你喜歡大蒜嗎？⏲️ 6分鐘英語：英語精讀講義

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

大家好，這裡是 BBC Learning English 的《6分鐘英語》。

I'm Neil.

我是尼爾。

And I'm Beth.

我是貝絲。

It smells delicious sizzling in oil 片語搭配

它在油裡滋滋作響時聞起來很香，

and it's great for keeping vampires away, 文化背景

並且很適合用來趕走吸血鬼，

but don't eat it on a first date. 片語搭配

但千萬別在第一次約會時吃它。

I'm talking, of course, about garlic. 表達脈絡

我說的當然是大蒜。

Neil, do you like garlic?

尼爾，你喜歡大蒜嗎？

Oh yes, I love garlic.

喔，是的，我超愛大蒜。

I had a very garlicky meal last night. 用詞

我昨晚吃了一頓大蒜味很重的飯。

Mm, I know.

嗯，我知道。

I can smell it from here. 語氣意圖

我在這兒都能聞到。

Here is Jason Chan,

下面是傑森·陳（Jason Chan），

an Australian chef who specializes in Asian cuisine, 片語搭配

一位專攻亞洲美食的澳洲主廚，

and Poul Erik Jensen,

還有保羅·埃里克·詹森（Poul Erik Jensen），

a Danish chef living in France,

一位住在法國的丹麥主廚，

talking about their love of garlic

正在談論他們對大蒜的喜愛

to BBC World Service program The Food Chain.

這是 BBC 國際頻道節目《食物鏈》（The Food Chain）的內容。

I love garlic because

我喜歡大蒜，因為

it's a versatile ingredient that can be used for cooking 講解

它是一種多用途的烹飪食材，

and offers various health benefits. 片語搭配

並且提供各種健康益處。

We use it a lot.

我們經常使用它。

So from stocks to soups and in vegetable dishes, meat dishes, 表達脈絡

所以從高湯到湯品，再到蔬菜料理、肉類料理，

there's very certain a clove of garlic in somewhere. 用詞

幾乎肯定都會在某處放一瓣大蒜。

Yeah.

是的。

It's unimaginable not using garlic. 文法

煮飯不用大蒜簡直難以想像。

Jason loves garlic because it's versatile,

傑森喜歡大蒜是因為它用途廣泛（versatile），

meaning it can be used in many different ways. 表達脈絡

意思是它可以有許多不同的用法。

And Poul thinks cooking without garlic is unimaginable, 文法

而保羅認為做飯不用大蒜是難以想像的（unimaginable），

meaning it's difficult to imagine because it would be so bad.

意思是這很難想像，因為那樣會很糟。

Love garlic or hate it. 表達脈絡

無論你喜歡大蒜還是討厭它。

In this episode, we'll be finding out more about this versatile strong-smelling food. 片語動詞

在本期節目中，我們將去了解更多關於這種氣味濃烈、用途廣泛的食物。

And as usual,

像往常一樣，

we'll be learning some useful new words and phrases as well.

我們也將學習一些有用的新單字和片語。

And remember,

還有記得，

you can find all the vocabulary from this episode

你可以在我們的網站上找到本期節目的所有詞彙，

on our website bbclearningenglish.com.

網址是 bbclearningenglish.com。

Now, Beth, I have a question for you.

現在，貝絲，我有一個問題要問妳。

It's a little-known fact that of the 600 varieties of garlic, 講解

鮮為人知的是，在 600 種大蒜中，

many grew only in the former Soviet Union 文化背景

有許多只生長在前蘇聯，

and were unavailable in the West 文化背景

並且在西方是買不到的，

until the fall of Communism in the 1990s. 文化背景

直到 1990 年代共產主義垮台。

So, which of the following varieties of garlic grew in the former USSR? 片語搭配

那麼，以下哪種大蒜品種曾生長在蘇聯？

Is it A, Rocambole,

是 A，Rocambole，

B, Fire,

B，Fire，

or C, Riesig?

還是 C，Riesig？

Oh, I have no idea.

喔，我毫無頭緒。

I'm going to guess Fire. 語氣意圖

我猜是 Fire。

Okay.

好的。

We'll find out if you're right at the end of the program. 片語動詞

我們會在節目最後揭曉妳是否猜對了。

Garlic is much more than just a cooking ingredient. 表達脈絡

大蒜不僅僅是一種烹飪食材。

For centuries, garlic was an important food throughout ancient Egypt,

幾個世紀以來，大蒜在古埃及、

Greece, and Rome, as well as India and China. 片語搭配

希臘和羅馬，以及印度和中國，都是一種重要的食物。

It was the Roman Empire that brought garlic to European countries like France. 文法

正是羅馬帝國將大蒜引入了法國等歐洲國家。

And everywhere garlic grew,

大蒜生長到哪裡，

it was praised for its health-giving powers. 用詞

哪裡的人們就會稱讚它賦予健康的力量。

Here, BBC presenter Rumella Dasgupta

下面，BBC 主持人魯梅拉·達斯古普塔（Rumella Dasgupta）

asks author and garlic expert Robin Cherry

向作家兼大蒜專家羅賓·切里（Robin Cherry）提問，

about garlic's medicinal uses on BBC World Service The Food Chain. 用詞

在 BBC 國際頻道《食物鏈》節目中探討大蒜的藥用價值。

And what kind of illnesses or conditions

請問有哪些類型的疾病或病症

would they have treated, for instance? 文法

是他們曾治療過的呢，舉例來說？

Everything from cancer, scurvy, the plague, respiratory ailments. 表達脈絡

從癌症、壞血病、瘟疫到呼吸系統疾病，無所不治。

It was used as an aphrodisiac. 片語搭配

它還被用作春藥。

Garlic was used to treat respiratory ailments. 片語搭配

大蒜被用來治療呼吸系統疾病（respiratory ailments）。

An ailment is another word for an illness or minor health problem. 用詞

ailment 是疾病或小健康問題的另一種說法。

So a respiratory ailment is an illness of the lungs.

所以呼吸系統疾病（respiratory ailment）就是肺部疾病。

In ancient Greece, garlic was also used as an aphrodisiac,

在古希臘，大蒜也被用作春藥（aphrodisiac），

a food or drink believed to increase sexual desire. 文法

一種被認為能增加性慾的食物或飲料。

But interestingly, this was the same reason why some cultures avoided eating garlic altogether, 片語搭配

但有趣的是，這也是為什麼某些文化完全避免吃大蒜的原因，

including a religious group from India called Jains. 文化背景

包括印度一個叫耆那教徒（Jains）的宗教團體。

Yes.

是的。

Jainism is an ancient Indian religion like Hinduism and Buddhism

耆那教（Jainism）是一種像印度教和佛教一樣的古老印度宗教，

based on the idea of ahimsa or non-violence. 文化背景

基於阿希姆薩（ahimsa）即非暴力的理念。

But unlike many Hindus and Buddhists, 表達脈絡

但與許多印度教徒和佛教徒不同的是，

Jains' definition of non-violence includes plants and vegetables. 文化背景

耆那教徒對非暴力的定義包含了植物和蔬菜。

Jains don't eat garlic

耆那教徒不吃大蒜，

because uprooting the plant kills both it and the soil ecosystem it grows in. 文化背景

因為連根拔起植物會殺死植物本身以及它生長的土壤生態系統。

Here's Sonal Ved,

這是索納爾·維德（Sonal Ved），

a Mumbai-based cooking show host and author of many books on Indian cuisine,

她是一位常駐孟買的烹飪節目主持人，也是許多印度美食書籍的作者，

explaining another reason why Jains avoid garlic

她在解釋耆那教徒不吃大蒜的另一個原因，

to BBC World Service program The Food Chain.

這是 BBC 國際頻道節目《食物鏈》的內容。

According to Hinduism also, 片語搭配

根據印度教的說法，

garlic is considered a food which is called a tamasic food. 文化背景

大蒜被認為是一種被稱為「塔馬斯」（tamasic，惰性）食物的食品。

It is believed to stimulate desire, passion, aggression, 文法

人們相信它會刺激慾望、激情和攻擊性，

and that's why they abstain from eating those kinds of food 用詞

這就是為什麼他們避免吃這類食物，

because it is believed to impact your spiritual growth and also your mental clarity. 片語搭配

因為人們認為它會影響你的心靈成長和思維清晰度。

Jains abstain from eating garlic.

耆那教徒戒食（abstain from）大蒜。

If you abstain from doing something, 文法

如果你對做某事 abstain，

you choose not to do it.

意思是你選擇不做。

For example, you might abstain from tobacco or alcohol because you know they're bad for your health.

例如，你可能會戒菸或戒酒（abstain from），因為你知道它們對健康有害。

Like the ancient Greeks, 表達脈絡

和古希臘人一樣，

Jains believe that garlic stimulates sexual desire. 用詞

耆那教徒認為大蒜會刺激性慾。

The verb to stimulate means encourage it or cause it to develop and grow.

動詞 stimulate 意思是鼓勵它或促使它發展和增長。

Modern medicine has confirmed some of these ancient beliefs about the health benefits of garlic, 表達脈絡

現代醫學已經證實了其中一些關於大蒜健康益處的古老觀念，

including reduced blood pressure and better gut health. 用詞

包括降低血壓和改善腸道健康。

Okay, Neil,

好了，尼爾，

isn't it time you revealed the answer to your question? 語氣意圖

是不是該揭曉你剛才那道題的答案了？

Yes, Beth.

是的，貝絲。

I asked you which variety of garlic grew in the former USSR.

我問妳前蘇聯生長的是哪個品種的大蒜。

And I said Fire.

妳說是 Fire。

Was I right?

妳猜對了嗎？

You were absolutely correct. 片語搭配

妳完全正確。

Fire or Georgian Fire is a hot white garlic 用詞

Fire 或 Georgian Fire 是一種辛辣的白蒜，

from the Republic of Georgia in the former Soviet Union. 文化背景

來自前蘇聯的喬治亞共和國。

Okay, let's recap the vocabulary we've learned starting with versatile, 表達脈絡

好的，讓我們回顧一下我們學過的單字，從 versatile 開始，

an adjective meaning to have many different purposes or uses.

這是一個形容詞，意思是有許多不同的用途或用法。

The phrase it's unimaginable is used to say that something is difficult to imagine 表達脈絡

片語 it's unimaginable 用於表示某事很難想像，

because it would be so good or so bad.

因為它會太好或太糟。

An ailment is an illness or health problem.

ailment 是一種疾病或健康問題。

An aphrodisiac is a food or drink believed to increase sexual desire.

aphrodisiac 是一種被認為能增加性慾的食物或飲料。

If you abstain from something,

如果你對某事 abstain，

you choose not to do it.

意思是你選擇不去做。

And finally,

最後，

to stimulate means to encourage something or cause it to grow.

stimulate 意思是鼓勵某事或促使它增長。

Once again, our 6 minutes are up. 表達脈絡

我們的 6 分鐘又到了。

If you've enjoyed this episode,

如果你喜歡本期節目，

then head over to our website bbclearningenglish.com, 片語動詞

請造訪我們的網站 bbclearningenglish.com，

where you'll find a quiz and worksheet to practice the vocabulary you've learnt.

那裡有測驗和學習單，幫助你複習學過的單字。

See you again soon,

我們很快再見，

but for now, it's goodbye. 片語搭配

但現在該說再見了。

Goodbye.

再見。

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