Natural English: Can You Understand? Listen NOW & Test Yourself (Food) · To Fluency
本课通过英美食物话题，讲解自然表达、文化差异和饮食习惯。适合练习听力和日常交流中的食物相关词汇。
Warning.
警告：
This English lesson might make you hungry, and it's because we are going to talk about food today.
这节英语课可能会让你感到“肚子饿了”（即产生食欲），因为今天我们要讨论的食物相关内容。
And this is great English listening practice.
这绝对是很好的英语听力练习材料。
And you're also going to learn some really interesting facts and differences between food in the UK and food in the USA.
你还将了解到一些非常有趣的信息，以及英国和美国食物之间的差异。
We'll go through some very interesting American breakfasts.
我们将介绍一些非常有趣的美国早餐美食。
We'll also talk about grocery shopping, the time that people eat in different countries, and lots of other interesting facts.
我们还会讨论食品杂货的购买方式、不同国家人们的用餐时间，以及许多其他有趣的事实。
And you're going to really learn lots of phrases along the way.
在这个过程中，你真的会学到很多短语。
So listen to this until the end.
请务必听完这段内容。
My name is Jack from To Fluency.
我叫杰克，来自 To Fluency 公司。
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如果你是第一次来到这里，那就订阅这个 YouTube 频道吧；如果你是通过 Spotify 或其他平台收听这个内容的，也可以继续收听哦。
Apple Podcasts, then follow this podcast for more lessons like this.
首先可以收听 Apple Podcasts，之后再关注这个具体的播客节目，以获取更多类似的课程内容。
So let's start with typical meal times.
那么，我们先从典型的用餐时间开始吧。
Because a lot of people, especially around Europe, think that people in the UK and people in the US
因为很多人，尤其是在欧洲，认为英国人和美国人……
eat really early when it comes to dinner.
晚餐的时间要定得非常早。
Now this is sometimes true, however, most families that I know and a lot of my upbringing, we normally ate dinner around 6 to 7:00.
有时候确实是这样，不过在我认识的大多数家庭中，以及我自己的成长经历中，我们通常都是在晚上 6 到 7 点左右吃晚餐的。
Now I would often come home from school and get a big snack and then have dinner later.
现在，我放学后经常先回家吃点零食，然后再晚些时候吃晚饭。
And I also know some people who have dinner quite early, at five PM maybe six PM.
我也认识一些人，他们吃晚餐的时间很早，可能在下午五点或六点左右。
But generally speaking, it's around 6 or 6:30.
但一般来说，时间是在早上6点或6点30分左右。
It's probably the average time now.
现在这应该算是平均时间了吧。
Here is an interesting difference because in the UK
这里有一个有趣的差异：因为在英国……
in northern England where I am from dinner is often called tea so you'll hear people say what's for tea tonight?
在我来自的英格兰北部，晚餐通常被称为“tea”（茶），因此你会经常听到人们问：“今晚有什么好吃的吗？
what's for tea tonight?
今晚有什么好吃的点心或饮料吗？
or what we having for tea?
或者，我们今天喝茶要吃点什么？
what are we having for tea?
我们今天喝茶吃什么呢？
instead of what are we having for dinner
我们晚餐要吃的是……而不是别的什么。
American schools start earlier than British schools so in American schools you have to start at 8 am in most places that I have known
美国的学校开学时间比英国的学校早；在我所了解的大多数美国学校里，学生需要早上8点就开始上课。
and in the UK it's more around
而在英国，情况则更为复杂（或：情况有所不同）。
9:00am so often times people in the US will have an earlier breakfast they'll have to get up earlier and have an earlier breakfast
上午9点……在美国，很多人通常会吃得更早一些，这意味着他们需要更早起床、更早开始一天的生活。
and then the typical time for lunch in the UK and The USA is around midday, around 12:00
在英国和美国，午餐的时间通常是在中午左右，大约是12点。
now.
现在。
From my experience, Americans tend to eat more snacks throughout the day, so they tend to snack more throughout the day
根据我的经验，美国人一天中会吃更多的零食，因此他们整体的零食摄入量也就相对较高。
instead of just sticking to the meals that they have: breakfast, lunch and dinner.
他们并不局限于只吃那些常规的餐食（早餐、午餐和晚餐），而是会尝试更多样化的饮食选择。
So whenever people go out for the day, it's always "where are the snacks?
所以每当人们外出一天时，总会有人问：“零食在哪里？
Do we have enough snacks?
我们有足够的零食吗？
Shall we get some snacks?"
我们要吃点零食吗？
And snacking is big in the US.
在美国，吃零食非常普遍。
It also happens in the UK.
这种情况在英国也时有发生。
And when I was growing up, it would often be tea and biscuits when you get back from school.
在我成长的过程中，放学回家后通常会吃到茶和饼干。
So something like that: something sweet, something nice in between meal times.
比如这样的东西：在两餐之间吃点甜食或美味的小点心。
Now breakfast is often called the most important meal.
如今，早餐常被称为“最重要的一餐”。