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[第九期]
Bread in the soup!
羊肉泡饃!
口語君:小吃最能體現(xiàn)一方地域文化和風(fēng)土人情。那么問題來了,西安小吃哪個強?仔細聽下面的對話,有彩蛋哦!
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F: I love street food – so that's a no-brainer for my itinerary. But is it a long walk?
我很喜歡街邊小吃,所以小吃街我是必去的。不過那條路需要走很遠嗎?
M: Not really, and most people enjoy a leisurely pace. We stopped for lamb soup, which is very famous there. It's made with a crumbled loaf of bread as well as noodles and mutton.
不需要,多數(shù)人都喜歡以閑適的步伐慢慢逛。我們半路還去吃了名氣很響的美食羊肉泡饃。湯里有碎饃、粉絲和羊肉。
F: Bread in the soup?
饃泡在湯里?
M: It sounds weird, I know. But it's very good. Spicy, too! It's also fun to watch the cooks making soup over a big fire. Plus, there are lots of dried fruits and interesting pastries and breads. They also make sesame candy by pounding the seeds into paste with big hammers.
我知道,聽起來是挺怪的,但味道非常好,也很辣!看廚師在猛火上煮湯也很有趣。此外,那兒還有很多干果、有趣的甜點和面點。人們還用大錘子將芝麻壓進面糊里做芝麻糖。
F: That sounds fun to watch.
觀看制作過程似乎很有趣啊。
M: It is! But it's quite noisy, too. So those candy makers are easy to find.
可不!不過也非常吵,正因此芝麻糖攤很容易找。
[口語點睛]
口語君:除了bread in the lamb soup,還可以用以下幾種表達來說羊肉泡饃:
Flatbread in lamb soup
Yangrou Paomo
Mutton paomo (pancakes in mutton soup)
Pita Bread Soaked in Lamb Soup
[口語天天練之古都名吃羊肉泡饃]
口語君:羊肉泡饃是到西安必吃的美味。此外,在面點王國西安,從biangbiang面、肉夾饃,到?jīng)銎?、鍋盔、羊血冒饸饹,各色面食小吃不僅種類繁多且樣樣都色香味濃,光是看看就令人垂涎欲滴、食指大動。下面,我們就來學(xué)學(xué)有關(guān)羊肉泡饃的英文表達法:
1. Yangrou Paomo, or Pita Bread Soaked in Lamb Soup, is a famous local snack in Xi'an.
羊肉泡饃是西安當(dāng)?shù)赜忻男〕浴?/p>
2. The main ingredient in this mouth-watering dish is mutton and pita bread.
這種令人垂涎欲滴的美食主要原料是羊肉和饃餅。
3. Diner shreds the bread with his hands and places the shreds in a bowl, the soup is then poured over the shreds (along with meat, maybe some noodles or scallion).
食客將饃用手撕碎,并將其放在碗里。然后,店家會把湯(還有肉,也許還有粉絲和蔥花)澆在碎饃上。
4. It is normally also served with pickled garlic and chili.
通常,這道美食還會佐以糖蒜和辣椒。