BBC地道英語口語:Ready Meal 即食餐
Jo: Hello, this is Real English from BBC Learning English, I’m Jo.
Jean: Hi. 大家好,我是董徵。歡迎收聽Real English《地道英語》節目!
Jo: In Real English, we look at words and phrases that you might not find in your dictionary.
Jean: 和漢語一樣,英語裏也是有着非常多的成語和俗話的,所以要想能聽得懂英國人日常的説話聊天,就一定要來學學這些他們常用的通俗詞語。
Jo: And today’s expression is to do with food and a kind of food which is great for people who don’t like cooking. It’s ready meal…. ready meal
Jean: OK, a ready meal – 就是已經做好了的飯菜,只要以加熱就可以吃的即食餐。
Jo: Yes, a ready meal is a meal which is completely prepared and cooked, and you just have to reheat it.
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A. Oh, I can’t be bothered to cook tonight – I’m too tired – I’m just going to put a ready meal in the microwave.
B. My dad can’t cook properly at all – he just heats up frozen ready meals in the oven.
Jo: In a microwave
Jean: Microwave 微波爐。
Jo: Or in an oven
Jean: Oven 烤箱。
Jean: 什麼樣的食品可以做成ready meal?
Jo: All sorts of food… English ready meals like shepherds pie
Jean: Shepherds pie 就是英國的傳統食品“牧羊人派”,是用羊肉餡和土豆泥做成的。
Jo: Or Italian ready meals like lasagne.
Jean: Lasagne 就是意大利的烤寬麪條。
Jo: Or even Chinese ready meals like sweet and sour chicken.
Jean: 而且在英國超市還可以買到中餐的 ready meals,不錯啊!
Jo: Well that’s all we have time for today
Jean: OK, 希望注意收聽我們下一期的節目。大家也可以到我們的BBC Learning English網站來看看,一起學習和提高我們的英語水平。
Jo: The address is Goodbye!
Jean: Bye!