「读书笔记」
何谓美式食物?乍听之下你可能认为答案容易得很。(At first you might think the answer is easy as pie.)对许多人而言,美式食物就是汉堡、热狗、炸鸡和披萨。(American food means hamburgers, hot dogs, fried chicken and pizza)如果你是好吃甜食的人,(If you have a sweet tooth,)你可能会想到苹果派或巧克力片饼干。美国人确实吃这些东西,但这些就是你在美国唯一找得到的食物吗?(But are those the only kind of vittles you can find in America?)
Pie是一种甜食,大家都吃过。它的制作方法简单,吃起来就更简单,所以easy as pie就有非常简单不费吹灰之力的意思。来看两个例子:
The job was easy as pie, and we finished up an hour early.
这项活对我们来说是小菜一碟,我们早在一小时前就完成了。
You want Mom to give you fifty dollars? Easy as pie. Just tell her you need to buy some new shoes.
你想叫妈妈给你五十美元,这容易,你只要告诉她你要买新鞋子。
其实,以前我们也讲过一个意思差不多的习语,大家还记得起来吗?对,就是a piece of cake,小菜一碟。
除了感恩节火鸡(Thanksgiving turkey)以外,挺难找到典型的美国食物。美国是个移民之地,(The United States is a land of immigrants)所以美国人吃的食物来自许多不同的国家,当人们移居美国,他们也将自己的烹调带了进来。(they bring their cooking styles with them)那也就是为什么在美国你几乎可以看到所有不同民族的食物。(Thats why you can find almost every kind of ethnic food in America)在某些情况中,美国人把外国的食物视为最爱。(In some cases, Americans have adopted foods from other countries as favorites)美国人喜爱意大利的披萨,墨西哥的玉米饼(Mexican tacos)和中国的春卷,(Chinese egg rolls)但是这些东西的美国版味道却不很道地!(But the American version doesnt taste quite like the original!)
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