美語情景對話 第423期:Cooking Tips 烹飪技巧

Todd: Hey, Akane, I know that you cook a lot, and I never cook, but it's starting to get really expensive to eat out so I wanna cook more.

託德：嗨，茜，我知道你經常自己做飯吃，我從來不做飯，不過現在去外面吃飯變得越來越貴，所以我想自己做着吃。

Akane: Right.

茜：好。

Todd: Can you recommend something that is very, very easy for somebody who does not know how to cook.

託德：你能爲那些不知道如何做飯的人推薦一些非常容易做的菜嗎？

Akane: OK, well, I'm not the best cook myself but I do cook often for financial reasons because it is cheaper. Um, I would recommend, if you're not used to cooking I would recommend the fried noodles. It's quick. It's easy. It's inexpensive, and yeah, I think you can do it.

茜：好，我做飯也不是很好，不過因爲經濟原因我經常自己做飯吃，因爲這更省錢。嗯，如果你不習慣做飯，那我會推薦炒麪。很快就可以做好，而且又簡單又便宜，我認爲你可以做這道菜。

Todd: Mm, OK, so what do I do? I mean actually, first of all, what do I need to buy?

託德：嗯，好的，那我要怎麼做呢？我是說首先我需要買什麼食材？

Akane: Well, I think you would need to go to the grocery store and get some noodles. You can get the ready prepared ones which are quick and easy. The dried ones you would have to boil first, so I would prepare, I would recommend the ready prepared ones and you also need some vegetables, and maybe if you like you can also add some meats.

茜：我想你要去雜貨店買些麪條。你可以買現成的，因爲那又快又容易。炒麪需要先把麪條煮一下，所以我建議買現成的，這樣你只需要一些蔬菜就可以了，如果你喜歡你也可以放一些肉。

Todd: Mm, OK, I probably won't do the meat thing, but for the vegetables, what vegetables do you recommend?

託德： 好的，我可能不會放肉，那你會推薦放什麼蔬菜呢？

Akane: Well, I recommend seasonal vegetables because the ones in season are always higher in vitamins and nutrients. Right now it's about early summer, late spring so the ones that are good right now egg plants, spinach and, well bean sprouts are good all year round.

茜：我會推薦應季蔬菜，因爲應季蔬菜富含更多的維生素和營養。現在是春末夏初，所以現在的應季食物是茄子、菠菜還有豆芽，豆芽全年都可以。

Todd: Mm, OK, so assuming I buy all this stuff (right) bring it home, what do I do?

託德：好，我把這些東西買回家以後要做什麼呢？

Akane: Well, first you need a good frying pan. (I got that) OK, first you actually need to wash the vegetables and cut them up into small pieces and then heat the pan up with oil and then put the vegetables in first because they take longer to cook than the noodles. After you have seen that the vegetables have gotten slightly brown and soft, then you can add the noodles and mix it up until the noodles are heated up and then just season it with salt and pepper or a sauce that you like.

茜：首先你要準備個炒菜鍋。（那個我有）那你要做的就是把蔬菜洗乾淨然後切成小塊，之後在炒菜鍋裏熱油，先把這些蔬菜放進去，因爲炒熟這些蔬菜的時間比麪條的時間長。你看到蔬菜變成淡棕色而且變軟了以後就可以把麪條放進去 了，把它們攪拌在一起，直到把麪條炒熟，然後就可以放鹽、辣椒和其他你喜歡的調味品了。

Todd: OK, sounds pretty easy, but as for the oil, what kind of oil should I get?

託德：聽起來很簡單，說到油，我要用哪種油呢？

Akane: Well, vegetable oil, canola oil, or olive oil, I think would be the healthiest choices.

茜：嗯，植物油，菜籽油或者橄欖油，我想這些是最健康的選擇。

Todd: OK, now one problem I have about cooking is, for people who don't know how to cook, how much do you cook? Like you said, chop up the vegetables (Yeah) Do I chop up five eggplants, one eggplant?

託德：好，現在我對做飯還有一個疑問，我要爲那些不會做飯的人問一下，你一般做多少呢？就像你說的，把蔬菜切碎，（對）我是切五個茄子還是一個茄子？

Akane: Well, if it's just for yourself, I would recommend just one eggplant and maybe half a bag of bean sprouts and half a bunch of spinach. The vegetables really shrink after you cook them so it might look like a lot when they're raw, but once you cook them. They shrink.

茜：如果你只是自己吃的話，我建議切一個茄子就好，你可以再放半袋豆芽和一些菠菜。這些蔬菜在炒熟以後會變少，它們在生的時候可以看起來很多，但是炒熟以後就變少了。

Todd: OK. Well, I'll give it a try, and I'll tell you how it tastes.

託德：好。我會試試的，我會告訴你味道如何的。

Akane: Great. Good luck.

茜：很好。祝你好運。

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重點講解：
1. first of all
第一；首先；
eg. First of all, the agenda should be prepared before the meeting.
首先，開會前要準備好議程。
eg. First of all, the most affected are the large equipment.
首先，受影響最大的是大型設備。
2. all year round
全年；一年到頭；
eg. He makes a lot of money all year round.
一年到頭他賺了許多錢。
eg. We've made certain arrangements so that there can be flowers of different colors all year round.
我們已作了精心的安排，所以一年四季都有不同顏色的花朵開放。
3. heat up
加熱；
eg. We will heat up the food in the microwave.
我們會用微波爐把食物加熱。
eg. In a flat iron griddle heat up some oil over low heat.
將平底鍋以慢火燒熱,放上適量生油。
4. as for
至於…；
eg. And as for us, we are fortunate.
可對我們來說，我們是幸運的。
eg. As for anything told to me in confidence, well, my lips are sealed.
至於私底下告訴我的任何事情，我會守口如瓶的。
5. chop up
切碎；剁碎；
eg. I'll chop up this carrot.
那我來把胡蘿蔔切丁。
eg. He let Pedrico chop it up to use in fish trap.
他讓彼得利科把它切碎了做魚食。