美語情景對話 第1169期:Fruits and Veggies 水果和蔬菜
Todd: So Meg, you look like a healthy person. Do you eat lots of fruits and vegetables?
Meg: I do eat lots of fruits and vegetables, especially fruit. I love to eat fruit because it's so sweet.
梅格：我的確會吃很多水果和蔬菜，尤其是水果。我喜歡吃水果，因爲水果很甜。Todd: Yeah? What fruits do you like?
託德：是嗎？你喜歡什麼水果？
Meg: I love bananas because they're so healthy for you. And so usually, in the morning for breakfast, I'll have a banana. I also love blueberries. Blueberries are my favorite fruit. But sometimes, they're expensive so I can't often eat blueberries.
梅格：我喜歡香蕉，因爲香蕉有益於健康。通常，我會在早餐時吃根香蕉。我還喜歡藍莓。藍莓是我最愛的水果。不過因爲藍莓很貴，所以我不吃經常吃。Todd: Oh, I agree. Blueberries are so good. I love blueberries in oatmeal.
託德：哦，我同意。藍莓非常好。我喜歡在燕麥粥中放藍莓。Meg: That's a good idea. I love to have blueberries in muffins.
梅格：這是個不錯的主意。我喜歡在鬆餅中放藍莓。Todd: Oh, that's nice. Well, you bake. Do you bake blueberry muffins?
託德：哦，那個不錯。你烤鬆餅。你會烤藍莓鬆餅嗎？Meg: I do bake blueberry muffins, and also blueberry bread, blueberry pancakes, many blueberry things.
梅格：我會烤藍莓鬆餅，還有藍莓麪包、藍莓煎餅，許多用藍莓做的美食。Todd: Wow. That's great. So are there any fruits you don't like?
託德：哇哦。那太棒了。你有不喜歡的水果嗎？Meg: I don't like kiwi actually because the flavor is okay but the fruits is too soft. So usually, I don't want to eat kiwi.
梅格：我不太喜歡奇異果，雖然味道還不錯，可是奇異果太軟了。一般我不會想吃奇異果。Todd: Oh well, I love kiwi. I love kiwi and bananas. It's very good.
託德：哦，我喜歡奇異果。我喜歡奇異果和香蕉。非常不錯。Meg: Hmm, sounds okay but maybe I'll just have the banana.
梅格：嗯，聽起來不錯，不過我還是吃香蕉就好。Todd: So what about vegetables? Are you a person who eats lots of salad?
託德：那蔬菜呢？你經常吃沙拉嗎？Meg: I don't eat a lot of salad but I do like to eat vegetables with my meals, usually lunch and dinner.
梅格：我經常吃沙拉，不過我喜歡吃飯時搭配蔬菜，通常我午餐和晚餐都會吃蔬菜。Todd: So you cook vegetables.
託德：你會炒菜吃。Meg: I cook vegetables or I eat vegetables fresh. For example, usually with my lunch, I'll cut up a cucumber, and put some salt or pepper on the cucumber and eat with my lunch.
梅格：我炒菜，也吃新鮮的蔬菜。舉個例子，午餐的話，我一般會把黃瓜切碎，然後在黃瓜上撒些鹽或放點兒辣椒，然後和午飯一起搭配着吃。Todd: Oh great. I love vegetable sticks, so I love carrot sticks, cucumber sticks, radish sticks. It's very good.
託德：哦，不錯。我喜歡蔬菜條，我喜歡胡蘿蔔條、黃瓜條和蘿蔔條。非常不錯。Meg: Do you like to dip vegetable sticks into any dressing?
梅格：你喜歡用蔬菜條蘸調料吃嗎？Todd: I do but it's not healthy, right?
託德：我喜歡，不過那不太健康，對吧？Meg: No.
梅格：對。Todd: But yeah, I love the dressing like the ranch dressing with carrot sticks or the ranch dressing with cucumber sticks. It's very nice.
託德：不過我喜歡用胡蘿蔔條和黃瓜條蘸牧場沙拉醬。非常美味。Meg: Yeah. It's pretty delicious. But you're right. Not so healthy.
梅格：對，非常好吃。不過你說得對，那不太健康。Todd: No. So what vegetables do you cook?
託德：嗯。你一般做什麼菜吃？Meg: Sometimes I cook broccoli. I actually like to roast broccoli, which is when you put broccoli into the oven and cook it a few minutes. So it's really delicious. You can add some salt or seasonings and it's easy to make. You can cook some meat or rice while the broccoli is in the oven and then it's ready for your dinner.
梅格：有時我會做西蘭花吃。我喜歡烤西蘭花吃，就是把西蘭花放在烤箱裏，然後烤幾分鐘。真的很好吃。你可以放點兒鹽或調料，很容易做。西蘭花在烤箱裏烤的時候，你可以炒點肉或是做米飯，然後晚飯就準備好了。Todd: That's great. Yeah. You see some vegetables like on a kebab that are roasted. I guess onions are roasted, peppers are roasted.
託德：太棒了。烤肉串店一般會烤蔬菜，比如洋蔥和辣椒。Meg: Right, right.
梅格：對，沒錯。Todd: Do you roast other vegetables besides broccoli?
託德：除了西蘭花以外，你還會烤其他蔬菜吃嗎？Meg: Sometimes tomatoes, and sometimes potatoes although, it's that a vegetable.
梅格：有時我會烤番茄和土豆，不過那不是蔬菜。Todd: It is but it's not a very healthy vegetable.
託德：那算蔬菜，不過是不太健康的蔬菜。Meg: So maybe I shouldn't eat potatoes.
梅格：也許我不應該吃土豆。Todd: I love potatoes though. So you roast vegetables, do you cook vegetables any other way? Do you boil vegetables or fry vegetables?
託德：我喜歡土豆。你烤蔬菜吃，那你還有其他方法烹飪蔬菜嗎？你會煮菜或炒菜嗎？Meg: Sometimes I boil vegetables. For example, I like to boil carrots because they're soft and you can add some spices again to have some flavor when you eat carrots with your meal.
梅格：有時我會煮蔬菜吃。比如，我喜歡煮胡蘿蔔吃，因爲胡蘿蔔很軟，吃胡蘿蔔時你可以加些香料來調味。Todd: Yeah. Actually, I love carrots but I only like raw carrots.
託德：對。實際上我很喜歡胡蘿蔔，不過我只吃生胡蘿蔔。Meg: Oh really?
梅格：真的嗎？Todd: And I hate cooked carrots.
託德：我討厭烹飪過的胡蘿蔔。Meg: Oh well, I'll try to remember that if ever you come over for dinner.
梅格：哦，如果你來我家吃晚餐，我會盡量記住這點。Todd: Yeah. Carrots sticks please.
託德：好。請做胡蘿蔔條。Meg: Okay.
梅格：好。
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重點講解：
1. cut up 切開；
例句：He cut up the meat on his plate.
他切碎了盤子裏的肉。
2. be ready for 準備好的；勝任的；
例句：Within ninety minutes the ship was ready for departure。
90分鐘之內輪船準備出發。
3. come over 順便來訪；
例句：I already told you not to come over.
我已經告訴你別過來了。
