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英国人的饮食习惯英语作文
【篇一：英国人的饮食习惯及英文介绍】
英国人的饮食习惯及英文介绍
in the uk we have many different names
for mealtimes,
including ‘breakfast’,
‘brunch’, ‘elevenses’, ‘lunch’, ‘tea’,
‘dinner’ and ‘supper’! what people eat
and when can vary
greatly
–
in some parts of the uk,
people may eat their meals at
different
times,
and in some parts of the uk,
‘dinner’ means
‘lunch’, and ‘supper’
means ‘dinner’!
在英国，一天中的几顿饭都有它们各自的名字，比如
breakfast
早
餐，
brunch
早午餐，
elevenses
午前茶，
lunc
h
午餐，
tea
下午茶，
dinner
（晚餐，正餐），
supper
晚饭。什么时候该吃什么区别大着
呢，在英国的某些地区，人们是在这
几个不同的时间点吃饭，而在
另一些地方，
dinner
指的是
lunch
，
supper
就是
dinner
。
although this may seem very
confusing (and it is, even for
british
people!), many of the names are very old-
fashioned,
and not often used.
‘elevenses’ and ‘tea’ are examples of two
old-
fashioned snacks that
are rarely eaten today. ‘elevenses’ is
eaten at 11:00 am, consisting of cake
or biscuits with a cup of
tea or
coffee. two traditional characters from english
children’s
books, winnie the pooh and
paddington bear, used to always
‘take
elevenses’! ‘tea’ is a very similar meal, and a
british
tradition, which involves
snacking on cakes, with a cup of tea,
and is normally eaten between 4:30 and
5:30 pm.
看起来貌似复杂
得很（事实正是如此，即使对于英国人来说也一
样），很多叫法都早已过时，不怎么被人
使用。比如
elevenses
和
te
a
，这两道茶点现在几乎没什么人享用了。
elevenses
一般是在上
午
11
：
00
，包括一杯一杯茶或咖啡就着蛋糕和饼干吃。童话书
《小
熊维尼》和《帕丁顿熊》里的两位传统的小主角一直保留着吃午餐
< br>前茶点的习惯。
tea
下午茶相当于一小顿饭，按照英国
传统，这一餐
需要一杯茶伴着一些蛋糕佐食，时间一般是下午
4
：
30
到
5<
/p>
：
30
之
间。<
/p>
however because people
tend to have busy lifestyles in
contemporary britain, we only eat three
main meals each day
–
called breakfast, lunch and
dinner.
但由于现在的英国
人的生活通常很忙碌，他们一般一天只吃三顿主
餐，分别叫
br
eakfast
，
lunch
和
dinner
。
nowadays, people usually eat breakfast between
7:00 am and
9:00 am. breakfast is
considered a very important meal, and is
essential to having a good start to the
day. in fact, once a year
there is a
weekly campaign called ‘think breakfast’ to
encourage people to eat better
breakfast! the word ‘breakfast’
comes
from an old-
fashioned phrase ‘breaking
the fast’ (a ‘fast’
means not eating
for a long period of time). so breakfast
literally means eating again for the
first time after sleeping
through the
night.
英国人每天吃早餐的
时间为早上
7
点到
9
< br>点之间，早餐应是一天中
非常重要的一餐，
“
一日之计在于早餐
”
。事实上，这里每年都会举<
/p>
行一次为期一周的名为
“
想想早餐
”
的运动，旨
在鼓
励大家都要吃好早餐。
breakfast
这个单词源于古语<
/p>
“breaking
the fast”
（
fast
的意思是斋戒，禁食一段时间），因此，早餐
breakfast
的字面意思就是经过一夜睡眠之后的首次进食。
a traditional english breakfast
includes sausages, bacon,
fried eggs,
mushrooms, baked beans, fried tomatoes, and
toast with butter. however, these days
most people don’t eat a
traditional
breakfast every day, or even at all. this is
because it
is very unhealthy, and many
people don’t have time to
cook.
these days, most people eat a bowl of
cereal (made from
grains like corn,
wheat and oats) with milk, or have a slice of
toast with butter. in fact, in the uk
the average person eats
about 6 kilos
of cereal every year
–
this
is much more than
most european
countries. in the winter many people eat a hot
cereal called ‘porridge’, which is made
from oats. this is
especially popular
in scotland.
传统的
英式早餐包括香肠，培根，煎蛋，蘑菇，烤豆角，煎西红柿
以及面包黄油。但现代多数人
不会每天都这么吃，或者说根本不这
么吃。一方面是因为这样的早餐不够健康，另一方面
还因为很多人
没时间做这样的早餐。现在，很多人都吃一碗加了牛奶的谷物粥
（各种谷物像是玉米，小麦和燕麦），或是一片摸了黄油的面包。
英国人每
年人均要吃掉大约
6
公斤的谷物粥，这个数字远远大于许
多欧洲国家。冬天，多数英国人会吃一种燕麦做的，叫
porridg
e
的
热谷物粥，在苏格兰地区尤为流行。
lunch is normally eaten between
12:00 pm and 2:00 pm.
because school-
children and people at work are very busy,
this is normally a quick meal. in fact,
many parents give their
children a
‘packed lunch’ in a plastic
‘lunch
-
box’. this usually
consists of a sandwich (two slices of
bread with a filling inside,
normally
cheese or meat with some lettuce) and a packet of
crisps, a piece of fruit and a
drink.
午餐时间通常是中午
12
点到下午
2
点之间，由于孩子们要上学、大
人要上班，所以这一餐通常是很快就解决的。通常，许
多家长会给
孩子们用塑料午餐盒带
“
便
当
”
吃，便当一般是一块三明治（两片面
包中间加些馅料，通常是芝士或者肉再加些生菜），一袋薯片，一
份水果和一瓶饮料。
however, on sunday people
usually have a longer and larger
lunch
called ‘sunday lunch’. it is a time that people
like
to
spend with their
family, and usually consists of a roast meat
(like chicken, beef, lamb or pork),
served with roast potatoes,
yorkshire
pudding, vegetables and gravy (a thin sauce which
is
eaten with the meat).
但一到星期天，英国人通常会慢慢享受一顿丰盛的午餐，这顿
午餐
就叫
“sunday lunch”
周末午餐。这一餐是人们和家人一起，吃的是
烤肉（像是鸡肉，牛肉，羊羔肉或猪肉）
，烤土豆，约克郡布丁，
蔬菜和肉汤。
dinner is eaten in the evening.
children usually eat this earlier,
at
about 6:3
0 pm, though many
adults eat later, between 7:00 and 8:00 or
later. this is usually the main meal of
the day, and a time for
people to relax
and enjoy a cooked meal with friends or family
after a hard day at work. ‘going out
for dinner’ to a restaurant
is a very
popular place to have a date, and some people see
eating good food as a very romantic
thing to do.
正餐则
是晚上吃的，孩子们一般会早点吃，
6
点
30
左右，而大人们
会吃得晚一点，晚上
7
：
00
到
8
：
00
甚至更晚。晚餐是一天当中
最
主要的一餐，也是人们在劳累了一天之后，放松自己与朋友或家人
一起好好享受烹制美食的美好时光。
< br>“
下馆子
”
去餐馆则是很常见的
约会地点，还有些人把享用一顿美餐
当成一件异常浪漫的事情呢。
glossary
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