Real English:Ready Meal

Ready Meal 即食餐

The script of this programme 本節目台詞

Presenter/Producer: Jo Reffin

Jo: Hello, this is Real English from BBC Learning English, I’m Jo.

Jean: Hi. 大家好，我是董征。歡迎收聽Real English《地道英語》節目！

Jo: In Real English, we look at words and phrases that you might not find in your dictionary.

Jean: 和漢語一樣，英語裡也是有著非常多的成語和俗話的，所以要想能聽得懂英國人日常的說話聊天，就一定要來學學這些他們常用的通俗詞語。

Jo: And today’s expression is to do with food and a kind of food which is great for people who don’t like cooking. It’s ready meal…. ready meal

Jean: OK, a ready meal – 就是已經做好了的飯菜，衹要以加熱就可以喫的即食餐。

Jo: Yes, a ready meal is a meal which is completely prepared and cooked, and you just have to reheat it.

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A. Oh, I can’t be bothered to cook tonight – I’m too tired – I’m just going to put a ready meal in the microwave.

B. My dad can’t cook properly at all – he just heats up frozen ready meals in the oven.

Jo: In a microwave

Jean: Microwave 微波爐。

Jo: Or in an oven

Jean: Oven 烤箱。

Jean: 什麽樣的食品可以做成ready meal?

Jo: All sorts of food… English ready meals like shepherds pie

Jean: Shepherds pie 就是英國的傳統食品“牧羊人派”，是用羊肉餡和土豆泥做成的。

Jo: Or Italian ready meals like lasagne.

Jean: Lasagne 就是意大利的烤寬麪條。

Jo: Or even Chinese ready meals like sweet and sour chicken.

Jean: 而且在英國超市還可以買到中餐的 ready meals，不錯啊！

Jo: Well that’s all we have time for today

Jean: OK, 希望注意收聽我們下一期的節目。大家也可以到我們的BBC Learning English網站來看看，一起學習和提高我們的英語水平。

Jo: The address is www.bbc.co.uk/china Goodbye!

Jean: Bye!