英语口语话题--煮饭

昨天买菜，今天才回来煮。哈哈，应该还很新鲜着吧。

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--Do you know how to cook?
--Please mix the sugar, spices and soy sauce in a bowl.
--She sliced the onion and put it in the beef stew.
--Shall we give them poached salmon as a starter?
--What would you like as a starter?
--You'd better mash the potatoes with a fork.
--I'll peel the vegetables and you chop them.
--His job was to peel potatoes.
--Do you prefer plain boiled rice or fried rice?
--Just use a very small amount of oil.

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双语对照

--Do you know how to cook?
你知道怎么做菜吗？
--Please mix the sugar, spices and soy sauce in a bowl.
麻烦把堂、辣椒和酱油倒在一个碗里。
--She sliced the onion and put it in the beef stew.
她将洋葱切片放入炖牛肉中。
--Shall we give them poached salmon as a starter?
咱们煮个三文鱼给他们开胃吧？
--What would you like as a starter?
你的开胃菜想要什么？
--You'd better mash the potatoes with a fork.
你最好用叉子把马铃薯捣碎。
--I'll peel the vegetables and you chop them.
我择菜，你切菜。
--His job was to peel potatoes.
他的工作是削马铃薯。
--Do you prefer plain boiled rice or fried rice?
你喜欢吃白米饭还是炒饭？
--Just use a very small amount of oil.
只有一点点油就好。

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对话练习

A: Do you like cooking?
B: I love it. I really enjoy creating a meal from various ingredients and watching my friends enjoy it. It gives me a real sense of satisfaction.
A: Do you enjoy cooking?
B: I don't like it. It takes up too much time.
A: I can't stand doing the washing up, drying up and putting all the dishes and cutler away.
B: You can ask the guests to help. My guests usually insist on doing the washing up. I just have to remind them where everything goes.
A: What kind of dishes do you usually make? I know you like Italian food.
B: Italian, Indian and Chinese. I've only recently started cooking Chinese meals and I need some more practice.
A: Do you find it hard to get ingredients for Chinese food?
B: Not at all. You can find most of them at supermarket. The ingredients are usually the same as in western food. The way that the food is prepared has a big difference, not the ingredients.
A: How long does it take you to cook a meal for five or six people?
B: Obviously, it depends on what I'm cooking, but I'd say it generally takes about one and a half hours.

A: Do you know how to cook?
B: Yes, I really do.
A: Do you prefer plain boiled rice or fried rice?
B: Fried rice, please.
A: Shall we give them poached salmon as a starter?
B: Good idea.
A: What would you like as a starter?
B: Caviar, please.

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汉英互译

1. 你知道怎么做菜吗？
2. 麻烦把堂、辣椒和酱油倒在一个碗里。
3. 她将洋葱切片放入炖牛肉中。
4. 咱们煮个三文鱼给他们开胃吧？
5. 你的开胃菜想要什么？
6. 你最好用叉子把马铃薯捣碎。
7. 我择菜，你切菜。
8. 他的工作是削马铃薯。
9. 你喜欢吃白米饭还是炒饭？
10. 只有一点点油就好。

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相信很多人喜欢煮饭，但却很少人喜欢洗碗。
从某种程度上讲，人更喜欢创作而非收拾。各个都是混世魔王，料理大师。
相对于煮饭而言，洗碗更加按部就班而显得枯燥。
可我做饭不太好的话，慢慢就只能去洗碗了。
不得不承认煮饭很花时间，但能够吃到自己亲手做的饭，是非常开心的。