
嚐鮮一下
Alice is having a conversation with her coworker Kumar.
愛麗絲正在跟她的同事庫瑪對話。
Alice: Kumar, I’m starving! Do you want to get lunch?
愛麗絲:庫瑪,我快餓死了!要不要一起去吃午餐?
starving(adj.)極餓的、餓壞的
Kumar: Yeah, sure! How about a South Indian restaurant?
庫瑪:好啊!去南印度餐廳怎麼樣?
How about…~如何?
Alice: Sounds good! What kind of food do they have?
愛麗絲:聽起來不錯!那裡有什麼菜?
kind(n.)種類kind of N.一種~/kind of adj.有點
Kumar: They have dosa, idli, and curry.
庫瑪:他們有多薩、伊德利和咖哩。
Alice: Dosa? What’s that?
愛麗絲:多薩?那是什麼?
Kumar: Dosa is made with rice and lentils. It’s like a thin, crispy pancake. You eat it with spicy sauce.
庫瑪:多薩是用米和豆子做成的,像是薄薄又酥脆的煎餅,要配辣醬一起吃。
be made with…由~製成的crispy(adj.)酥脆的crunchy脆脆的spicy(adj.)辣的
Alice: Oh, that sounds delicious! And what about idli?
愛麗絲:哦,聽起來好好吃!那伊德利呢?
Kumar: Idli is soft and white. It’s like a small rice cake. People eat it for breakfast in South India.
庫瑪:伊德利白白的、很柔軟,像是小小的米糕。南印度人常常早餐吃它。
soft(adj.)柔軟的
Alice: Nice! I want to try both dosa and idli.
愛麗絲:好棒!我想都試試看。
both N.兩個都/both A and B:A和B都
Kumar: Great! I’ll order a masala dosa — it has spicy potatoes inside — and some idli to share.
庫瑪:太好了!我點馬沙拉多沙,裡面有辣味馬鈴薯,再點一些伊德利一起吃。
order(v.)點餐、預訂、命令、排序
Alice: Yum! And maybe a mango lassi too?
愛麗絲:好耶!那我也想喝芒果優格飲!
lassi(n.)來自印度和巴基斯坦的傳統飲品
Kumar: Perfect choice. Let’s go eat!
庫瑪:太棒了,走吧,一起去吃!