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day 111stir, fry and mix

unit 17 · cooking & eating

    stir, fry and mix

    Talk about cooking, mixing and nutrition, and compare then and now with 原來 A,如今 B.

    today’s words

    • 湯圓 tāngyuán · sweet rice balls
    • 動手 dòngshǒu · get to work; do it yourself
    • 粥 zhōu · rice porridge, congee
    • 滴 dī · drop; drip
    • 奶粉 nǎifěn · powdered milk, formula
    • 宴會 yànhuì · banquet, dinner party
    • 肥 féi · fatty (meat); fertile
    • 混合 hùnhé · mix, blend
    • 淋 lín · pour over; get soaked
    • 割 gē · cut
    • 融化 rónghuà · melt, dissolve
    • 煎 jiān · pan-fry
    • 拌 bàn · mix, toss
    • 蛋白質 dànbáizhí · protein
    • 維生素 wéishēngsù · vitamin
    • 如今 rújīn · nowadays, now
    • 等於 děngyú · equal, be the same as
    • 紛紛 fēnfēn · one after another

    sentences

    • 這裡原來是一片田,如今蓋滿了大樓。 · This used to be a field; now it’s covered in tower blocks.
    • 他原來很瘦,如今胖了很多。 · He used to be thin; now he’s put on a lot of weight.
    • 糖放進熱水裡,很快就融化了。 · Put sugar in hot water and it dissolves in no time.
    • 切菜的時候,小心別割到手。 · When you chop vegetables, be careful not to cut yourself.
    • 吃一碗湯圓,熱量差不多等於一碗飯。 · A bowl of sweet rice balls has about as many calories as a bowl of rice.