节目资讯
刊物:大家说英语
日期:2013-09-17
难易度:Medium
关键字:grill, seafood, sweet, traditional, autumn, pomelo, mid, full moon
Welcome back, friends.
Now, let's play a game called Two in One.
In this game, I will use two key words in one sentence.
Please tell me which key words I used.
Here is my sentence.
Pomelos are a sweet fruit and a traditional food for Moon Festival.
OK.
Pomelos are a sweet fruit and a traditional food for Moon Festival.
Well, earlier we said that fruits can be sweet, so that's one key word.
And I think the second key word is traditional.
Sweet and traditional.
You are right, Katie.
Those are the key words.
OK. But a... A pomelo, what's that?
Oh. Well, a pomelo is a fruit that looks like this.
We eat them at Moon Festival time of year.
Maybe you can try some while we review today's conversations.
I'm excited about your barbecue, Rob!
Me, too!
What can I bring?
Well, I'll buy beef, chicken and pork.
What else can we grill?
Shrimp!
I love to grill shrimp!
I didn't think about seafood!
Good idea!
Great! I'll bring shrimp!
We can grill some corn, too. I can bring some.
Great! Thanks, friends!
We're going to have a good time.
Tell me more about Moon Festival.
I don't know much about it.
It's a holiday to celebrate the moon.
Is Moon Festival always on September 19?
No. It's a lunar holiday, so the date changes every year.
But there's always a full moon on the day of the holiday.
And it's always in the fall?
Right!
Moon Festival is also called Mid-Autumn Festival.
It's always in September or October.
Will there be anything sweet at your barbecue?
Yes! We'll have mooncakes.
Those are traditional, and they're usually sweet.
They're usually sweet?
So they're sometimes not?
Not always.
You'll have to try them.
Interesting.
I'd like to try them.
Will we have any fruit?
Yes, pomelos!
Many people enjoy pomelos on Moon Festival.
Great! We can try those, too!
Ginger, I'm really excited about Moon Festival!
You're excited about the barbecue.
Well, you're right about that.
I'm thinking about food we can grill.
Oh... we can grill lots of things.
Yeah. Chicken, beef, pork.
Yeah, and we can...
We can grill seafood, too, like shrimp. Mmm...
Yeah. And... And we can...
And we can grill vegetables, too.
Hey, don't forget the mooncakes.
Oh, right! But we won't grill those.
Yeah. Don't forget the fruit.
People eat pomelos.
Um. Speaking of fruit, Ginger, why do you have a banana peel on your head?
Because monkeys like bananas, not pomelos.
OK.
Yeah.
Hello.
(Chinese).
It is Moon Festival time.
Yeah! And that is very exciting.
Why?
(Chinese) Moon Festival is a good time to eat barbecue food and mooncakes.
Mmm, delicious!
And where can you eat real Chinese mooncakes?
Hmm... I'll tell you - at Little Fatman Restaurant, of course!
Come and eat at Little Fatman Restaurant.
Yes. We are open all the time.
And welcome all people to come and eat our delicious Chinese food.
We have lots of traditional Chinese food to eat.
You can have a traditional Moon Festival barbecue.
Mmm. We will grill many kinds of meat, chicken, pork, beef or seafood.
Oh, tasty, very tasty.
Come to Little Fatman and make a reservation today.
Great food, great traditions, great restaurant.
Calendar Phrase.
What can I bring?
What can I bring?
(Chinese).
The barbecue is tomorrow.
What can I bring?
I'll bring seafood.
What can I bring?
I'll bring beef.
What can I bring?
I'll bring mooncakes, too.
What can I bring?
Bring your friends.
OK. I'll bring hungry friends!
What can I bring?
What can I bring?
(Chinese).
So how do you like the traditional pomelo, Katie?
Well, it's pretty good, Nathan.
It's sweet, but it's not too sweet.
It's kind of like a grapefruit.
But it's dry, it's not juicy.
Well, in Chinese, pomelos are called (Chinese) and grapefruits are called
(Chinese).
They both have the same character (Chinese) in it.
Sometimes they are even called the same thing.
So they are kind of similar. I thought so.
Nathan, thank you for letting me try a new fruit.
Well, I want to tell you one more thing about pomelos.
Katie, you can eat a pomelo, but you can also wear it like a hat.
You... You can wear that?
Well, sure. Maybe I'll show you a picture later.
We're out of time for today, friends.
We will see you next time right here on...
Let's Talk in English.
Bye-bye!
(Music).