Hi, my name is Kara and in today's video, we are going to talk about food and meals and everything about food. So when you are asked on your IELTS speaking test what do you think about food, you will have all the answers after today's lesson.
嗨，我叫卡拉，在今天的视频中，我们将谈论食物和餐食，以及跟有关食物的一切。因此当你在雅思口语考试中被问到对食物的看法时，今天的课程结束之后，你将学会所有答案。
Let's get started. So here we have different words to describe types of meals.
我们开始吧。所以在这里我们有不同的词来描述餐食。
Your examiner may ask you, what do you like to eat, what types of meals do you enjoy eating. Number one, you might be able to tell them, I like to eat ready meals.
考官可能会问你喜欢吃什么，你喜欢吃什么菜。首先，你也许可以告诉他们，我喜欢吃即食食品。
Ready meals are fast and convenient and anyone can make them. You can usually find them at 7-11 or any grocery store, a convenience store, places where you can buy the food, take it home and all you have to do is heat it up and then you're done.
即食食品既方便又快捷，任何人都可以做。你通常可以在 7-11 或任何杂货店，便利店，你可以买到这这种食物的地方，把它带回家，你要做的就是将其加热并然后就完成了。
It's as easy as that. That's the great thing about ready meals.
就这么简单。这就是即食食品的优点。
They are very easy and convenient. So perhaps you could tell your examiner, I enjoy ready meals because I am very busy and I always can find a 7-11 to heat up my dinner and be good for the night.
它们非常简单和方便。所以也许你可以告诉考官，我喜欢吃即食食品，因为我很忙，我总是会找一家 7-11 加热我的晚餐，然后就好了。
Then we also have slap-up meals. These talk about big meals, very big meals that make you feel happy and satisfied.
然后我们有盛宴。它们指的是大餐，非常丰盛的大餐，让你感到快乐和满足。
So maybe your examiner asks you what do you like to eat after a long day. You could tell them, I enjoy having a slap-up meal after a long stressful day, because it makes me feel so happy and satisfied and forget about all the work I had to do that day.
所以也许考官会问你漫长的一天之后想要吃什么。你可以告诉他们，经过漫长而紧张一天后，我喜欢吃大餐，因为这让我感到非常高兴和满足，忘记了我那天要做的所有工作。
Next on our list, we have gourmet meals. These are really fancy, nice meals where you sit down and enjoy your time.
我们清单上的下一个是美味佳肴。这些指的是很精美的餐食，你可以坐下来享受美好时光。
They are usually much more expensive and they are fancy. So perhaps you could tell your examiner, when I work really hard, I like to treat myself to a gourmet meal of my favorite food at an expensive restaurant, because I deserve it.
它们通常更昂贵，而且很精美。所以也许你可以告诉考官，当我工作真的很辛苦时，我喜欢去一家昂贵的餐厅用我最喜欢的美味佳肴犒劳自己，因为我值得。
Okay. Next on our list we have home-cooked meals.
好的。我们清单上的下一个是家常菜。
This phrase is pretty straightforward. They are meals that are cooked at home.
这个短语很直接。它们指的是在家煮的饭。
Right, so when you do all the cooking yourself. Usually, people have home-cooked meals with their families.
是的，所以是你自己做所有的饭菜。人们通常会跟家人一起吃家常菜。
During the holidays is when I think of having a home-cooked meal. So maybe your favorite meal of the whole year is when you have a nice home-cooked meal for Thanksgiving with your family.
过节是我想到的吃家常菜的时刻。所以也许你全年最喜欢的饭是与你的家人一起过感恩节时吃的家常菜。
Or you could say, I try to have a home-cooked meal with my family at least once a week. So it can take the time to talk to each other while we're eating.
或者你可以说，我努力每周至少和我的家人一起吃一次家常菜。这样在我们吃饭的时候可以慢慢花时间互相交谈。
Then next we have cuisine, cuisine from different places. We can talk about Italian cuisine, Chinese cuisine, Indian cuisine.
然后我们有美食，来自不同地方的美食。我们可以谈论意大利美食，中国美食，印度美食。
There are as many examples as there are countries. This is simply food from a certain place, so food that is from India, food from China, food from Italy.
有多少国家就有多少美食的例子。这只是来自某个地方的食物，即来自印度的食物，来自中国的食物，来自意大利的食物。
You get the idea. You could tell your examiner, I really enjoy Chinese cuisine and try to get it as much as possible, but sometimes all the restaurants are closed and all I can get is Italian cuisine, which is fine, too.
你懂的。你可以告诉考官，我真的很喜欢中国菜，并且有机会就尽可能多吃，但有时所有餐馆关门了，我只能去吃意大利菜，也很好吃。
Then last on our list we have poultry. Poultry is simply birds birds that we eat.
然后在我们清单的最后，我们有家禽。家禽就是我们吃的鸟类。
You could tell your examiner, I really enjoy eating poultry. I like to eat chicken and turkey and duck.
你可以告诉考官，我真的很喜欢吃家禽。我喜欢吃鸡肉和火鸡，还有鸭子。
Any animal that is a bird, that you like to eat, we call poultry. Next, it's time to focus on vocabulary talking about eating habits.
任何你喜欢吃的鸟类，我们都叫做家禽。接下来我们要专注于谈论饮食习惯的词汇。
Your examiner might ask you, what are your eating habits like, or do you have healthy eating habits. These phrases and words will help you talk about the way that you eat.
考官可能会问你你的饮食习惯是什么样的，或者你是否有健康的饮食习惯。这些短语和单词会帮助你谈论你吃饭的方式。
So let's get started. First, we have grabbed a quick bite to eat, or have a quick snack.
我们开始吧。首先我们有快速吃东西或快速吃零食。
This means that you're eating just a little bit in a very quick amount of time. So you eat a small amount very quickly, very fast.
这意味着你在很短的时间内吃一点点。所以你非常快速地吃少量东西。
You might say to your examiner, I am a very busy person and eating isn't very important to me. So in the middle of my workday, I will grab a bite to eat before going back to work.
你可能跟考官说，我非常忙碌，吃对我来说不是很重要。所以在工作中我会在回去工作之前快速吃点东西。
Or if I have a second, I will have a quick snack but then go right back to work. So again, these two phrases you can use to talk about eating just a little bit very fast.
或者如果我有一点时间，我会快速吃点零食，然后马上回去工作。所以你可以使用这两个短语谈论快速地吃一点点东西。
Sound good. You might also tell your examiner, I love to eat like a horse.
听起来不错。你可能还会告诉考官，我喜欢像马一样吃东西。
Now a horse is a big animal, right? Therefore, to eat like a horse is to eat a lot you love to eat food in a big amount.
马很大，对吗？因此，像马一样吃就是指你喜欢吃很多食物。
So maybe you could say, I try to eat a little bit at a time. But sometimes I can't help but to eat like a horse and then take a long nap.
所以也许你可以说我尝试一次吃一点。但是有时候我忍不住要暴食，然后小睡一会儿。
Sound good. Okay, number three on our list, we have work up an appetite.
听起来不错。好的，我们清单上的第三个是忙得饿了。
This means that you work until you are very hungry. So if you like to work a lot and you may not have time to grab a bite to eat, you could maybe tell your examiner I work so hard and forget to eat.
这意味着你一直工作直到你非常饿。所以如果你想做很多事情，你可能没有时间吃点东西，也许你可以告诉考官我工作很努力，忙饿了。
And then at the end of the day, I've realized I really work up an appetite. I forgot to eat.
然后在一天结束时，我才意识到我真的忙饿了。我忘了吃饭。
So now I am very hungry. So if you forget to eat or are working so hard, you become hungry, you can tell your examiner I work up an appetite most of the time.
所以现在我很饿。所以如果你忘记吃饭或工作很努力，你变得很饿，你可以告诉考官大部分时候我会忙得忘了吃饭。
Next, we have eat a balanced diet. So balanced is not too much of any one thing.
下一个是饮食均衡。均衡指的是没有吃太多任何一种食物。
And diet talks about what you eat. This usually means that you eat healthy.
而饮食谈论的是你吃的东西。这通常意味着你吃得很健康。
You could tell your examiner, I try not to eat too much junk food, bad food, or fast food too frequently. I try to eat a balanced diet.
你可以告诉考官我尽量不要频繁吃太多垃圾食品，不好的食物或快餐。我努力均衡饮食。
So I am healthy and strong. Sounds good.
所以我很健康而且很强壮。听起来不错。
We also have the phrase wine and dine. So wine talking about wine that you drink, and dine talking about sitting down to eat.
我们还有一边喝酒一边吃饭这个短语。所以酒指的是喝的葡萄酒，而用餐指的是坐下来吃饭。
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