John: Hello, this is Real English from BBC Learning
English, I’m John
Chen
Li: 大家好，我是陳鸝，歡迎收聽純正英語
John: In Real English, we look at words and phrases that you might not find
in your dictionary.
Chen Li: 英語是一種十分定式化的語言，所以學習一些英國人在現實生活中使用的固定用法和俚語是十分必要的。
John: And today’s word is ‘spuds’…‘spuds’. That’s spelt S.P.U.D.S.
Chen Li: 它是什么意思
John: Well, it’s quite simple – spuds are potatoes
Chen Li: 土豆，為什么土豆有這樣的俚語 說法呢？
John: Well I suppose it’s because traditionally, British food includes a lot
of spuds!
Chen Li: 那倒是真的，我注意到英國人的確是很多土豆，那么是不是在任何場合都可以使用spuds 來替代 potatoes 呢。
John: Yes, let’s hear an example.
Insert
A: I’m just going to the shops – do you need anything?
B: Oh, yes actually, could you get me a few spuds to have with dinner?
Thanks.
John: Of course in Britain we cook spuds in lots of different ways. You can
have roast spuds.
Chen Li: 燒烤土豆
John: or mashed spuds
Chen Li: 土豆泥
John: or just boiled spuds
Chen Li: 或者水煮土豆. Do you eat a lot of spuds John?
John: Well, I quite like spuds, but I do eat lots of other things too, like
rice and pasta. These days in Britain we eat lots of different types of food –
like Chinese food for example.
Chen Li: 我是注意到在這里，中國菜很受大眾歡迎，通常很少有以土豆為主要原料的菜肴。
John: No, I suppose there aren’t many spuds in Chinese cooking.
Chen Li: 那么來復習一下吧，今天我們學的詞是：
John: Spuds… which is a slang word for potatoes.
Chen Li: 別忘記您可以瀏覽我們的網頁，網址是 www.bbc.co.uk/china
John: Join us again soon for some more Real English, from BBC Learning
English. Goodbye.
Chen Li: 再會
