你最喜欢什么口味的薯片？ ⏲️ 6分钟英语：英语精读讲义

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Hello, this is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English.

大家好，这里是 BBC 英语教学的 6 分钟英语。

I'm Neil.

我是 Neil。

And I'm Beth.

我是 Beth。

In Britain, we call them crisps 文化背景

在英国，我们称它们为 crisps（薯片），

and you might know them as potato chips.

你们可能知道它们叫 potato chips。

But whatever you call them, 語法

但不管你怎么叫，

these fried potato slices are probably the world's favorite snack.

这些油炸土豆片可能是世界上最受欢迎的零食。

Neil, are you a big crisp eater?

Neil，你是个爱吃薯片的人吗？

And what's your favorite flavor?

你最喜欢什么口味？

I love crisps, Beth.

我很喜欢薯片，Beth。

They are my favorite snack.

它们是我最喜欢的零食。

My favorite flavor is prawn cocktail, 文化背景

我最喜欢的口味是大虾鸡尾酒味，

which is controversial because a lot of people don't like that flavor. 語法

这个口味很有争议，因为很多人都不喜欢。

I think my favorite is salt and vinegar.

我想我最喜欢的是海盐香醋味。

Yummy.

真好吃。

You're making me hungry. 語氣意圖

你把我弄饿了。

Well, crisps might be popular, 表達脈絡

虽说薯片很受欢迎，

but with lots of oil and salt,

但含有大量的油和盐，

they're not the healthiest food.

它们并不是最健康的食物。

So, why do we love them so much?

那么，为什么我们如此喜爱它们呢？

That's what BBC World Service program The Food Chain wanted to find out. 短語動詞

这正是 BBC 世界服务节目《食物链》想要找出的答案。

Here, presenter Ruth Alexander talks to Mitchell Dingwall,

在这里，主持人 Ruth Alexander 与 Mitchell Dingwall 进行了交谈，

a food executive responsible for developing new crisp flavors. 短語搭配

他是一位负责开发薯片新口味的食品主管。

Why do we love crisps so much?

为什么我们如此喜爱薯片？

Hmm.

嗯。

I think it's just that crunch, right? 語氣意圖

我觉得就是那种嘎嘣脆的感觉，对吧？

You can't beat the crunch 習語

这种酥脆感是无与伦比的，

and then that delicious salty feeling in your mouth

然后是嘴里那种美味的咸味，

and it just becomes a snowball effect. 習語

它就像滚雪球一样。

You just want more of it.

你就是会想吃更多。

For Mitchell,

对 Mitchell 来说，

the best thing about crisps is the loud crunch.

薯片最棒的地方就是那种清脆的声响。

He says, "You can't beat it."

他说：“这种感觉无与伦比（You can't beat it）。”

An idiom meaning something like,

这是一个习语，意思是

"That's the best thing and you won't find anything better."

“这是最好的东西，你找不到比这更好的了。”

Mitchell says once you started eating crisps,

Mitchell 说，一旦你开始吃薯片，

it's hard to stop 短語搭配

就很难停下来，

and you just want to eat more and more.

你只会想越吃越多。

He calls this a snowball effect,

他称之为“雪球效应（snowball effect）”，

a situation where doing something causes other similar things to happen.

意思是做某事会引发其他类似事情发生的情况。

You eat one crisp

你吃了一片薯片，

and before you know it, 短語搭配

还没等你反应过来，

the whole packet's gone.

整包薯片就吃光了。

In this episode,

在这集节目中，

we'll be visiting two countries in love with crisps. 習語

我们将造访两个热爱薯片的国家。

And as usual,

和往常一样，

we'll be learning some useful new words and phrases,

我们会学习一些有用的新单词和短语，

all of which you can find on our website, bbclearningenglish.com. 語法

你们可以在我们的网站 bbclearningenglish.com 上找到这些内容。

But first,

但首先，

I have a question for you, Beth.

我有个问题要问你，Beth。

The record for the world's largest packet of crisps 用詞

世界上最大的薯片包装的纪录

was recently broken in Saudi Arabia,

最近在沙特阿拉伯被打破了，

but how much did the packet weigh?

但是这包薯片有多重呢？

Was it A, about 1.5 tons,

是 A，大约 1.5 吨，

B, about 2.5 tons,

B，大约 2.5 吨，

or C, about 3.5 tons?

还是 C，大约 3.5 吨？

Okay, wow.

哇，好吧。

They are all huge.

它们都非常巨大。

I'm going to guess about 3.5 tons.

我猜大约 3.5 吨。

Okay, we'll find out the answer later.

好的，我们稍后揭晓答案。

Let's travel first to Singapore, 表達脈絡

让我们先去新加坡，

home of Jolene Ng,

这里是 Jolene Ng 的家，

a market research analyst who specializes in salty snacks. 短語搭配

她是一位专门研究咸味零食的市场研究分析师。

Here's Jolene talking with Ruth Alexander for BBC program The Food Chain.

以下是 Jolene 在 BBC 节目《食物链》中与 Ruth Alexander 的对话。

Is the potato chip the most popular of all salty snacks?

薯片是所有咸味零食中最受欢迎的吗？

It's very, very much dependent on personal preference. 短語搭配

这在很大程度上取决于个人喜好。

But if I were to look at certain countries, 語法

但如果我看看某些国家，

you could see like in the UK,

你会发现比如在英国，

it's very much part and parcel of life. 習語

它真的是生活中不可或缺的一部分。

You don't have it only during snack times, 語法

你不仅在吃零食的时候吃它，

you have it with lunch as well.

你吃午餐时也会配上它。

or you put it... My husband's from the UK

或者你把它夹在……我丈夫来自英国

Okay, and he kind of, puts it in his sandwich as well. 語氣意圖

好的，他还会把它夹在三明治里。

Oh, yeah.

喔，是的。

Cheese sandwich with a crisp inside. 語氣意圖

夹着薯片的奶酪三明治。

Oh, yeah, that's great.

喔，是的，那太棒了。

Exactly.

没错。

Jolene says the popularity of different snacks depends on personal preference. 短語搭配

Jolene 说不同零食的受欢迎程度取决于“个人喜好（personal preference）”。

Someone's subjective liking or disliking for something based on their personal opinion. 用詞

某人基于个人观点对某事物主观上的喜欢或不喜欢。

In some places,

在某些地方，

crisps are part and parcel of everyday life.

薯片是日常生活“不可或缺的一部分（part and parcel）”。

Part and parcel means to be an essential element or feature of something.

Part and parcel 的意思是一件事物的核心要素或特征。

In Britain,

在英国，

crisps are so essential that people even eat crisp sandwiches.

薯片如此重要，以至于人们甚至吃薯片三明治。

But not everywhere is so in love with potato chips.

但并不是所有地方都这么热爱薯片。

Let's meet Jenny Martinez,

让我们认识一下 Jenny Martinez，

a food vlogger from Mexico. 用詞

一位来自墨西哥的美食视频博主。

In Mexico,

在墨西哥，

tortilla corn chips are eaten instead of potato chips

人们吃的是玉米片而不是土豆片，

and it's common to see street vendors selling bags of corn tortillas filled with different sauces. 語法

街头小贩出售装有蘸着各种酱料的玉米片的袋子，这很常见。

Here,

在这里，

Jenny tells Ruth Alexander more for BBC World Service program The Food Chain.

Jenny 向 BBC 世界服务节目《食物链》的 Ruth Alexander 讲述了更多细节。

For you,

对你来说，

which is your go-to snack, 短語搭配

什么是你首选的零食，

the tortilla chip or the potato chip?

是玉米片还是土豆片？

Definitely the tortilla chip.

绝对是玉米片。

Why?

为什么？

Because you could do so many things, 短語搭配

因为你可以用它做很多事，

dip it in almost everything, 短語搭配

几乎可以蘸任何东西，

adding some guacamole,

加点牛油果酱，

spicy salsa,

辣莎莎酱，

or just sour cream with a mixture of chipotle sauce.

或者酸奶油混合墨西哥辣椒酱。

Ruth asks if tortillas are Jenny's go-to snack.

Ruth 问玉米片是否是 Jenny 的“首选（go-to）”零食。

You can use the phrase go-to to describe something which is relied upon 短語動詞

你可以用短语 go-to 来描述为了特定目的

to be the best thing for a particular purpose.

而被认为是最好、最可靠的事物。

For example,

例如，

for a lot of people,

对很多人来说，

Wikipedia is the go-to website for online information. 短語搭配

维基百科是获取在线信息的首选网站。

And Jenny thinks corn tortillas are especially good with guacamole,

Jenny 觉得玉米片配牛油果酱（guacamole）特别好吃，

a paste made of mashed avocado, 用詞

这是一种由捣碎的牛油果制成的酱料，

which sounds delicious

听起来很美味，

and maybe a little healthier than a British crisp sandwich.

而且可能比英国的薯片三明治更健康一点。

Speaking of which, 表達脈絡

说到这个，

what was the answer to your question, Neil?

你的问题答案是什么，Neil？

I asked you how heavy the world's largest bag of crisps was. 語法

我问你世界上最大的那包薯片有多重。

And I said,

我回答了，

"Very heavy, over 3.5 tons."

“非常重，超过 3.5 吨。”

Well, it's not that big, 表達脈絡

哎，它其实没那么大，

but the real answer is still enormous,

但真正的答案依然十分巨大，

about 1.5 tons.

大约 1.5 吨。

The bag, made in Riyadh, 語法

这个在利雅得制作的包装袋，

was 9 m tall.

有 9 米高。

Yeah.

哇哦。

Okay,

好了，

let's recap the vocabulary we've learned, 表達脈絡

让我们回顾一下今天学到的词汇，

starting with the phrase "you can't beat that",

从短语 you can't beat that 开始，

meaning that something is the best and you won't find anything better.

意思是某物是最好的，你找不到比这更好的了。

A snowball effect is a situation where one action causes other similar actions to happen. 習語

Snowball effect（雪球效应）指的是一种行动导致其他类似行动发生的情况。

Someone's personal preference is their subjective liking or disliking for something based on their own opinion.

某人的 personal preference（个人喜好）是他们基于自己的观点对某事物主观上的喜恶。

To be part and parcel of something means to be an essential or integral feature of it. 習語

To be part and parcel of something 意思是成为某物不可或缺或必不可少的特征。

And something which is described as the go-to can be relied upon as the best thing for a particular situation. 短語動詞

被描述为 go-to（首选）的事物可以被视为特定情况下的最佳选择。

And finally,

最后，

guacamole is a paste made of mashed avocado,

guacamole（牛油果酱）是一种由捣碎的牛油果、

lime juice, and salt.

青柠汁和盐制成的酱料。

Delicious.

非常美味。

Once again,

再一次，

our 6 minutes are up, 短語搭配

我们的 6 分钟时间到了，

but if you're hungry for more, 表達脈絡

但如果你还想学得更多，

then head over to our website, bbclearningenglish.com,

请访问我们的网站 bbclearningenglish.com，

where you'll find a worksheet and quiz for this episode.

你可以在那里找到本集节目的练习表和测验。

See you again soon,

期待很快再见，

but for now, goodbye.

但现在，再见了。

Goodbye.

再见。

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