【英语趣味课堂】西班牙的烹饪-Spanish Cuisine

Chris: So Adelina, Ade, you just told me you’re from Spain, so let’s talk about gastronomy¹, food. They say a really good gastronomy in Spain, is that true?

 

Ade: Of course it is. We have the Mediterranean² food, it’s well known³ for being tasty and healthy, like for example, our olive⁴ oil, our fresh fish coming from the north and the south. And we also have very good wines.

 

Chris: So if you’d have to name three of the really better dishes in your country, what would you say, what would be your three favorite dishes?

 

Ade: Paella of course.

 

Chris: Paella, yeah, that’s true, but there are a lot of different paellas. No, they say the paella they make in Valencia is the better one, do you agree on that or is it the same everywhere?

 

Ade: Well they said paella, Valenciana is the name. But it comes from Valencia but it doesn’t mean that there are not good paellas in any other places. Actually where I am from in Almadia, they do very, very tasty paellas.

 

Chris: And of course, can you explain the difference because people like me from the north, that they just come for tourism in summer, we just ask for paella, but there seem to be different paellas. Could you explain that a little bit?

 

Ade: Yeah, you have three different types. You have the meat paella, that they put of course some meat on it, you have the fish paella that they put only fish on it and then you have the mixed one that you can find both.

 

Chris: So which one do you suggest I should take when I go there?

 

Ade: The fish one of course.

 

Chris: Okay, I’ll take your word on that. So what about other good dishes, tell me?

 

Ade: Well it’s not a dish, but is very popular in Spain when you order a beer, they put you a tapas and it’s very nice to go out with your friends and have some tapas. I love to do that because you have small portions⁵ of food and you can go and ask for some fish or for some meat, so you have a very different kind of lunch doing that, no.

 

Chris: Oh yeah, of course, everybody knows about the tapas. But they say it’s really something from the south and it has a story behind it, but I don’t really remember it. Could you enlighten⁶ me with that story, please?

 

Ade: Yeah. Tapas means⁷ to cover in Spanish. So it was before that when they order something to drink they have to put a little plate on top so the flies don’t go into the drink. That’s why they started calling it tapas, because it covers the drink.

 

Chris: So when then in the end on that plate they start putting like little things to eat?

 

Ade: Yeah, exactly.

 

Chris: And then just that got just bigger and bigger and bigger?

 

Ade: Yeah, really big. But the problem is that it’s very popular in the south because it’s still original kind of going to have some tapas, because in the north now is like it’s popular but only for tourists. And you have to pay a lot of money to have a tapa. And actually in the original way of having a tapa means that you only pay for the drink and the tapa comes for free.

 

Chris: For free, oh nice, so that’s what tourists don’t know. So what do you say about that we go and have a beer?

 

Ade: Yeah, sure.

 

 

 

 

1 gastronomy   

n.美食法；美食学

参考例句：

• He studied gastronomy but cannot make a living as a cook.他学习了烹饪但却无法靠厨艺过活。
• Burgundy has always been considered a major centre of gastronomy.勃艮第大区一向被视为重要的美食中心。

2 Mediterranean   

adj.地中海的；地中海沿岸的

参考例句：

• The houses are Mediterranean in character.这些房子都属地中海风格。
• Gibraltar is the key to the Mediterranean.直布罗陀是地中海的要冲。

3 known   

adj.大家知道的；知名的，已知的

参考例句：

• He is a known artist.他是一个知名的艺术家。
• He is known both as a painter and as a statesman.他是知名的画家及政治家。

4 olive   

n.橄榄，橄榄树，橄榄色；adj.黄绿色的，黄褐色的，橄榄色的

参考例句：

• Have you eaten a kind of fruit called olive?你吃过橄榄这种水果吗？
• She likes olive because It'symbolizes peace.她喜欢橄榄色因为它象征着和平。

5 portions   

一部分( portion的名词复数 )； 一份遗产（或赠与的财产）； 分享的部份； 嫁妆

参考例句：

• Three portions of fish and chips, please. 请来三份炸鱼薯条。
• supersize portions of fries 超大份炸薯条

6 enlighten   

v.授予...知识，启发，教导，开导

参考例句：

• Can you enlighten her on this subject?对这个问题你能启发启发她吗？
• Please enlighten me with your instructions.请不吝赐教。

7 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。