高性能力。他们说牛头汤帮助最大，他们会在吃过牛头肉后喝这种汤。
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