节目资讯
刊物:空中英语教室
日期:2014-03-28
难易度:Low
关键字:cricket, native, scoop, spice, safari, curry
Hello, and welcome back.
Earlier we learned about many of the things that you can do when you visit Sri
Lanka:
Go to a cricket match, enjoy a bike tour through the hill country, catch a
glimpse of wild animals and many other things.
Now it's time for us to learn all about the things to eat.
Let's begin with the second reading for today's lesson.
(Music).
Sri Lanka.
Eat.
Sri Lankan food is a very different spicy experience.
The most popular dish is curry and rice.
Try the fish curry, and scoop up the sauce with paratha, a tasty kind of bread.
A few dollars will buy you a delicious, spice-filled meal.
And don't forget to sample Sri Lanka's famous Ceylon tea.
Your day isn't complete without a few cups of this delicious drink.
(Chinese).
And now let's see what our teachers are up to.
Thank you, Michelle.
Well, one important thing to know about before you travel is the food.
Everyone needs to eat, and it is helpful if you already know a little bit about
the local cuisine.
But before we do that, let's talk about that word you just used: cuisine.
Cuisine is another word for food, but is usually used to talk about a certain
type of food that can be found in a place.
Right. So you could say: Be sure to try the local cuisine.
That means that you should eat the food that can only be found in that area.
You could also say: I love Chinese cuisine.
Or I really miss American cuisine.
You could also say Sri Lankan cuisine is... very spicy, but this is not the same
type of spicy as Sichuan cuisine.
You are right about that.
When I hear the word spicy, I think of something that is very hot because it
contains spicy hot peppers, but... which means I probably won't eat it.
Well, spicy here means that it is filled with many different kinds of spices.
Some of them could be very hot, like chili peppers and the kind that you were
talking about, but they could also be many other flavors.
Right. Spices can include anything made from plants that you add to food to give
it extra flavor.
So things like pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg and vanilla are all spices.
And those aren't hot and spicy at all.
Well, Sri Lankan food is filled with many different kinds of spices, and you can
find some common ingredients in many of the dishes.
That's right.
Sri Lanka is a tropical island, and coconut and fish are used in many of the
foods there.
But don't worry.
If you don't like fish, there are plenty of other dishes available.
But I hope you like coconut.
It is added to just about everything.
Sometimes it is a main ingredient, and other times a small amount is added on
the top or on the side.
You can have your main dish, and that might come with a coconut dish on the
side.
I think that sounds pretty wonderful.
There's also a very delicious bread called paratha that you can use to scoop up
your curry.
Oh, man, eating in Sri Lanka sounds like really good experience.
And food there isn't very expensive.
For only a few U.S. dollars, you can eat a large meal filled with delicious
spices.
Well, I'm getting hungry just thinking about it.
Let's take a break from talking about food, and join Liz in the Grammar Gym to
learn a good tip from our lesson today.
Welcome to the Grammar Gym, friends.
I hope you're all doing well today.
My name is Liz.
In today's lesson we see this sentence:
A few dollars will buy you a delicious, spice-filled meal.
That's our Grammar Tip sentence.
Now friends, the writer is not saying that a few dollars is responsible for
buying the spice-filled meal.
Instead, what the writer is saying is with a few dollars, you can buy a
delicious, spice-filled meal.
Notice the sentence pattern of today's sentence: a certain amount of money will
buy you a something.
This is a great pattern to use in informal situations to talk about how much you
can buy with a certain amount of money.
For example: Five dollars will buy you a nice cup of coffee.
Or: Many years ago, a dollar will buy you several different things.
Now, it's hard to find anything under a dollar.
Now it's your turn.
You can practice using this phrase to talk about prices with a friend.
And if you have a copy of this month's magazine with you, be sure to check out
today's Grammar Tip section for more example sentences.
That's it for today.
This is Liz from the Grammar Gym.
See you next time.
Thank you, Liz.
Well, a few dollars will buy you a spice-filled meal in Sri Lanka.
And of course, you should sample some Ceylon tea while you are there.
Yes, you should.
And we should take a look at the word sample.
Usually we hear this word used as a noun.
The store was giving out free samples.
But here it's used as a verb.
Yes. If you sample something, that means that you try a small amount of it.
You could say: I didn't want to eat a large meal, but I had to sample each of
the curries at the restaurant, so I ended up eating too much food.
And if you sampled every curry, I'm sure you ate a lot.
You could also say: I sampled one of the cookies to make sure they tasted OK
before I gave them to my friends.
Oh, that was very kind of you, Gabe, making sure that the cookies were OK by
sampling them first.
Well, I don't want to give anyone cookies that taste bad.
It was a very important thing to do.
Yes, I suppose so.
But how many cookies did you sample?
Well, um... you know, cookies go really well with tea, especially Ceylon tea,
which is something that Sri Lanka is known for around the world.
Uh-huh...
Yeah!
Well, Steve and Ken told us a little bit about Ceylon tea earlier in our lesson.
The island of Sri Lanka used to be called Ceylon.
Maybe you recognize this flag.
You can see this symbol of a lion on Ceylon tea.
And Ceylon tea can be enjoyed in many different ways.
Perhaps one of the most popular is to have Ceylon tea with milk.
Then it becomes milk tea.
This is a very delicious tea.
If you aren't a fan of milk, you could also have tea with ginger or just plain
tea.
Either way, this is one part of the food culture in Sri Lanka that you can't
miss.
So if you go, be sure to sample some Ceylon tea and of course a little bit of
everything else.
That sounds like a great idea.
Well, if you've missed anything from our lesson today, now is your time to catch
up.
We are going to join Linda for a short review in the Editor's Summary.
We find ourselves still in Sri Lanka today.
And we see there is lot to do and eat.
If you like sports, don't miss a cricket match.
Or you can bike through the hill country and visit some tea plantations.
Sri Lanka is home to many wild animals, so join a jungle safari and see some.
For food, the fish curry is highly recommended.
Eat it with their special kind of bread.
And don't forget to have a cup of Ceylon tea.
Delicious!
Thank you, Linda.
Wow. We've learned a lot about the things you can do and the things you can eat
in Sri Lanka.
Gabe, what was your favorite thing that we learned about today?
Well, Carolyn, of course I would have to say the food!
There are so many interesting and delicious foods waiting for me to try.
I would love curry, and I would love to sample each kind of Sri Lankan curry
while drinking some Ceylon milk tea.
And I have to say the spices there do interest me as well.
Well, it might take you a while to try every kind of curry.
And it does sound like something you would certainly enjoy, Gabe.
Well, what about you?
Would you like to try some Sri Lankan curry?
What things would you do, what things would you eat if you went to Sri Lanka?
Those are all great things to talk about in English.
And how would you have your Ceylon tea?
Would you just have it plain, with ginger or maybe with milk?
Carolyn, what do you think about this?
Well, I actually don't drink milk, Gabe.
OK, so that's out of the question.
Yes.
Out of the picture.
But ginger tea sounds fantastic.
I love ginger tea and would love to try some Ceylon tea with ginger.
The next time... or the first time you go to Sri Lanka.
Well, of course we have more to learn about this lesson, so we'll see you next
time right here at Studio Classroom.
See you then.