节目资讯
刊物:空中英语教室
日期:2013-07-17
难易度:Low
关键字:system, delicacy, dip, wafer, peninsula, dike
We have just finished the first section of the third day, the last day of our
article Enjoy the Netherlands.
This section is called Low Land.
And it is certainly a low land here in Marken where you can look from the top of
a dike and look down and see how much lower the land is than the sea.
The water is actually higher than the land here because they have been taking
back land from the sea using a special system.
Well, we have lots more to learn about the Netherlands in our last section of
this article.
Enjoy the Netherlands.
Time for lunch!
Being surrounded by the sea means that fish is on the menu.
Try the most famous local delicacy if you dare: pickled herring.
The Dutch way to eat these small fish?
Tip your head back, dip the entire fish into your mouth, and eat it directly off
the bone.
Don't forget those wheels of cheese!
You can see how they are made in Marken and perhaps buy a sample to take home.
Treat yourself to some rich Dutch chocolate or a mouthwatering stroopwafel (a
caramel wafer cookie) for dessert.
Then continue on over bridges and through tiny alleys in this traditional town.
Well, so far we've had a little taste of the Netherlands with this lesson.
Let's take a look more closely at this last section, OK?
It's called Time for Lunch!
Of course if you're visiting a certain country or a certain area, you should try
the local food.
So it's time for lunch, time to get something to eat.
Carolyn, how do we begin?
Well, we see that being surrounded by the sea means that fish is on the menu.
And we just talked about how this area has become a peninsula, although it used
to be an island.
And that means that you are surrounded by the sea, and fish is going to be on
the menu.
That right.
And this phrase "on the menu" is kind of used as slang here, OK, because there's
no S on the end of "menu." You can say that.
It's on the menu.
That means most restaurants have menus that will have fish or seafood.
So it's on the menu, you can have it for lunch.
That's right.
And we are going to be talking about one of the most famous local foods:
Try the most famous local delicacy if you dare: pickled herring.
So, yes, it is "if you dare," you can try to eat this local delicacy.
And let's look at that word from our Word Bank, the word "delicacy." What does
it mean, Gabe?
Well, a delicacy, I think of a kind of food, it's a very special food specific
to a certain area.
So if you're visiting the Netherlands or if you're visiting Marken especially,
then they will have this delicacy: pickled herring.
But what is a delicacy from where you are or where you live?
I think that some places like sea cucumber.
That's a delicacy.
People like to eat it.
I don't, but I know lots of people that like to eat sea cucumber.
It's a delicacy in certain areas.
What's another kind of delicacy, Carolyn?
Well, I know that when I was in Japan, I was given a type of sushi that was
considered to be a delicacy.
It was sea urchin.
Interesting.
And my sister loves it, but I didn't think it was very good.
But it is a delicacy because it is something that is very special and unique to
a culture or a place.
That's right.
And we find out that pickled herring is a delicacy.
Try it if you dare.
So we see our author Naomi is telling us maybe it's not something that everyone
likes to do because you need to dare or have courage to do it.
Let's take a look at this phrase a little more closely in the Grammar Gym.
Hello, friends.
Welcome to the Grammar Gym.
My name is Liz.
In today's article the writer states:
Try the most famous local delicacy if you dare: pickled herring.
That's our Grammar Tip sentence.
And today we're looking at the phrase "if you dare." It's an expression that
means "if you're not afraid to try." So going back to today's sentence,
the writer is saying that if you're not afraid to try, you should sample pickled
herring, which is the most famous local delicacy.
Use this expression "if you dare" whenever you want to challenge someone or
introduce them to something challenging or uncommon.
For example: Sample the snack foods at the open market if you dare; it's where
locals like to eat but the place is not clean at all.
Or: Catch the night train if you dare; it is often crowded but the ticket is
inexpensive.
If you'd like to see some more example sentences, then check out today's Grammar
Tip section in your magazine.
And that's it for today.
This is Liz from the Grammar Gym.
See you next time.
Bye-bye.
Well, would you dare to try this local delicacy, the pickled herring?
Now how should we eat these?
Naomi writes: The Dutch way to eat these small fish?
So asking the question how do you eat these small pickled herrings.
Gabe, how do you eat them?
Well, what you need to do, Carolyn, is tip your head back, dip the entire fish
into your mouth, and eat it directly off the bone.
And that should give you a delicious, and maybe sour, pickled herring.
Because if something is pickled, it might be sour.
I think I would dare to eat it if I was in Marken but not otherwise.
Oh, I see.
Well, we do have some really great words there.
You should tip your head back, and dip the whole fish in your mouth.
Now if you dip something, then you make a downward motion with it.
You put it down and then bring it back up.
What are some things that you might dip, Gabe?
Ooh, some things you might dip... You might dip your feet into the pool just for
a second.
You don't want to go swimming.
You don't want to get your whole body wet.
You just want to dip your feet in for a few minutes.
This word can also be a noun because of that downward motion.
You have a chip, and you are putting it into the dip.
That's called dipping it.
And so sometimes they call that the dip, the dip for your chips.
That's right.
Well, dip can be delicious.
You can also dip things into a sauce.
So maybe you have French fries, you can dip your fries into some ketchup.
So there you have the word "dip." And here we are dipping the fish, the whole
fish, into your mouth, and then eating it off the bone.
That's right, directly, directly off the bone.
You don't need any forks or knives, you just eat it directly straight off the
bone.
Sounds very interesting.
Would you like to try pickled herring, Carolyn?
Well, I don't think I will try it.
But maybe if I were to go to Marken and it was a local delicacy, I might have to
try it.
Now don't forget those wheels of cheese.
We had mentioned before that you can buy rounds of cheese.
And here we have wheels of cheese.
Wheels of cheese or rounds of cheese.
Of course you get the idea or the image that these things are round, of course.
Marken... well, we're talking about the cheese in Marken.
You can see how they are made in Marken and perhaps buy a sample to take home.
So if you've seen these rounds of cheese, well, Marken is one place where they
make them, you can go and see how they make them and take a sample.
This word can also be a verb.
You can sample something.
Maybe you like to sample things.
Uh, Carolyn, where could you sample something?
Well, a lot of fairs or expos will have stands that have little samples that you
can try before you buy something.
So maybe you are walking by and there are all sorts of different kinds of foods
laid out, and you can sample a little piece of each one for free.
That's right.
And I think some supermarkets do the same thing.
When they are trying to sell a certain product, they will have free samples for
you to try.
So you can buy a sample of this cheese and take it home.
Well, how do we continue?
It says to treat yourself to some rich Dutch chocolate or a mouthwatering
stroopwafel (a caramel wafer cookie) for dessert.
Oh. Well, these sound very delicious, Gabe.
They do sound delicious.
They sound like Dutch treats.
Get it? Because treat is a kind of dessert and... well, we're talking about
Dutch things like stroopwafels, which are caramel wafer cookies.
Well, Carolyn, let's take a look at that word from our Word Bank: a wafer.
What is a wafer?
Well, a wafer is a kind of biscuit that's usually small and round and flat.
And I usually think of vanilla wafers when I hear... (Mmm, those are delicious.)
this word.
They are very delicious, a kind of sweet vanilla cookie.
Mmhm. Now when I think of a stroopwafel... I've had stroopwafels before.
Actually, you can get them in many different countries.
But I think they did originate in the Netherlands.
And a stroopwafel usually has a waffle kind of shape.
There are tiny little dents within or on top of these cookies, these wafers.
And they're made with caramel.
They are absolutely delicious, a great thing to have for dessert.
Well, it does sound delicious.
Perhaps I will have to go buy one.
But until then, it is time for us to join Steve and Ken in the Information
Cloud.
Today we're going to talk about something that may seem insignificant, but it's
still important.
Steve, what happens when you see a pan of freshly baked cookies that was just
pulled out of the oven?
Well, if there are walnuts in them, my mouth would start to water.
And what do we call that water?
We call it saliva.
Notice, friends, it's not "mouth water" even though we say our mouth is
watering.
That water has a name - saliva.
Another word we can use to describe the mouthwatering process is salivate,
S-A-L-I-V-A-T-E.
And salivate comes from the word "saliva." Notice "water" is used as a verb when
we say something is making our mouth water.
Yes, it's something the mouth does.
Your mouth waters when you smell the cookies.
For the two words... I'm sorry, put the two words together and we get the
adjective mouthwatering, meaning food that is pleasing to our sense of tastes.
Right.
I can say the cookies look mouthwatering.
Or the aroma of the cookies is mouthwatering.
Another word we often use is "appetizing." That means the cookies look and smell
so good that we can't wait to eat them.
Just thinking about it makes my mouth water.
(Chinese).
Thank you, gentlemen.
Well, we're continuing to learn about Marken and what you can eat there.
And then, of course, we finish:
Then continue on over bridges and through tiny alleys in this traditional town.
So there's lots to do in Marken, not just eat.
Of course you can continue on through... over bridges and through these tiny
little alleys.
Of course like I said before, a lot of things in the Netherlands are built
small.
The houses are kind of small.
They're not huge.
And so the alleys would also be tiny.
Well, this sounds like a really nice place to visit, a great place to enjoy
local Dutch culture while you visit the Netherlands.
Well, Marken does sound like a great place to visit.
Right now it's time for us to continue learning with Michelle in the Language
Lab.
(Chinese).
And let's head back to our teachers now.
The past three days we've been talking all about different ways to enjoy
visiting the Netherlands and the many things that you can see and do while
you're there.
Now Gabe, you mentioned that your sister lives in the Netherlands and that
you've been to the Netherlands.
What are some of your favorite things to do there or to see?
Well, let's see, I did get a chance to ride my sister's bicycle.
And that was great because, one, it's great exercise and, two, the Netherlands
really does have nice scenery.
There are lots of trees along the sidewalks.
And they... they come over the sidewalks, and so it's wonderful to bike through
those um, lanes and those sidewalks.
Another thing that I liked was visiting historic places with my sister.
Of course she took me to Amsterdam, and I got to see some different things
there.
There's too much to say.
You should go and visit the Netherlands, Carolyn.
Well, I think I will have to put it on my list of places to go visit.
And we're very glad that you have joined us here on Studio Classroom for this
lesson on the Netherlands.
We'll see you again here next time.
Bye-bye.