VOA常速英语:US Tourists Treated to True Taste of Tuscany

短语讲解：

1. She hands out an Italian breakfast staple - cornetti - pastries filled with custard - to a half-dozen Americans.

hand out拿出, 取出; 提出; 分发, 发给, 散发
例句：Please hand out the reading materials to the students.
请把这些阅读材料分发给学生。
fill with (使)充〔挤〕满
例句：The sky filled with stars.
满天星斗。

2. She fell in love with a Tuscan man and decided to return.

fall in love with爱上
例句：He has fallen in love with Mary.
他已爱上了玛丽。

3. For visitors, when they come to the city to not go away with a bad taste in their mouth.

go away走开；离去；（岁月）流逝；死去
例句：I'm tired of your constant complaints; go away and leave me in peace!
我讨厌你老是抱怨; 走开, 让我安静点!

4. She says tourists often fall into a bad-food trap after a long day of museum-hopping.

fall into落入，陷入，掉进
例句：The boy fell into water and had to be pulled out at once.
男孩掉入了水中，必须马上拉上来。

5. Mazzaglia has to start from scratch in describing Tuscan cuisine, particularly to Americans who imagine they’ll be eating pizza and spaghetti.

start from scratch从头做起，从零开始
例句：It's completely ruined, so we'll have to start from scratch.
它完全毁了, 我们只好从头做起。

6. Her clients see and savor this so-called “poor man’s food” based on beans, vegetables and wild game.

base on使建立在…基础上,立足
例句：Action should be based on solid facts.
行动应有确凿的事实为依据。

7. She and the others dine on spelt salad, stuffed zucchini and are encouraged to try salted cod on Friday.

dine on吃…
例句：How pleasant it is to dine on fine well-cooked fish and fresh vegetables, in such charming surroundings!
在这个如此迷人的环境中, 能吃上精心烹调的鱼和鲜嫩可口的蔬菜该有多美。

8. We all come equipped with basic equipment - the taste buds for that.

equip with装备，配备
例句：They equipped themselves with a pair of sharp axes and set off for the forest.
他们带上两把利斧便朝森林走去。

9. They’ll also make sure their extra virgin olive oil isn’t more than a year old and won’t judge it by its color.

judge by根据〔由〕…作出判断
例句：A man should be judged by his deeds, not his words.
判断一个人应根据他的行为, 而不是他的言词。

10. However, according to Mazzaglia, Americans are becoming more familiar with Italian cuisine thanks to cooking shows on television.

familiar with熟悉的
例句：I am not very familiar with European history.
我对欧洲历史不太熟悉。
thanks to幸亏, 多亏, 由于
例句：Thanks to your help, we were successful.
由于你的帮助, 我们得以成功。