今天的這段對話,在討論蔬菜,
討厭吃蔬菜該怎么辦?你們國家的人通常吃哪種蔬菜
來聽今天的講解:
beginner
A: mom! I hate eating vegetables!
媽媽!我討厭吃蔬菜!
B: you don’t have to eat them. I don’t mind.
你不必吃它們。我不介意。
A: thanks mom! Can I have dessert now? I love chocolate cake!
謝謝媽媽!我現(xiàn)在可以吃甜點了嗎?我喜歡巧克力蛋糕!
B: no dessert for you unless you eat all your vegetables.
除非你把所有的蔬菜都吃了,否則不要給你甜點。
A: buy I don’t like them! It’s not fair!
買我不喜歡它們!這不公平!
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為甜點。如果你吃一個蘋果和一根香蕉,我可能會給你一小塊巧克力蛋糕。
A: ok…actually, I don’t mind eating peas and carrots, buy I hate broccoli and cauliflower.
好吧…實際上,我不介意吃豌豆和胡蘿卜,買我討厭西蘭花和花椰菜。
B: I’ll remember that for next time. You’ll get extra peas and carrots, buy no broccoli or cauliflower. OK?
下次我會記住的。你們會多買豌豆和胡蘿卜,不買西蘭花或花椰菜。好嗎?
A: thanks mom!
謝謝媽媽!
Intermediate
A: do you eat a lot of fruit and vegetables in you country?
你在你的國家吃很多水果和蔬菜嗎?
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,我們有。最受歡迎的蔬菜是土豆、胡蘿卜、豌豆和花椰菜。最流行的水果是蘋果、香蕉、梨、桃子、葡萄和桔子。你喜歡蔬菜嗎?
A: I like them very much. We also eat a lot of vegetables in my country, buy we eat different kinds.
我非常喜歡它們。我們在我的國家也吃很多蔬菜,買來吃不同種類的。
B: which kinds of vegetables do people in your country usually eat?
你們國家的人通常吃哪種蔬菜?
A : we eat a lot of sweet corn, broccoli and eggplant.
我們吃很多甜玉米、西蘭花和茄子。
B: I love eggplant! Unfortunately, it’s quite expensive in my country, so I don’t eat it often.
我喜歡茄子!不幸的是,它在我的國家很貴,所以我不常吃。
A: why is it relatively expensive?
為什么它比較貴?
B: because we don’t grow it much in my country. We import a lot from other countries.
因為我們在本國種植的不多。我們從其他國家進口了很多。
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。我們國家種植很多水果和蔬菜。我們出口很多甜瓜、葡萄、桔子和檸檬。在你們國家,你們吃玉米棒嗎。?它在我的國家很受歡迎。
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.
我們國家也吃它,但我不會說它很受歡迎。大多數(shù)人從當?shù)爻匈I冷凍甜玉米。
A: do people usually buy frozen vegetables in your country?it’s very rare in mine.
在你們國家人們通常買冷凍蔬菜嗎?在我國這種蔬菜很少見。
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.
很多年輕人喜歡買大包裝的混合冷凍蔬菜。豌豆和甜玉米在我的國家冷凍銷售已經(jīng)很多年了。我更喜歡買新鮮的蔬菜。