大家说英语 第460期:感恩节快乐!(1)

 Happy Thanksgiving, Rob¹. 罗布，感恩节快乐。

Thanks, Alex. Happy Thanksgiving to you, too. 谢谢你，阿莱克斯。也祝你感恩节快乐。

The Jungle Café prepared a special meal today. 丛林咖啡馆今天准备了很特殊的一餐。

Yes! They made a Thanksgiving meal, and it smells great! 是啊！他们做了感恩节特餐，闻起来太香了！

What do you eat for Thanksgiving? 你感恩节会吃什么呢？

Turkey, of course. Almost everyone eats turkey on Thanksgiving. It's traditional. 当然是火鸡了。几乎所有人都会在感恩节时候吃火鸡。这是一项传统。

Is there pumpkin² pie for dessert? 甜点就是南瓜饼吧？

Of course! Pumpkin pie is the traditional Thanksgiving dessert! 没错！南瓜饼是传统感恩节甜食！

What's your favorite part of the Thanksgiving meal, Ben? 本，你最喜欢感恩节大餐的哪个部分?

That's a hard question. I like the turkey and stuffing³. 这是个很难回答的问题。我喜欢火鸡和塞在里面的填料。

What about the potatoes? 土豆怎么样？

Yes! I like potatoes with lots of butter. 喜欢！我喜欢有很多黄油的土豆。

And green beans? 那绿扁豆呢？

Those are delicious, too. And corn! I like corn at Thanksgiving. 绿扁豆也很美味。还有玉米！我喜欢感恩节的时候吃玉米。

You like everything! 你什么都喜欢啊！

I do. Thanksgiving is my favorite meal of the year! 是啊。感恩节大餐是一年中我最喜欢的一餐了！

That was a great meal, Taylor. 泰勒，那顿饭真的太棒了。

Yes, it was. I can't eat another bite! 是啊。我一口都吃不下了！

That's because you ate two pieces of pumpkin pie! 那是因为你吃了两个南瓜饼！

Well, they were small pieces. You ate a lot of potatoes and gravy⁴! 嗯，就是小块的。你吃了很多土豆和肉汁。

I did, because the gravy was really good. 是的，因为肉汁真的很好吃。

Well, we can both be thankful for a good meal. 好吧，我们都应该对这美味的一餐心怀感恩。

And a lot of other things! 还有其他许多事情也是！

1 rob   

v.抢劫；vi.抢劫，盗窃；vt.非法剥夺，使丧失，抢劫

参考例句：

• Two men formed a plot to rob the bank.两人制定了抢劫那家银行的秘密计划。
• They were scheming to rob the bank.他们在密谋抢劫银行。

2 pumpkin   

n.南瓜

参考例句：

• They ate turkey and pumpkin pie.他们吃了火鸡和南瓜馅饼。
• It looks like there is a person looking out of the pumpkin!看起来就像南瓜里有人在看着你！

3 stuffing   

n.填充物vt.填充(stuff的现在分词)

参考例句：

• We had a chicken and stuffing, and new potatoes from the garden. 我们吃了只百宝鸡，还有园子里种的新鲜马铃薯。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• She had already mixed the stuffing for the dumplings. 她已经把饺子馅和好了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4 gravy   

n.肉汁；轻易得来的钱，外快

参考例句：

• You have spilled gravy on the tablecloth.你把肉汁泼到台布上了。
• The meat was swimming in gravy.肉泡在浓汁之中。