VOA慢速英語: 南非的牛頭肉非常受歡迎

來自美國之音慢速英語農(nóng)業(yè)報道。

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.

在很多國家，人們吃牛肉，但是牛頭通常都扔掉了，因為他們不相信牛頭還能吃呢。但是在南非，一些人很樂意吃牛頭肉。在約翰內(nèi)斯堡，有很多人賣牛頭肉、吃牛頭肉。美國之音最近采訪了城市里的一家牛頭加工廠。

In South Africa, the meat is called "skop." The men who eat it say it is less costly than other meats and more tasty.

在南非，這種牛頭肉叫做“skop”，吃牛頭肉的人說這種肉比其它的肉類便宜，但是更美味。

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.

最近，約翰內(nèi)斯堡的一些賣肉的商戶在學(xué)習(xí)如何為顧客準(zhǔn)備好牛頭肉，首先把牛頭皮剃掉，然后用斧頭把肉與骨頭分離開。

William Mahlangu works at a cow head processing factory. Up to 150 cow heads are processed there each day.

威廉姆·馬赫蘭古在一家牛頭加工廠工作，每天大概加工處理150個牛頭。

"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."

“這種肉很美味、鮮嫩、對男性來說非常好，即使在過去，就像我們爺爺那時候，如果他們宰殺一頭牛，牛頭通常只給男性享用。”

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."

大部分的牛頭肉都賣給了大街上賣食物的店家。但是在加工廠，他們也會為顧客加工一下牛頭肉。然后把肉放在一張大桌子上，不是放在盤子里。他們往肉上放些調(diào)味汁和淀粉，他們稱之為“浦涂（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.

肯尼斯·奧多是居住在約翰內(nèi)斯堡的尼日利亞籍食品店主，他說在尼日利亞，人們甚至吃牛皮，火上烤后除去牛毛，然后他們會想洗衣服一樣清洗牛皮。

"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."

“這就是吃牛頭肉的方式，每個地方都有很多需求，因為每個人都想吃了一回，再吃一次。”

Peter Antill goes to a skop restaurant every day.

皮特·安提爾每天都會去賣牛頭肉的餐館吃飯。

"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!"

“有一件事可以告訴你們的是：牛頭肉是約翰內(nèi)斯堡市里、鎮(zhèn)里最美味的食物。牛頭肉！牛頭肉！”

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.

因為擔(dān)心瘋牛病，所以把牛腦都扔掉了，在西方國家，很少有人會吃牛的大腦或者器官，例如：牛肝或者牛腎。但是在南非，政府說瘋牛病沒有在該國的牛群里發(fā)現(xiàn)。

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.

南非很多人認(rèn)為牛頭肉不僅僅美味，而且有助于提升他們的性欲。他們說牛頭湯的效果最強(qiáng)。

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我是凱蒂·威佛爾。

Words in This Story

desire – n. to want or wish for (something); to feel desire for (something)

costly – adj. having a high price; costing a lot

tasty – adj. having a good flavor; pleasing to the taste

prepare – v. to make (someone or something) ready for some activity,purpose, use, etc.

separate – v. to cause to stop being together, joined, or connected