美語情景對話 第904期:Tacos for Two 墨西哥玉米餅

Daniel: Hey Olga, how are you?

丹尼爾：嗨，奧爾加，你好嗎？

Olga: Hi, and how are you Daniel?

奧爾加：你好，你怎麼樣，丹尼爾？

Daniel: I'm fine thanks. I need to ask you a favor.

丹尼爾：我很好，謝謝。我想請你幫個忙。

Olga: Sure, what's up?

奧爾加：沒問題，什麼事？

Daniel: Well I'm trying to impress a girl and I need to cook something for her.

丹尼爾：我想給一個女孩留下好印象，我想給她做些吃的。

Olga: I see.

奧爾加：我明白了。

Daniel: So I was thinking of Mexican food.

丹尼爾：我打算做墨西哥食物。

Olga: Wow, that's a good option.

奧爾加：哇，這是個不錯的選擇。

Daniel: What can you recommend me?

丹尼爾：你會推薦我做什麼？

Olga: Why don't you cook tacos?

奧爾加：爲什麼不做墨西哥玉米餅呢？

Daniel: OK.

丹尼爾：好。

Olga: It's fairly simple and I think you can do it. Can you get tortillas?

奧爾加：非常容易做，而且我認爲你能做出來。你能做玉米麪餅嗎？

Daniel: I might be able to get them but I'm not really sure.

丹尼爾：我應該可以做，不過我不太確定。

Olga: Well if you get them then I can just cook the meat, you know. It's really easy, like in a pan, a fry pan, you just fry it with onion, salt, pepper, and maybe a little bit of chili peppper. Do you like it hot?

奧爾加：如果你能做玉米麪餅的話，我可以來炒肉。做法非常簡單，用平底炒鍋炒肉和洋蔥，放鹽，再加一些辣椒，可以放紅辣椒。你希望做的辣一些嗎？

Daniel: I would rather not to have it that hot. It's the first date.

丹尼爾：我希望不要做得太辣。畢竟這是第一次約會。

Olga: Yeah, but you know it's romantic.

奧爾加：嗯，你知道這很浪漫。

Daniel: OK.

丹尼爾：好。

Olga: Maybe just a bit. So yeah you just cut a little bit of chilli pepper and put it inside and when you've made this you just put it inside a tortilla, wrap it and maybe put some salad like lettuce and tomato on top with a little bit of cream.

奧爾加：可以放一點兒辣椒。切一點兒辣椒放進去，炒好以後，把它們放進玉米麪餅裏捲起來，你還可以放一點沙拉，可以在上面放萵苣和番茄，然後加一些奶油。

Daniel: OK, what kind of cream?

丹尼爾：好，用哪種奶油？

Olga: The one that's not sweet, you know the natural cream.

奧爾加：不太甜的那種，就是天然奶油。

Daniel: That white one?

丹尼爾：白色的那種？

Olga: Yeah, right and are you sure about the tortillas?

奧爾加：對，沒錯，你確定可以做玉米麪餅吧？

Daniel: Just explain me so in case I cannot get them.

丹尼爾：跟我說一下怎麼做，確保我能做出來。

Olga: Just get corn flour.

奧爾加：準備玉米麪。

Daniel: Corn flour?

丹尼爾：玉米麪？

Olga: Yeah, I think you can get it anywhere or at least on the internet and you just mix it with some water and maybe a little bit of salt and make like a...

奧爾加：對，我想你可以在任何地方買到，至少可以在網上買到，在玉米麪里加水，再加些鹽，就像……

Daniel: Pastry?

丹尼爾：油酥麪糰那樣？

Olga: Yeah and just take a little round ball the size that you can hold it in your hand and you know like extend it to make the shape of the tortilla and just heat it up in the pan without any oil or anything and it's done like in one minute.

奧爾加：對，揉成麪糰，做成可以握在手裏的大小，然後把麪糰伸展開，做成玉米麪餅的形狀，然後放到鍋里加熱，不用放油，加熱一分鐘就可以了。

Daniel: Wow that's really easy. You think it's going to work?

丹尼爾：哇，那太簡單了。你認爲這會有用嗎？

Olga: Of course.

奧爾加：當然了。

Daniel: Thanks.

丹尼爾：謝謝。

Olga: You're welcome.

奧爾加：不客氣。

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重點講解：
1. be able to do sth. 可以…的，能夠…的；
例句：e said he would look about to see who might be able to help us.
他說，他要留心看看誰能幫我們的忙。
2. in case 以備；以防；免得；
例句：We allowed a margin of twenty minutes in case the bus was late.
我們預留二十分鐘寬裕時間，以防汽車晚點。
3. at least 至少；起碼；
例句：We should at least lend them moral support.
我們至少要給予他們精神上的支持。
4. heat up （尤指將已經冷掉的熟食）加熱；
例句：Freda heated up a pie for me.
弗蕾達爲我熱了一塊餡餅。