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欢乐美语:Ethnic Food 风味菜肴

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  INTRODUCTION TO ACT I
Today on TUNING1 IN THE U.S.A., we are with Susan and her friend Harry2 Bennett in Chinatown, a special neighborhood of New York City. They have a list of fresh foods they need to buy for a dinner party that night. But Chinatown has many food markets. And the streets are very busy. And so, shopping for food in Chinatown becomes an adventure for Susan and Harry.
Act I
Susan: Look, Harry! These vegetables are so much fresher and nicer than the ones I usually find at the grocery store.
Harry: They’re so much more unusual than the ones you usually find at the grocery store. Susan, What’s that? Is that an eggplant?
Su: Yup, It’s a Chinese eggplant. Check the list, Harry, and see if we need to buy that.
Harry: [he reads aloud.] “bean sprouts3, sea bass4, shrimp5, eggplant!”
Su: Ah, success! We found our first ingredient. Oh, and there are the mushrooms.
Harry: I know hardly anything about Chinese cooking.
Su: That’s the reason tonight will be so much fun. You’ll get to meet my friend Lily. And you’ll meet her friend Ed. He’s an actor. And you’ll get to eat a terrific6 home-cooked Chinese dinner.
Harry: Sounds like fun.
Su: Right! But only if we finish our part of the deal. We shop. They cook.
Ha: And everyone cats. [Harry and Susan laugh.]
Ha: Okay, next item on the list… bean sprouts.
Su: Bean sprouts, bean sprouts. Ah! Look down.
Harry: Oh, I see. In the bucket. Those white things must be bean sprouts. I’ll just grab7 a handful!
Susan: Here’s a plastic bag to put them in. Oh, Harry! Look! There goes a fish seller pushing a cart.
Harry: he must have fifteen kinds of fish in that cart.
Susan: C’mon, Harry. Let’s buy the shrimp and the sea bass from him.
Ha: Okay. You follow him. I’ll get the bean sprouts and pay for the vegetables. Then I’ll catch up to you.
Su: All right. [She walks away.]
Ha: Susan! ...Susan! Excuse me, office. Have you seen a woman…about this tall… with blond8 hair and…?
Policeman: Sorry, Mister. A hundred people pass this street corner every few minutes. Maybe I saw her. But I can’t really say for sure.
Harry: I understand, officer. Thanks, anyway.
Policeman: Good luck!
Susan: [She is excited.] Harry! Oh, there you are!
Harry: Susan! Am I happy to see you! I thought I lost you.
Su: And I thought I lost you. I went down the wrong street.
Ha: Well. We found each other.
Su: And it’s a good thing, too. We have to finish our shopping.
Ha: Did the man with the cart have the shrimp and the sea bass?
Su: Yes. Look in the bag. They’re beautiful. And just wait till you taste Lily’s cooking!
Harry: Susan, if eating Lily’s dinner is just half as interesting as buying the ingredients for it, well…I’m sure it will be great!
INTRODUCTION TO ACT II
This time on TUNING IN THE U.S.A., we are at Susan’s apartment in New York City. There’s a dinner party going on. Susan and friends Harry bought the ingredients for the meal. Lily, a Chinese-American friend of Susan’s, is cooking dinner. Ed, an actor, helps chop the vegetables. As they discuss the American diet, everyone agrees that it’s changing for the better.
Act II
Lily: Okay, Ed. I’m ready to add in the eggplant.
Ed: Where is the eggplant?
Lily: Susan? Did you and Harry forget the eggplant?
Susan: Of course not, Lily. I know it’s in one of these bags.
Ed: [he looks in a bag.] Here we are! The eggplant!
Li: Okay. I need to start cooking it now. Ed, how quickly can you chop all of the eggplant into thin strips about two inches long?
Ed: I’ll do best I can. [He chops the eggplant.]
Su: Ed, let me and Harry help you. Here are two more knives. We’ll all chop. [Susan, Harry, and Ed chop the eggplant.]
Harry: Ed, you handle that knife like a professional cook.
Ed: I’m a professional actor.
Ha: I thought someone said you worked in a restaurant.
Ed: I do. In between acting9 jobs, I’m a waiter.
Su: A lot of actors do that kind of work, don’t they-waiting on tables?
Ed: Yup. It seems like half the waiters at our restaurant are actors or singers.
Lily: Oh, Ed and I went out to eat the other day. And at the restaurant all the waiters and waitresses sang and danced in between serving dinners. It was wild.
Ha: I guess they’d have to be actors to get a waiting job at that restaurant!
Ed: That’s right. And I’ll bet all of them are hoping to be out of that job and in a great new play or a film.
Lily: That’s the actor’s life! Always changing.
Ed: True. But there’s change in every job. I mean, look at the food and restaurant businesses. Talk about change! The American diet is much different than it was ten years ago.
Su: I guess people are eating more healthy foods.
Ed: Much healthier. Here’s the eggplant, Lily-all chopped. Just think about it. Are any of you eating the same way you ate ten years ago?
Ha: I know I’m not. I was just starting my own business then. I didn’t have much money. Once, when I was working late, I ate a whole box of chocolate donuts.
Ed: Chocolate donuts!
Su: [she laughs.]
Lily: Oh no! That sounds terrible!
Ha: The next day, I promised myself never to do that again.
[The tea kettle starts to whistle.]
Lily: The tea kettle! Oh, Ed, we forgot to set out the tea cups. Would you do that, please?
Ed: Sure thing. [He sets out the cups.] A cup for Susan. A cup for Lily. Two cups for Harry.
Harry: Two cups for Harry?
Ed: Green tea is like medicine. The Chinese believe it makes you healthy.
Ha: So? What does that have to do with me?
Ed: Aren’t you the guy who ate a whole box of donuts?
[They all laugh.]


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1 tuning 8700ed4820c703ee62c092f05901ecfc     
n.调谐,调整,调音v.调音( tune的现在分词 );调整;(给收音机、电视等)调谐;使协调
参考例句:
  • They are tuning up a plane on the flight line. 他们正在机场的飞机跑道上调试一架飞机。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The orchestra are tuning up. 管弦乐队在定弦。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
2 harry heBxS     
vt.掠夺,蹂躏,使苦恼
参考例句:
  • Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天,人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
  • Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。
3 sprouts 7250d0f3accee8359a172a38c37bd325     
n.新芽,嫩枝( sprout的名词复数 )v.发芽( sprout的第三人称单数 );抽芽;出现;(使)涌现出
参考例句:
  • The wheat sprouts grew perceptibly after the rain. 下了一场雨,麦苗立刻见长。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • The sprouts have pushed up the earth. 嫩芽把土顶起来了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
4 bass APUyY     
n.男低音(歌手);低音乐器;低音大提琴
参考例句:
  • He answered my question in a surprisingly deep bass.他用一种低得出奇的声音回答我的问题。
  • The bass was to give a concert in the park.那位男低音歌唱家将在公园中举行音乐会。
5 shrimp krFyz     
n.虾,小虾;矮小的人
参考例句:
  • When the shrimp farm is built it will block the stream.一旦养虾场建起来,将会截断这条河流。
  • When it comes to seafood,I like shrimp the best.说到海鲜,我最喜欢虾。
6 terrific 9pwwG     
adj.可怕的,极好的,非常的
参考例句:
  • The game was terrific.那场比赛棒极了。
  • Darren drove at a terrific speed.达伦以惊人的速度驾车。
7 grab ef0xd     
vt./n.攫取,抓取;vi.攫取,抓住(at)
参考例句:
  • It is rude to grab a seat.抢占座位是不礼貌的。
  • The thief made a grab at my bag but I pushed him away.贼想抢我的手提包,但被我推开了。
8 blond KRpyb     
adj.金发的;n.白肤碧眼金发的人
参考例句:
  • Her long blond hair spilled down over her shoulders.她那淡黄色的长发披垂在双肩。
  • This blond man delivers newspaper every morning.这个白肤金发碧眼的男人每天早晨送报纸。
9 acting czRzoc     
n.演戏,行为,假装;adj.代理的,临时的,演出用的
参考例句:
  • Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她,她只是假装的。
  • During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代,她的表演生涯黯然失色。
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