实战口语情景对话 第1019期:Belgium Dining 比利时餐饮

Ade: Now Chris, in our last conversation you told me you come from Belgium. And I would like to know, what kind of food do you eat in Belgium?
阿德琳娜：克里斯，上次你告诉我你来自比利时。我想知道比利时人吃什么？

Chris: What kind of food, well we eat all kinds of food. I mean there's no restrictions or anything. We have our fish, our meat, our wines, our fruits, our veggies, we eat all kinds of food.
克里斯：哪种食物，我们吃各种各样的食物。我的意思是没有限制。我们有鱼、肉、葡萄酒、水果、蔬菜，我们吃各种各样的食物。

Ade: Yeah, I know. But I mean what is popular about Belgium food?
阿德琳娜：我知道。我是问哪种食物在比利时比较受欢迎？

Chris: Well if you talk about gastronomy, it's a bit different in Belgium as I think it is in Spain. I mean in Belgium we really enjoy the tables. We don't go out for dinner that often but when we go out we stay on a table for four hours. I mean it starts with little entrants, then it's maybe a soup, then it's the main dish, then it's still an ice-cream or something. I mean it takes long so we really enjoy eating and it goes slow. For example, at Christmas, for Christmas we meet at maybe 5:30, 6 o'clock and then we start already with aperitifs and it goes all night long, I think we eat from 6 o'clock in the afternoon till 12 o'clock at night.
克里斯：就美食学来说，我认为比利时的看法同西班牙有些不一样。比利时人非常享受餐桌时光。我们一般不去外面吃晚餐，不过如果我们外出吃晚饭的话，我们的就餐时间一般需要四个小时。开始先是一些小吃，然后是汤，接下来是主菜，最后还有冰激凌。我们的就餐时间很长，我们吃饭时非常享受，而且我们吃得很慢。举个例子，圣诞节时我们一般会约在5点半或6点，然后从开胃菜开始，我们会吃一个晚上，我想大概从下午6点一直吃到晚上12点。

Ade: Wow! So you must be fat people there in Belgium if you eat that much.
阿德琳娜：哇哦！如果吃这么多，那比利时一定很多胖人。

Chris: Well that's why I just said, we don't do it that often, but if we do it we really enjoy it and then of course next day or next few days you see people just don't eat anything.
克里斯：所以我们不是经常这样吃，不过如果我们去外面吃晚餐的话，我们会非常享受，当然第二天或者说接下来的几天，你会看到人们基本上不怎么吃东西。