今天的这段对话，在讨论蔬菜，

讨厌吃蔬菜该怎么办？你们国家的人通常吃哪种蔬菜

来听今天的讲解:

beginner

A: mom! I hate eating vegetables!

妈妈！我讨厌吃蔬菜！

B: you don’t have to eat them. I don’t mind.

你不必吃它们。我不介意。

A: thanks mom! Can I have dessert now? I love chocolate cake!

谢谢妈妈！我现在可以吃甜点了吗？我喜欢巧克力蛋糕！

B: no dessert for you unless you eat all your vegetables.

除非你把所有的蔬菜都吃了，否则不要给你甜点。

A: buy I don’t like them! It’s not fair!

买我不喜欢它们！这不公平！

B: you can have some fruit for dessert. If you eat an apple and a banana , I might let you have a small piece of chocolate cake.

你可以吃一些水果作为甜点。如果你吃一个苹果和一根香蕉，我可能会给你一小块巧克力蛋糕。

A: ok…actually, I don’t mind eating peas and carrots, buy I hate broccoli and cauliflower.

好吧…实际上，我不介意吃豌豆和胡萝卜，买我讨厌西兰花和花椰菜。

B: I’ll remember that for next time. You’ll get extra peas and carrots, buy no broccoli or cauliflower. OK?

下次我会记住的。你们会多买豌豆和胡萝卜，不买西兰花或花椰菜。好吗？

A: thanks mom!

谢谢妈妈！

Intermediate

A: do you eat a lot of fruit and vegetables in you country?

你在你的国家吃很多水果和蔬菜吗？

B: yes, we do. The most popular vegetables are potatoes, carrots, peas, and cauliflower. The most popular fruit are apples, bananas, pears, peaches, grapes, and oranges. Do you like vegetables?

是的，我们有。最受欢迎的蔬菜是土豆、胡萝卜、豌豆和花椰菜。最流行的水果是苹果、香蕉、梨、桃子、葡萄和桔子。你喜欢蔬菜吗？

A: I like them very much. We also eat a lot of vegetables in my country, buy we eat different kinds.

我非常喜欢它们。我们在我的国家也吃很多蔬菜，买来吃不同种类的。

B: which kinds of vegetables do people in your country usually eat?

你们国家的人通常吃哪种蔬菜？

A : we eat a lot of sweet corn, broccoli and eggplant.

我们吃很多甜玉米、西兰花和茄子。

B: I love eggplant! Unfortunately, it’s quite expensive in my country, so I don’t eat it often.

我喜欢茄子！不幸的是，它在我的国家很贵，所以我不常吃。

A: why is it relatively expensive?

为什么它比较贵？

B: because we don’t grow it much in my country. We import a lot from other countries.

因为我们在本国种植的不多。我们从其他国家进口了很多。

A: I see. We grow a lot of fruit and vegetables in my country. We export a lot of melons, grapes, oranges and lemon. In your country, do you eat corn on the cob.? It’s very popular in my country.

我明白了。我们国家种植很多水果和蔬菜。我们出口很多甜瓜、葡萄、桔子和柠檬。在你们国家，你们吃玉米棒吗。？它在我的国家很受欢迎。

B: we eat it in my country too, but I wouldn’t’ say it’s very popular. Most people buy frozen sweet corn from their local supermarket.

我们国家也吃它，但我不会说它很受欢迎。大多数人从当地超市买冷冻甜玉米。

A: do people usually buy frozen vegetables in your country？it’s very rare in mine.

在你们国家人们通常买冷冻蔬菜吗？在我国这种蔬菜很少见。

B: a lot of younger people like to buy large packets of mixed frozen vegetables. Peas and sweet corn have been sold frozen in my country for many years. I prefer to buy fresh vegetables.

很多年轻人喜欢买大包装的混合冷冻蔬菜。豌豆和甜玉米在我的国家冷冻销售已经很多年了。我更喜欢买新鲜的蔬菜。