Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English, I’m Neil.
大家好，歡迎來到六分鐘英語，我是尼爾。
And I’m Rob.
我是羅伯。
Now Rob, you like your food, don’t you?
羅伯，你喜歡食物，是嗎？
Oh yes, yum yum food! One of my favourite things.
噢，是的，好吃美味的食物！我最喜歡的東西之一。
And what do you think of street food?
那你認為街頭小吃怎麼樣？
I love street food. There are some great places in London where you can find delicious foods from all over the world, cooked in front of you in market stalls on the street.
我喜歡街頭小吃。倫敦有一些不錯的地方，在那裡你可以找到來自世界的美食，在市場街道邊當著你的面做出來。
It’s quite new though, isn’t it? Not really a British tradition.
然而它十分新奇，不是嗎？並不真的是英國傳統食物。
I guess not, but it seems to be much more popular these days.
我猜不是，但是現在它似乎更受歡迎了。
Well, our topic today is street food, but before we tuck into that, here is today’s question. Recently archaeologists in Jordan discovered what they believe is the oldest remains of bread. How old is this bread? Is it… a) 18,000 years old b) 14,000 years old, or c) 5,500 years old?What do you think?
好的，我們今天的主題是街頭小吃，但是在我們開始之前是今天的問題。最近約旦的考古學家發現了他們認為保存時間最長的麵包。這個麵包有多少年了？是……a) 1.8萬年 b) 1.4萬年 還是 c) 5500年？你覺得呢？
I don’t know. But what I do know is, I wouldn’t really want to try a sandwich made from that bread!
我不知道。但我知道的是我不會真的想要嘗試用那個麵包做出的三明治。
Mmm, it might be a bit mouldy.
額，那可能有點發黴了。
Yes! Anyway, I’m going to have a guess and I』ll go for c) 5,500 years old.
是的！不管怎麼樣，我都要猜一下，我會選c) 5500年。
Right, we will find out the answer later in the programme. Mark Laurie is from the Nationwide Caterers Association. He is an expert in the business of street food in the UK. He appeared on BBC radio’s The Food Programme and was asked how the business of street food has changed in recent years. In his answer he talks about the areas where there is most growth in street food. What are those areas?
好的，稍後我們將在節目中找出答案。馬克•勞裡來自全國餐飲業協會。他是英國街頭小吃方面的專家。他做客BBC廣播《美食節目》，並被問到近些年來街頭小吃是如何變化的？在他的回答中他談到了街頭小吃發展最快的地方。那些地方是哪裡呢？
It’s been phenomenal the growth in street food. It’s really taken off. It’s really become quite mainstream, part of the cultural fabric of the country really. So it’s beginning to be, certainly in the bigger cities and increasingly in the sort of provinces, if you like.
街頭小吃的發展很顯著。它真的很受歡迎。它真的變得十分主流，真的成為英國文化結構的一部分。所以它開始，當然在較大的城市和越來越多的地方存在，如果你喜歡的話。
So where does he say the popularity of street food is growing?
所以他說哪裡的街頭小吃在發展？
He says that it’s in the bigger cities and also in the provinces. The provinces is a word which means ’the parts of a country outside of the cities』.
他說在較大的城市和其它地方。「Province」這個單詞是指一個國家大城市以外的一部分地區。
So essentially, he’s saying it’s getting more popular everywhere.
所以本質上來說，他在說每個地方的街頭小吃都變得更受歡迎。
Exactly. In fact he says the growth is phenomenal. This means he thinks the growth is spectacular, really big.
正是。事實上他說街頭小吃的發展顯著。這指的是他認為發展是驚人的，真的很巨大。
Yes, he says that it’s really taken off. Taken off is one of those phrasal verbs that can be used in many different ways. In this sense, when something takes off, it means it becomes successful and popular.
是的，他說那真的受到歡迎。「Taken off」是動詞詞組之一，可以有許多不同的使用方法。從這個意思上來說，當某事受到歡迎，那意味著它變得成功以及流行起來。
You know, street food isn’t really something you associate with Britain. Perhaps it’s the climate or British food, so street food is something that we are now getting used to and enjoying more. In fact Mark says that it’s now becoming mainstream. This means that is no longer something that is seen as being unusual or different. It’s becoming an accepted part of the everyday eating experience.
你知道，街頭小吃真的不是你能和英國聯繫到一起的東西。也許氣候或者英國食品能和英國聯繫到一起，所以街頭小吃是我們現在逐漸習慣並更多享受到的東西。事實上馬克說那現在成為主流。這指的是那不再是看起來不同尋常或者與眾不同的事物。它正逐漸成為人們日常飲食所能接受的一部分。
Well, let’s listen again to Mark Laurie talking about the growth of street food in the UK.
好的，讓我們再聽一遍馬克•勞裡談論英國街頭小吃的發展。
It’s been phenomenal the growth in street food. It’s really taken off. It’s really become quite mainstream, part of the cultural fabric of the country really. So it’s beginning to be, certainly in the bigger cities and increasingly in the sort of provinces, if you like.
街頭小吃的發展很顯著。它真的很受歡迎。它真的變得十分主流，真的成為英國文化結構的一部分。所以它開始，當然在較大的城市和越來越多的地方存在，如果你喜歡的話。
Mark Laurie goes on to talk about why street food has become popular. What kind of food does he say it’s not like?
馬克•勞裡接著談到為什麼街頭小吃變得如此受歡迎。他說那並不像什麼樣的食物？
Yeah, it’s just really captured the imagination of the public. It’s honest food, it’s authentic food and it’s people that you can trust making it. It’s not some microwave food or whatever that you might get in your local pub.
是的，它真的引大眾遐想。它是實在的食物，是真正的食物，而且是你所信任的人做出來的。它不是某種微波爐食物或者是你在當地酒吧能買到的什麼東西。
So street food is many things, but what isn’t it?
所以街頭小吃有很多，但它不是什麼？
Well, he says that it’s not like food you might get in some pubs. That food he says may be some microwave food, which is food prepared in a microwave oven.
好的，他說那不是你在一些酒吧能買到的食物。他說的那種食物或許是某些在微波爐裡做出來的微波爐食品。
You know I quite like a microwave meal now and then. And I reheat my leftovers in the microwave.
你知道我偶爾挺喜歡微波爐做飯的。而且我會在微波爐裡重新加熱剩飯。
But I guess if you were paying for a nice meal, you wouldn’t expect reheated leftovers! I think the point he is making is that in many places the food you are served is not freshly made. It may be pre-prepared and finished off in a microwave. Street food, he says, is authentic.
但是我猜如果你想要一頓不錯的餐點時，你不會期待加熱剩飯能做出來！我覺得他提出的觀點是在許多地方提供給人們的食物並不是新鮮製作的。它或許已經提前做好，在微波爐裡加熱一下就好。他說街頭小吃是真正的食物。
Yes, authentic. It’s real, fresh and cooked right in front of you. And if it’s food from a particular country, it’s probably being prepared by people from that culture.
是的，真正的。它是真實的，新鮮的，即刻在你面前做出來的。而且如果食物是來自一個很特別的國家，那它或許是由那個文化下的人做出來的。
He also says that this has captured the imagination of the public. It’s something that the public have experienced and thought - 』yep, you know, I like this, this is a great idea.』
他同樣說這引眾人遐想。它是大眾體驗過，並認為——「是的，你知道，我喜歡這樣，這是個好主意。」
Well, all this talk of food is making me hungry, so let’s get the answer to the quiz and review today’s vocabulary before we head off and grab a bite to eat. We asked about the age of bread discovered by archaeologists in Jordan. Was it a) 18,000 years old, b) 14,000 years or c) 5,500 years?
好的，這個關於食物的討論都讓我餓了，所以讓我們揭曉今天節目的答案吧，並且在我們離開去吃點東西之前讓我們回顧一下今天的單詞。我們問由約旦考古學家發現的保存最久的麵包有多少年了。是a) 1.8萬年 b) 1.4萬年，還是 c) 5500年？
Mmm, and I said c) 5,500 years.
嗯，而且我說是c) 5500年。
And I’m afraid it’s a lot mouldier than that. The answer was 14,000 years.
恐怕它要比那發黴得多。答案是1.4萬年。
Very tasty I’m sure.
我確信肯定非常美味。
Yes! Right then, the vocabulary. We started off with adjective 』phenomenal』 to describe something that is amazing, remarkable and extraordinary.
是的！接下來是詞彙。我們從形容詞「phenomenal」開始，形容的是某事令人吃驚，顯著非凡，不同尋常。
Then we had 』to take off』, a phrasal verb which means to become popular. Street food has really taken off in the UK, it’s become really popular.
然後是「to take off」，一個動詞詞組，指的是變得受歡迎。街頭小吃真的在英國變得很受歡迎，它真的變得流行起來。
And not just in the cities but also in the provinces, which is a noun to describe areas of a country that aren’t the major cities.
而且不僅僅是在大城市裡，還有地方，那是形容一個國家非中心城市的區域的名詞。
Something which captures the imagination is something which makes you interested and not just for a short time.
引人遐想的某事物就是讓你感興趣的某事物，而且不僅僅是在短時間裡。
And one thing which has captured the imagination of the British public is authentic street food. Something authentic is real, it’s genuine, it’s not a fake or a copy.
而且引英國公眾遐想的東西是真正的街頭小吃。某事是真正的就是真實的，是真的，不是假冒的或者仿製的。
And finally we had microwave food, food prepared in a microwave oven. And that kind of food is not seen by some as authentic.
最後我們學了微波爐食品，在微波爐裡做出來的食品。而且那種食物在某些人看來不是真正的食物。
Well, it’s time to eat, so that’s all we have time for today. Join us again next time and remember you can find us on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and of course on our website bbclearningenglish.com. See you soon, bye.
好的，到了去吃飯的時間了，所以以上是我們今天的所有內容。下次要再次加入我們啊，而且記得你可以在Instagram，Facebook，Twitter，YouTube，當然還有我們的網站bbclearningenglish.com上找到我們。下次見，拜！
Byebye!
拜拜！
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