Unit 8
Cookery，Food and Culture

Talking Face to Face
Speak More by Yourself
Sample 1 　A Recipe for Winter Bamboo Shoots

 

Materials:
250g winter bamboo shoots; 30g mushrooms; 25g carrots; 25g green soybeans.
Preparations:

  1. Slice the winter bamboo shoots, and then cut into thick strips; chop the mushrooms and carrots.
  2. Drop the mushrooms, bamboo shoots, diced carrots, and green soybeans into boiling water and cook till done.
  3. Flavor boiling oil with Chinese onion and ginger, add cooking wine, salt and sugar, bring to the boil, put in the prepared bamboo shoots and the other ingredients, cook for ten minutes to boil down the soup.

 

Sample 2　 A Recipe for Chinese White Turnips in Mutton Soup

 

Materials:
1000g Chinese White turnips; 1000g mutton chops; a few coriander leaves;
Preparations:

  1. Cut the turnips into slices, cut each slice into five linked slices, rinse in water, coat with dry cornstarch, steam until done.
  2. Put the mutton chops into boiling water, simmer for five minutes, drop in the sliced turnip and boil for a while, add salt, pepper and MSG, sprinkle with coriander leaves.

 

　Read aloud the following dialogues based on the cuisines provided above. You can practice role-play with your partner, changing the information into your own.

Dialogue1
Black: What’s this dish　 It’s so nice, both light and tasty(清淡的；味道好的).
Jin Hua: Oh, it’s Winter Bamboo Shoots（竹笋）, cooked with different vegetables.
Black: Well, 　　1　 learn the recipe（菜谱）. What materials do we need for it　
Jin Hua: Nothing special. Just some tender（鲜嫩的） winter bamboo shoots.
Black: I see. What else should we　 2　 　
Jin Hua: Some carrots, green soybeans（大豆）, and mushrooms（蘑菇）.
Black: So first of all we should slice （切片）the bamboo shoots and chop （切块）the mushrooms and carrots. Am I right　
Jin Hua: Yes And then we drop all the materials prepared 　　3　 boiling water and cook till done.
Black: The 　　4　 　is adding flavors（味道）, isn’t it　
Jin Hua: Exactly. We should use another pan with some oil in it. Flavor the oil with Chinese onion （葱）and ginger（姜）, add cooking wine, salt and sugar, bring to the boil.　　 5　 , we put in the materials, and cook for ten minutes to boil down （收汤）the soup. That’s all.


A. final touch
B. into
C. I’d like to
D. Finally
E. In the beginning
F. prepare
G. ready
H. on

　

 

 

 

 

Key:

1.C　 2. F　 3. B　 4. A　 5. D

Dialogue 2.

Alright: By the way, what materials do we need 　　　1　　 cook the White Turnip （萝卜）in Mutton Soup　
Zhao: What we need here are 1000g Chinese white turnips, 1000g mutton chops and a few coriander leaves（香菜；叶子）.
Alright: OK. Shall we 　　　2　 　the turnips into slices　
Zhao: Sure. And then we rise them in water, drain （滤干）them, coat them with dry cornstarch （裹面淀粉）and steam （蒸）them until done.
Alright: And then　 Shall we 　　3　 　　the mutton chops　
Zhao: Yes. But we should first put the mutton chops into boiling water, simmer （煨）them for　　 4　　 .
Alright: I see. So now it’s time to mix the turnip slices with the mutton chops.
Zhao: You are right here. Now drop the steamed turnips into the mutton soup, boil for a short while, and then add salt, pepper （胡椒粉）and MSG（味精）.
Alright: Hmm, it smells good!
Zhao: Yeah. To make the soup tastier and look more attractive（好看的）, we should sprinkle （洒）it with a few coriander leaves.
Alright: Wow, what a nice soup!

A. drop
B. in order to
C. five days
D. five minutes
E. bring back
F. bring in
G. fetch
H. cut

 

Key:

  1. B　 2. H　 3. F　 4. D　 5. A