實戰(zhàn)口語情景對話：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.

托德：嗨，茜，我知道你經(jīng)常自己做飯吃，我從來不做飯，不過現(xiàn)在去外面吃飯變得越來越貴，所以我想自己做著吃。

Akane: Right.

茜：好。

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

托德：你能為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，不過因為經(jīng)濟原因我經(jīng)常自己做飯吃，因為這更省錢。嗯，如果你不習(xí)慣做飯，那我會推薦炒面。很快就可以做好，而且又簡單又便宜，我認(rèn)為你可以做這道菜。

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

托德：嗯，好的，那我要怎么做呢?我是說首先我需要買什么食材?

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面條。你可以買現(xiàn)成的，因為那又快又容易。炒面需要先把面條煮一下，所以我建議買現(xiàn)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?

托德： 好的，我可能不會放肉，那你會推薦放什么蔬菜呢?

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(yīng)季蔬菜，因為應(yīng)季蔬菜富含更多的維生素和營養(yǎng)。現(xiàn)在是春末夏初，所以現(xiàn)在的應(yīng)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?

托德：好，我把這些東西買回家以后要做什么呢?

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(zhǔn)備個炒菜鍋。(那個我有)那你要做的就是把蔬菜洗干凈然后切成小塊，之后在炒菜鍋里熱油，先把這些蔬菜放進去，因為炒熟這些蔬菜的時間比面條的時間長。你看到蔬菜變成淡棕色而且變軟了以后就可以把面條放進去 了，把它們攪拌在一起，直到把面條炒熟，然后就可以放鹽、辣椒和其他你喜歡的調(diào)味品了。

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

托德：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?

托德：好，現(xiàn)在我對做飯還有一個疑問，我要為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。這些蔬菜在炒熟以后會變少，它們在生的時候可以看起來很多，但是炒熟以后就變少了。

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

托德：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。