Ron: Hi, I'm Ron from Hawaii. I'm here with Mari from Japan. Today we're gonna be talking about food. So Mari, what's your favorite cuisine?
Ron：你好，我是Ron，来自夏威夷。现在和来自日本的Mari在一起。今天我要讨论食物。Mari，你最喜欢的菜肴是什么呢?
Mari: I think I like American food.
Mari: 我想是美国食物。
Ron: What type of American food?
Ron：哪种美国食物?
Mari: I like hamburgers.
Mari: 我喜欢汉堡包。
Ron: Hamburgers. Is that your favorite dish as well?
Ron：汉堡包，那也是你最喜欢你最喜爱的菜吗?
Mari: That is my favorite dish. My favorite hamburger place is right near where I went to university and they have this hamburger called the Danish Burger, and the Danish Burger has blue cheese inside the hamburger, so I love ... my favorite dish has to be the Danish Burger.
Mari：那是我最喜爱的菜。我最喜欢的汉堡店就在我大学的附近，那里有一种汉堡叫丹麦汉堡，它里面含有蓝色的奶酪。因此我爱。。。我最喜欢的食物必须是它啊。
Ron: Do you like any side things like french fries with your hamburger?
Ron：你喜欢汉堡里面放些薯条这样的东西吗?
Mari: I love french fries but I know that eating hamburger and french fries is a little bit unhealthy so I always replace the french fries for a salad.
Mari：我喜欢薯条，但我知道薯条和汉堡同时吃有点不健康，所以我总是用一个沙拉来代替薯条。
Ron: A salad. OK. What about dessert? What's your favorite dessert?
Ron: 一个沙拉，好的，甜点呢?你最喜欢的甜点是什么啊?
Mari: My favorite dessert has to be chocolate cake.
Mari: 我最喜欢的甜点就是巧克力蛋糕。
Ron: Chocolate cake. Anything else? Do you like to eat it with anything?
Ron：巧克力蛋糕，还有呢，你喜欢加点什么东西一起吃吗?
Mari: No, I like chocolate cake by itself. Anything else? I like brownie sundaes, like brownies and choc ... brownies with vanilla ice-cream. I guess my favorite dessert is anything chocolaty.
Mari：不，我就喜欢巧克力蛋糕， 其他的，我喜欢巧克力圣代冰淇淋。比如巧克力香草冰淇淋。我想我的最爱就是含有巧克力的。
Ron: Sounds good. So before you said you like to eat a salad. What type of salad, what type of vegetables do you like?
Ron：听起来很好，刚才你说过喜欢吃沙拉，哪种沙拉，你喜欢哪种蔬菜?
Mari: I like all vegetables. I like them cooked or raw but I don't like raw onions.
Mari: 我喜欢所有的蔬菜，煮的生的都喜欢，但是我不喜欢生洋葱。
Ron: Not raw onions.
Ron：不生的洋葱。
Mari: I really can't eat onions raw. That's probably the only vegetable I can't eat raw.
Mari：我真的不能吃生的洋葱，那是唯一我不生吃的蔬菜。
Ron: That's interesting. Thanks Mari.
Ron：真好玩，谢谢你，Mari。
Vocabulary
词汇
cuisine
菜肴，烹饪
What's your favorite cuisine?
你最喜欢的菜肴是什么?
'Cuisine' talks about a style of cooking or kinds of food from different countries. Note the following:
“Cuisine”讲的就是一种烹饪方式和不同国家的食物。注意以下事项：
Thai cuisine is too spicy for me.
对我来说，泰国菜太辣了。
I prefer Italian to French cuisine.
与法国菜相比，我更喜欢意大利菜。
side things
小菜
Do you like any side things like french fries with your hamburger?
你喜欢吃汉堡的时候吃些薯条这样的小菜吗?
A side thing or side dish is a small amount of food serverd with the main course. Note the following:
小菜就是和主菜一起呈上的小额的食物。注意以下事项：
I never order side things like fries, just burgers.
我从不点像薯条这样的副菜，就吃汉堡。
The set includes side things like soup and salad.
这顿饭有汤和沙拉等副菜。
replace
代替
I always replace the french fries for a salad.
我总是用沙拉代替薯条。
At a restaurant we can sometimes change one dish for another. Note the following:
在饭馆里，我们有时候能一道一道的换菜。注意以下事项：|
Can I replace the soup with a salad?
我能换掉这汤，来份沙拉吗?
It's time to replace the battery in my watch.
是时候更换我表里的电池了。
has to be
必须，不得不
My favorite dessert has to be chocolate cake.
我最喜欢的食物就是巧克力蛋糕。
'Has to be' is simlar in meaning to 'must be'. Note the following:
‘Has to be'的意思和‘must be’相似，注意以下事项：
The greatest golfer ever has to be Tiger Woods.
史上最伟大的高尔夫球手一定是泰格伍兹。
Whoa! It has to be the hottest day of the year.
哇，这绝对是今年最热的一天。
raw
生的，未加工的
I really can't eat onions raw.
我真的不能吃生洋葱。
'Raw' means not cooked. Note the following:
'Raw'的意思是没煮的。注意以下事项：|
Sushi is basically raw fish.
寿司其实就是生鱼。
Raw vegetables are healthier than cooked vegetables.
生鲜蔬菜要比煮过的蔬菜更健康。
