精美英文欣赏:英国饮食

English Food

英国饮食

So, you are going to Britain.

那你打算去英国咯。

"Oh no!" say your friends,"The food is terrible! What are you going to eat?"

哦，不！你朋友会说，食物太难吃了，你过去要吃什么？

This was a common thing to say and perhaps it used to be true.

这句话很常见，或许这在过去的确如此。

English food was terrible! But is that true today?

英国的食物太难吃了！但是在如今的英国，这句话还对吗？

Traditionally, English food consisted of meat and two veg.

英国的传统饮食搭配都是一荤两素，

That is to say a meal would be meat,either beef, pork or chicken and two vegetables.

即每一餐由一份肉类和两份素菜搭配而成。

Of course, one of these was usually potatoes and the other might be peas or carrots.

当然，其中一份素菜经常是土豆，另一份可能是豌豆或胡萝卜，

This was then covered in gravy¹, which is a meat sauce.

这些再和肉汁搅拌在一起，就是所谓的肉酱。

Fish and chips is another traditional dish often eaten on Fridays.

炸鱼薯条是人们每逢周五便吃的另一种传统食物。

Quite simply it is fried² fish served with fried potatoes, or chips.

做法非常简单，把油炸的鱼和油炸的土豆或土豆条搭配在一起就行了。

Nowadays, however, all this has changed.

然而，如今这些饮食习惯都已经发生改变。

A popular dish for many is "curry³", Indian food.

印度的咖喱食品很受大众欢迎。

India used to be a British colony,and many immigrants⁴ came to Britain from India in the 1950s.

印度以前是英国的殖民地，很多印度人在20世纪50年代从印度移民至英国。

Naturally, they brought their customs and their food.

自然而然他们也把自己的习俗和食物带到了英国，

This led to many Indian restaurants opening,and now it is possible to buy Indian food in any town.

促使了很多印度餐馆的兴起。现在在任何一个城镇都能买到印度的食物，

You can even buy the ingredients⁵ to make it in supermarkets.

你甚至可以在超市里买到配料来做印度料理。

Indian food can be very hot and spicy,so it may take time to get used to it.

印度食物很辣，因此你可能得慢慢地去适应。

Another common food in the UK is Italian.

在英国，另外一类很常见的食物是意式料理。

Pasta is served in many homes everyday,and you can order takeaway pizza everywhere you go.

在很多家庭每天都会吃意大利面；此外，不管你去哪里，你都可以点外卖的披萨。

Of course, if you visit England from China,you won't have to go far to get Chinese food.

当然，如果你是来自中国的游客，你也无需跑太远就可以吃到中式食物。

Almost every town has a Chinese restaurant or takeaway.

在英国，基本上每个城镇都有一个中国餐馆或外卖餐馆。

In big cities such as London you can visit Chinatown.

在像伦敦这样的大城市里，你可以去唐人街，

Here there are dozens of Chinese restaurants and even Chinese supermarkets.

那里有很多中国餐馆，连中国超市都有，

Even the street names are written in both Chinese and English.

甚至这条街都用中英文标注。

One English dish that remains⁶ popular, however,is the traditional breakfast.

然而，有一款英式料理如今依然颇受欢迎，那就是传统的英式早餐，

This consists of bacon, sausage, egg, beans, mushrooms,tomatoes and toast, with a large cup of tea.

它的搭配包括培根，香肠，鸡蛋，豆子，西红柿，吐司和一大杯茶。

On a cold morning it is guaranteed to fill you up and keep you warm till lunchtime.

在寒冷的早晨吃上这样一份早餐，肯定能保证你直到中午都不会觉得饥饿和寒冷。

So is food in England terrible?

所以，英国的食物好吃吗？

No—because it isn't English food!

不，—因为那已经不是纯粹的英式料理了！

1 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。

2 fried   

adj.油煎的；油炒的

参考例句：

• I ate everything fried.所有油炸的我都吃。
• I prefer fried peanuts.我选择炸花生。

3 curry   

n.咖哩粉，咖哩饭菜；v.用咖哩粉调味，用马栉梳，制革

参考例句：

• Rice makes an excellent complement to a curry dish.有咖喱的菜配米饭最棒。
• Add a teaspoonful of curry powder.加一茶匙咖喱粉。

4 immigrants   

n.移民( immigrant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Illegal immigrants were given the opportunity to regularize their position. 非法移民得到了使其身份合法化的机会。
• Immigrants from all over the world populate this city. 这个城市里生活着来自世界各地的移民。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 ingredients   

n.（混合物的）组成部分( ingredient的名词复数 )；（烹调的）原料；（构成）要素；因素

参考例句：

• All ingredients are readily available from your local store. 所有的原料都可以方便地从你当地的商店买到。
• We never use second quality ingredients to build building. 我们决不使用次等材料用于建筑。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。