美語情景對話 第1080期:Soup for Supper 晚飯喝湯

Todd: Okay. So Sarah, I see you eat soup every day at work. Why are you eating soup every day?

託德：好。薩拉，我看到你每天上班都會喝湯。你爲什麼每天都喝湯？

Sarah: That's because I love to cook soup.

薩拉：因爲我喜歡做湯喝。

Todd: So you make the soup?

託德：你自己動手做湯？

Sarah: Yes, it's very easy to make.

薩拉：對，很容易做的。

Todd: So you cook it and then you just bring it to work everyday?

託德：你做好以後帶去辦公室？

Sarah: Yeah. I just make a lot on Monday and then I bring it to work everyday of the week.

薩拉：對。我週一會做很多湯，然後工作日每天帶一點去辦公室。

Todd: Oh nice. So how do you make the soup? What's your secret?

託德：真不錯。你怎麼做湯？有什麼祕訣嗎？

Sarah: Well, I like to cook very easy. So I buy meat that's already cut up, usually, chicken and then some rice, usually brown rice and then I buy some vegetables. So after I bought the ingredients, I chop them up and I put them all together in water until boils and add some seasoning.

薩拉：我喜歡簡單烹飪。我會買已經切好的肉，通常我會買雞肉，再買些糙米和蔬菜。買好原料以後，我會把它們切碎，然後等水開以後一起放進去煮，最後再加一些調味品。

Todd: Okay. So you say the water boils, so as soon as the water boils that's when you put in all the ingredients?

託德：好。你說把水煮開，那是水一開你就把所有原料都放進去煮嗎？

Sarah: Yes, that's right.

薩拉：對，沒錯。

Todd: So you don't put in the ingredients before the water boils.

託德：在水煮開以前不放原料。

Sarah: No. I guess, it's just easier for the water to be hot because then the vegetables and the meat cook a little faster.

薩拉：不放。水開以後再放進去煮比較容易，因爲這樣蔬菜和肉熟的更快。

Todd: So how do you give the soup flavoring?

託德：那怎麼給湯調味？

Sarah: I usually add salt and pepper, maybe some garlic. And depending on the type of soup, either maybe some soy sauce or lemon juice.

薩拉：一般我會加鹽、辣椒還有一些大蒜。這要取決於是哪種湯，有的湯要放醬油或檸檬汁。

Todd: Okay. Do you put in the flavoring after you put in the ingredients or before you put in the ingredients?

託德：好。你是在放原料之後加調味品還是在之前調味？

Sarah: Maybe after but usually, right about all at the same time.

薩拉：放原料之後，不過我差不多是同時進行調味。

Todd: Okay.

託德：好。

Sarah: So I just put everything in at one time.

薩拉：我會同時把所有東西放進去。

Todd: And then after you cook the soup, do you put the soup in the refrigerator? Do you let it sit outside?

託德：湯做好以後你是把湯放進冰箱嗎？還是先在外面放一會兒？

Sarah: I usually eat some right then, and I also put it in containers for the week. But I let it sit in the containers out on the counter for a while for it to cool before I put in the refrigerator.

薩拉：做好以後我會喝一點兒，然後把要帶去辦公室的湯放在容器裏。裝湯的容器要先在廚房的操作檯上放一會兒，然後再放進冰箱。

Todd: All right. And so, you don't put it in the refrigerator until it is cool?

託德：好。在湯涼了以後你纔會放到冰箱裏去？

Sarah: Until it's about room temperature.

薩拉：在湯的溫度和室溫差不多的時候放進去。

Todd: Okay, nice. And then how do you heat it up? Do you heat it up in a pot or do you heat it up in the microwave?

託德：好，很好。那你怎麼加熱？你是用鍋熱湯還是用微波爐熱？

Sarah: In the microwave. It's the easiest.

薩拉：用微波爐。這是最簡單的方法。

Todd: Yeah. Nice. So you make enough for five meals?

託德：對，不錯。你會做出足夠五頓飯的量？

Sarah: Maybe, sometimes. If I think I will get tired of eating it during the week then maybe I'll just make enough for three or four meals. But if it's some kind that I think is really delicious and I know I want to eat it everyday, then I'll make a lot.

薩拉：也許吧，有時是。如果我認爲這個湯喝一禮拜我會喝膩，那我可能只做三四頓的量出來。如果我認爲那個湯非常好喝，我知道我想每天都喝，那我就會多做一些。

Todd: Well, if that happens, when you make the soup, you can make it for six or seven and give me a bowl.

託德：如果是這樣，你做湯的時候，可以做出六七頓的量來，然後給我一碗。

Sarah: Okay. I'll do that next time.

薩拉：好。下次我就這麼做。

Todd: Oh great. Thanks.

託德：真不錯。謝謝。

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重點講解：
1. chop up 切碎；剁碎；
例句：The meat should be chopped up into small pieces.
肉應該要剁成小塊。
2. as soon as 一…就…；
例句：As soon as the equipment is wired up, you can use it.
這個設備一接通電源你就能用了。
3. heat up 加熱；
例句：You'd better heat up the tomato soup.
你最好把蕃茄湯熱一下。
4. get tired of 厭煩的；厭倦的；
例句：I started a new hobby. I got tired of working in the garden.
我開始了新的愛好，我對養花已經厭倦了。