欧美人文风情第262篇:小朋友吃各国圣诞美食

 You're gonna guess where this is from. Fried chicken, fried chicken, fried chicken, fried chicken, fried chicken... 你要猜这是从哪里来的。炸鸡、炸鸡、炸鸡、炸鸡、炸鸡...

All right, open your eyes. 好，把你的眼睛打开。

This is not what you call fried chicken! 这又不叫炸鸡!

Can I open my eyes? Mmm... Justin! Lobster¹? Lobster?! Lobster?! 我可以张开眼睛吗？嗯...Justin!龙虾吗？龙虾？!龙虾？!

I don't know what that is, and I don't wanna know. 我不知道那是什么，而且我不想知道。

I kinda see, like, little spikes². 我好像有看到小小的刺。

It looks like there's eyes in here! 这里面看起来好像有眼睛!

Give it a little bite. See what you think. It feels like shrimp³, and I love shrimp. 咬一小口看看。看看妳觉得怎样。感觉起来像是虾子，我最喜欢虾子。

Yum! Don't get poked⁴. Hey! It's not alive, Justin. Take a bite of your shrimp. 好吃!不要被刺到了。嘿!Justin，这不是活的。咬一口你的虾子。

But those eyes are looking at me. Is that shrimp? Find out. 可是那些眼睛在看我。那是虾子吗？吃了就知道。

Yes. Okay, nope, it's greasy⁵. Okay. 好。嗯，不好，这好油。嗯。

I've seen my mom peel the shrimp a lot of times, so I'm gonna see if I can remember how to do it. So, okay, do that—and then I give up. 我看过我妈妈剥虾子超多次，我来看看我记不记得怎么剥。好，那样用－－然后我放弃。

Why do you think people barbecue their Christmas meals in New Zealand? 你觉得纽西兰人为什么要烤他们的圣诞大餐？

To celebrate the birth of Jesus? Yeah. 庆祝耶稣诞生？对。

Is this meat or something? What's it taste like? It tastes like it's meat. 这是肉肉还是什么？吃起来像什么？吃起来像肉肉。

Oh, okay. So you chewed it, spit it out, and then you're chewing it again. 噢，好。所以你把它嚼一嚼、吐出来，然后你又把它拿来嚼了。

Yum! Sweet mama! A water, please! 好好吃!妈妈咪啊!请给我水!

This is Christmas still? Mmm-hmm. 现在还是圣诞节吗？嗯哼。

Where do you think it's from, though? What part of the world? 不过你觉得这是哪来的？世界上的哪个地方？

Japan? I hope I'm right for this one. 日本吗？希望我这次猜对。

It's actually from a place called the Dominican Republic. You ever heard of that place? 这其实是来自一个叫「多米尼加共和国」的地方。你有听过吗？

The donkeys and the elephants. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump⁶. I think Donald Trump's the elephant, and Hillary Clinton's the donkey. 多驴子和大象。希拉里?柯林顿和唐纳?川普。我觉得唐纳?川普是大象，然后希拉里?柯林顿是驴子。

Close. Close, yeah. Close?! 很接近了。很接近，没错。很接近？!

No. It's called the Dominican Republic. It's the name of a country. 才不。那叫多米尼加共和国。那是一个国家的名字。

You can take this away now. Why? Just because of the name? 你现在可以把这拿走了。为什么？只因为名字吗？

No. Because I don't like it. 不是。因为我不喜欢。

Yes! Yes! This is happening! This is happening! 好耶!好耶!这是真的!这是真的!

Now open your eyes. Is this...KFC chicken?! 现在张开你的眼睛。这是...肯德基炸鸡？!

Santa Claus! I'm not gonna eat the Santa Claus. 圣诞老公公!我才不要吃掉圣诞老公公。

It's chocolate. You can eat Santa. Sorry, Santa. 那是巧克力。你可以吃掉圣诞老人。抱歉，圣诞老公公。

My...my tummy's pretty big. No, it's not. It's small still. 我...我的肚肚好大。不会，没有很大。它还是小小的。

No, it's not. Look! We're still doing Christmas food. 不，才不小。你看!我们还在吃圣诞食物。

Yum! This is happening! Yes! This is happening! This is happening! This is happening! This is my favorite piece. 好吃!这是真的!好耶!这是真的!这是真的!这是真的!这块是我最喜欢的。

I wish your mom was here. I wish my dad. I am your dad. 我希望你妈在这。我希望我爸在这。我就是你爸。

Okay, I think... It's a brilliant country that eats chicken for Christmas! 嗯，我觉得... 这是个超棒的国家，吃炸鸡过圣诞节!

What country? A brilliant country! 什么国家？超棒的国家!

So this is from Japan. This is what Japanese kids eat for Christmas. 这来自日本。日本的小朋友圣诞节就吃这个。

They have to go to the other half of the world to just get this? 他们得大老远跑到世界另一边来买这个？

Yeah. We went to Japan this morning and got that chicken. 对啊。我们今天早上才跑去日本买炸鸡。

I'm gonna get really hyper after this. 我等一下会变得很嗨。

Inside the cake, there's more strawberry. 蛋糕里面还有更多草莓。

What do you think about Japanese people eating fried chicken and cake for Christmas? 你对日本人圣诞节吃炸鸡和蛋糕有什么想法？

I think that's a smart idea. 我觉得那是个很聪明的点子。

I agree. Japan rocks! 我同意。日本超赞!

Every time you say, "Japan rocks," I scoot it away from you. 每次你一说：「日本超赞」，我就要让蛋糕从你那溜走。

 

1 lobster   

n.龙虾，龙虾肉

参考例句：

• The lobster is a shellfish.龙虾是水生贝壳动物。
• I like lobster but it does not like me.我喜欢吃龙虾，但它不适宜于我的健康。

2 spikes   

n.穗( spike的名词复数 )；跑鞋；（防滑）鞋钉；尖状物v.加烈酒于( spike的第三人称单数 )；偷偷地给某人的饮料加入（更多）酒精（ 或药物）；把尖状物钉入；打乱某人的计划

参考例句：

• a row of iron spikes on a wall 墙头的一排尖铁
• There is a row of spikes on top of the prison wall to prevent the prisoners escaping. 监狱墙头装有一排尖钉，以防犯人逃跑。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 shrimp   

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。

4 poked   

v.伸出( poke的过去式和过去分词 )；戳出；拨弄；与（某人）性交

参考例句：

• She poked him in the ribs with her elbow. 她用胳膊肘顶他的肋部。
• His elbow poked out through his torn shirt sleeve. 他的胳膊从衬衫的破袖子中露了出来。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 greasy   

adj. 多脂的，油脂的

参考例句：

• He bought a heavy-duty cleanser to clean his greasy oven.昨天他买了强力清洁剂来清洗油污的炉子。
• You loathe the smell of greasy food when you are seasick.当你晕船时，你会厌恶油腻的气味。

6 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。