A few days later; in a restaurant in Hilo on the Big Island$ M( c2 q, s/ s- o" C7 J. K
Jun: What is this meat on the rice?
8 _+ \; l! {7 }0 f! U/ z$ j Lisa: It's spam. Hawaiians eat more spam than any other people in the world!8 @5 w+ P1 H. f. l! q0 r) R
Jun: Well, it tastes weird. I liked Feather's hemp meat better.( Z0 {% _( W. ?! ?; A/ Q( T
Lisa: We eat eleven thousand cans of this stuff a day! Here, try some of my poi.$ P5 h; X' t- T4 K! q% i5 w
Jun: Gross. Kind of like congee but nasty.# ?1 R! Y8 h9 z! o- S( @ V
Lisa: It's an acquired taste, yes. But it's a staple of the islands.* A6 @6 D+ i) g2 a }' z( M" z
Jun: What are those people outside carrying signs about?. `8 c' E, n2 `( Q. T# A
Lisa: I think they're Hawaiian independence activists. Let's look when we're done eating.7 b& ~* W- [ T8 n
小君：这饭上面是什么肉？
K8 I x$ p. h: R) @* w0 e 莉莎：是猪肉罐头的肉。夏威夷比世界上其它民族要吃掉更多罐头猪肉。
0 N8 p3 s) i% }- ]% A, z8 i 小君：嗯，味道尝起来怪怪的。我比较喜欢羽毛的大麻种子素猪肉。
5 W) S2 N% X# s, ~! q 莉莎：我们一天要吃掉一万一千罐这种罐头呢。来，尝尝我的芋泥。
0 Y$ n& B% ]4 x1 e 小君：好恶心喔。有点像粥，不过很恶滥。
1 V' x" a$ ^9 R0 B" H8 [ 莉莎：是啦，这味道是需要去习惯。但是，这是岛上的主食。
, m0 M7 @' r: r+ a0 Q3 ~ 小君：外面那些拿牌子的人在干嘛？$ Z3 ?' Y% h) O- w( p: i
莉莎：我想他们应该是夏威夷独立运动份子。我们吃完饭后出去看看吧。2 X; Q+ W4 R7 D" c' t
重点解说：
! f& o( |$ H" i1 j9 X0 { ★ spam (n.) 猪肉罐头，poi (n.) 夏威夷用芋头烹煮的菜肴，congee(n.) 粥，稀饭
2 e+ a+ h9 u8 r/ r+ [ ★ staple (n.) 主食+ N' K1 p; m* p- U
★ acquired taste (n.) 需要去习惯而后才会喜欢的味道. _; }# X- x8 Q* p
★ activist (n.) 行动派份子，Hawaiian independence |
发表于 2012-8-14 12:34:02
