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Food Vocabulary

How food is cooked

boiled - cooked in boiling water
steamed - cooked over a saucepan of boiling water
fried / sauteed - cooked in oil in a frying pan
stir-fried - fried fast in hot oil
pan-fried - fried in a frying pan
roasted - cooked in oil in the oven
grilled - cooked under a grill
baked - cooked in the oven
stewed - cooked for a long time on a low heat
casseroled - cooked slowly in juices

Types of food

meat = lamb, pork or beef
poultry = chicken, turkey, goose, duck
game = rabbit, hare, partridge, pheasant
fish = salt water fish / sea fish, fresh water fish
seafood = prawns, shrimps, lobster, scallops, mussels, crab
vegetables
fruit

Dishes

starters / hors d'oeuvre / appetiser
main course
dessert / pudding

百年话百词 (六)
32.1927年Talkie(有声电影) Abbreviation for a talking as opposed to a silent film. The Jazz Simger starring Al Jolson singing Mammy was released in this year.与无声电影相对的用语。阿尔.乔尔森主演《爵士乐歌星》时唱的歌《妈咪》于这一年灌成唱片并发行。

33.1928年Penicillin (青霉素)Alexander Fleming obtained it from a fungus. The Latin penicillus means a tuft of hairs. The asexual spores of the fungus are hairy.亚历山大.弗莱明从霉菌中提取的物质。拉丁语penicillus的意思是一束头发。霉菌的无性孢子是毛茸茸的。

34.1929年Maginot Line (马奇诺防线) Andre Maginot, the French Minister of Defence, had this wall built along the eastern border of France but forgot about Belgium.法国国防部长安德烈.马奇诺沿法国东部边办构筑了这条墙式防线,但他忘了比利时是缺口。

35.1930年Pluto(曾路托)The smallest planet. Its name of the Greek god of the Underworld, "the rich one ", was suggested by Venetia Burney (aged 11) of Oxford. 冥王星,太阳系中最小的行星。普路托是希腊神话中的阴间之神。

36.1931年Oscar(奥斯卡)Margaret Herrick, librarian of the Academy of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, shown an Art Deco manikin:"He reminds me of my uncle Oscar."美国电影艺术与科学学院的年奖。奥斯卡奖是带有装饰派艺术风格的人体模型。该学院图书管理员玛格丽特.赫里克说:"它让我想起我叔叔奥斯卡。"

37.1932年Neuron (中子)An elementary particle, eletrically uncharged. Modelled on electron, taken from the Latin neutralis“neither one thing nor the other”.不带电的基本粒子,源于拉丁语Neutralis,意思是“既不是此,也不是彼”,构词模仿的是“电子”一词的构词。

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