美国与英国食物之间的十大差异

TOP 10 AMERICAN vs BRITISH FOOD DIFFERENCES | English Vocabulary Lesson · English with Lucy

讲解美英食物词汇的10大差异,适合练习英语日常表达和听力理解。

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  1. (light techno music) - Hello everyone, and welcome back to English with Lucy.

    (轻快的电子音乐)大家好,欢迎再次收听由露西主持的英语节目。

  2. I've got a pronunciation video for you today, no I haven't, I haven't.

    今天我本来打算为大家准备一个关于发音的视频的……不过实际上并没有准备好。

  3. I don't, it's not a pronunciation video.

    我不这么认为,这并不是一个关于发音的视频。

  4. Hello everyone, and welcome back to English with Lucy.

    大家好,欢迎再次收听由露西主持的英语节目。

  5. Today I've got an American versus British video for you today.

    今天,我为大家准备了一个关于美国人与英国人之间差异的视频。

  6. I did one ages ago, I think it was just a video on American English versus British English,

    我很久以前做过一次类似的尝试;当时我制作的一个视频主要是对比美式英语和英式英语之间的差异。

  7. I'll put a card up here.

    我会在这里挂一张卡片。

  8. But, recently I was looking at the names of foods that we commonly mispronounce.

    不过,最近我留意了一下那些我们经常读错名称的食物。

  9. That video will come out soon, if it's not already out.

    那个视频很快就会发布出来,如果它还没有发布的话。

  10. Then, I started to think about the differences between American food and British food, and how we have different names for the same thing.

    然后,我开始思考美国食物和英国食物之间的差异,以及为什么我们对同一种食物有不同的称呼。

  11. So, I thought I would go through that list with you today.

    因此,我打算今天和大家一起仔细看看那份清单。

  12. Quickly, before we get started, I'd just like to remind you how useful Audible is.

    在我们开始之前,我想快速提醒大家一下:Audible这个平台其实非常实用(或者说非常方便使用)。

  13. You can click on the link below, and get a 30 day free trial, that's a free audio book,

    您可以点击下面的链接,享受为期 30 天的免费试用服务。期间您可以免费阅读/收听电子书(即音频书)。

  14. and it will seriously help you with your listening and your speaking, because you can read an actual book,

    这真的会极大地帮助你的听力理解和口语表达能力,因为你可以阅读一本真正的书籍。

  15. and then you can listen to how the words are pronounced.

    然后你就可以听这些单词的发音了。

  16. Reading is great, but it doesn't improve your pronunciation, because English isn't a phonetic language.

    阅读确实很有益,但它并不能帮助你提高发音水平——因为英语并不是一种以发音为基础的语言(即英语的发音规则与书面单词的拼写并不完全对应)。

  17. So, if you team up reading with listening as well, it will also improve your pronunciation, because you can hear how the words are pronounced.

    因此,如果你在阅读的同时也进行听力练习,那么你的发音也会得到改善,因为你可以听到单词的正确发音方式。

  18. The link is in the description, along with some audiobook recommendations for English learners.

    链接在描述中,同时还有一些为英语学习者推荐的有声书推荐。

  19. Right, let's get on with the lesson.

    好的,让我们继续上课吧。

  20. Okay, so I'm going to say the American word first, and then I'm going to the say the word that we use in British English.

    好的,我先说那个美式英语中的单词,然后再说我们在英式英语中使用的那个单词。

  21. So, number one.

    那么,第一点。

  22. In America, this would be cilantro.

    在美国,这种植物应该被称为“香菜”(cilantro)。

  23. Cilantro.

    香菜。

  24. Do I need to do an American accent, cilantro.

    我需要模仿美国人的口音吗?还需要用到香菜吗?

  25. Dreadful I know, my American accent is so cringe worthy.

    我知道这听起来很糟糕……我的美国口音实在让人尴尬至极。

  26. Feel free to punch the screen.

    你可以随时用拳头敲打屏幕。

  27. In the UK, in British English, we call this coriander.

    在英国,使用英式英语时,我们把这种植物叫做“coriander”(香菜)。

  28. Coriander.

    香菜。

  29. So, if you're reading a British recipe book, something by Gordon Ramsey or Jamie Oliver, and it says coriander,

    那么,如果你正在阅读一本英国的食谱书(比如戈登·拉姆齐或杰米·奥利弗编写的食谱),书中提到了“香菜”(coriander)……

  30. you know that that's cilantro.

    你知道那其实是香菜(cilantro)吧。

  31. Comment down below, do you love it do you hate it?

    在下方留言吧:你是喜欢它还是讨厌它?

  32. Because I love it, and my boyfriend hates it, and it makes meal times so stressful.

    因为我非常喜欢它,而我的男朋友却讨厌它;这让用餐时间变得非常紧张(充满压力)。

  33. The next one, I did mention this in the previous video, but I think it's important because it's related to food.

    关于下一个话题,我在之前的视频中确实提到过,但我认为它很重要,因为它与食物有关。

  34. It is cookies.

    就是那些cookies(网络cookies)。

  35. Cookies in American English.

    在美国英语中,“Cookies”指的是一种小型、甜味的烘焙食品。

  36. In British English, we say biscuits, which I understand is something that Americans, it's a sort of thing you have with gravy?

    在英式英语中,我们把这种食物称为“biscuits”;据我所知,在美国,人们通常会将这种饼干与肉汁一起食用。

  37. Biscuits and gravy, am I right there?

    饼干配肉汁酱,我说得对吧?

  38. Yeah, but for us, biscuits are cookies.

    是的,但对我们来说,“biscuits”其实就是“cookies”(饼干)。

  39. So, we always have tea and biscuits.

    所以我们总是会准备茶和饼干。

  40. Tea and cookies.

    茶和饼干。

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