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雅思口语下午茶又来啦

今日份的茶要聊些什么呢

这期咱们聊：吃！

今天的二朵口语下午茶时间，跟大家讨论的就是雅思机经口语part 2高频话题，特殊时候吃的食物：

Describe a kind of food that people eat during a special event.

You should say

What it is

What it tastes

When people eat it

And explain how you feel about it

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说到特殊场合和时节吃的东西，那各个节日都可以派上用场啦，比如中秋节的月饼，端午节的粽子，过生日吃的长寿面，感恩节的火鸡等等。

重点表达点拨：

感恩节： Thanksgiving day

端午节： Dragon-boat festival

粽子：glutinous rice dumpling

长寿面 birthday noodle／ longevity noodle

思路一

冬至／过年吃的饺子／汤圆

说到过年和冬至到底该吃饺子还是汤圆，势必又是一场南北之争大战，南方人吃汤圆，寓意团团圆圆，北方人冬至吃饺子，为了防止冬天刺骨的寒风冻耳朵。 耳朵还提到，在她们老家，长辈会在饺子里包一枚硬币，谁吃的来年最幸运哦。

重点表达点拨：

冬至：winter solstice

团圆 family reunion

饺子皮dumpling wrapper

饺子馅 dumpling fillings

把硬币包到饺子馅里  put a coin into the dumpling fillings

好运 good fortune

下午茶小知识：

在google上搜索dumpling的图片，你会发现出现的图片不只是饺子，还有包子……，任何“面皮裹馅儿”的食物都可以叫“dumpling”，比如馄饨、包子粽子等。 而且因为 dumpling “面皮裹馅儿”的形式有普适性，每个地方都有类似的食物，只不过叫法不同。

比如日本饺子 gyoza

意大利饺子ravioli

西班牙／南美饺子 empanada

思路二

中秋节 月饼

这个思路可以从月饼的寓意，嫦娥奔月的传说, 还有各种各样月饼的不同口味展开哦。

重点表达点拨：

传说: legend

红豆沙 Red bean paste:

莲蓉 Lotus paste

奶黄 Custard

咸鸭蛋黄 Salted duck egg yolk

鲜肉月饼 Pork mooncakes

冰淇淋月饼Ice cream mooncakes

五仁Five nuts

Ray老师示范音频文本

Speaking of a special food that I eat during a special event. From my memory, of all Chinese delicacies that people eat during all festivals, such as mooncakes, dumplings, hotpots, sticky rice bowls, I believe that the longevity noodle made by my grandmother is the most special one that I eat. I have been eating it since I was a little kid, because my grandmother makes longevity noodle only for me during Chinese spring festival. When making noodles , the Cantonese use bamboos while those who live in central place applying a rolling pole . so making noodle is a skill that girls living in central place must master. My grandmother lives in another city － Wuhan, so I only get to see her when we are celebrating Chinese Spring Festival . It tastes just like normal noodle with soup, however, it takes more time and effort to prepare compared with other sort of noodles. Being the only child of my grandmother, I was very spoiled by her actually, because I am the only one who she makes longevity noodles for. When making it ,she has to pound,  moisturize and pull the dough repeatedly and carefully just to make sure that the noodle doesn’t break in the middle. In China, a lot of people eat longevity noodle on their birthdays and in Chinese spring festivals. However, just like I said, I only eat it during Chinese spring festival because there is a long distance between my home and my grandparents’ home. So it definitely conveys greetings and wishes from my grandmother for me. That’s why I think this is the great symbol for family reunion and that’s why longevity noodle is the special food that I eat during special events.