美语情景对话 第88期:红酒 Wine

Todd: Now, Sandra, hello!

桑德拉，你好！

Sandra: Hello!

你好！

Todd: Now, you are a wine connoisseur. Or wine teacher. No!

你现在是一名红酒鉴赏家。或者是红酒鉴定老师。

Sandra: Not really!

不完全是！

Todd: Not really?

不完全是？

Sandra: A wine connoisseur. No, that's sort of a snobby.

红酒鉴赏家，不，那名字太夸张了。

Todd: Oh, really?

真的吗？

Sandra: Yes.

是的。

Todd: Oh, OK. So, how would you describe what you do?

那你怎么形容你的职业？

Sandra: A wine professional.

一名红酒品酒师。

Todd: A wine professional. OK, so what does a wine professional do?

品酒师。好的，品酒师都要做什么？

Sandra: Try to make money from wine.

从红酒身上赚钱。

Todd: OK.

好的。

Sandra: So, I'm a wine writer, a wine columnist. I teach wine.

因此我还是一名红酒作家，我在写一个红酒专栏。我还教课。

Todd: OK, so let's say if I'm going to have friends over, and I'm making let's say steak. I'm having a grilling steak. Can I serve wine with steak?

如果说我邀请朋友来做客，以牛排为主菜，烧烤牛排好了。我能用红酒搭配牛排吗？

Sandra: Yes. Steak goes with almost any red wine.

当然，牛排和大多数红酒都搭。

Todd: Oh, really. OK. So, red. How about if I want to mix wines. Is it OK to go red wine, white wine?

真的。好，那就红酒吧。如果我还想上点儿其他酒。红酒和其他白葡萄酒搭配吗？

Sandra: You always start out with white wines going towards red wines.

我们通常都是先喝白葡萄酒，然后再过渡到红酒的。

Todd: OK, always go white wine first, then the red wine. (Yes) OK, and how about for dessert. Is there a special dessert wine?

好的，先喝白葡萄酒再喝红葡萄酒。那么甜点呢。有什么酒可以搭配甜点吗？

Sandra: There are many great dessert wines, so it depends on what you like, how sweet you like and what you're making for dessert.

有许多可以搭配甜点的酒，具体要看甜点是什么了，还要看你喜欢的甜度和甜点的制作原料。

Todd: OK, so how about I'm making terimisu.

如果是提拉米苏呢。

Sandra: Terimisu, then I would probably have a tawny port, either from Portugal or from Australia, which makes great ports, or you might even go for a fruity and oaky zinfandel, which is dry wine from California.

提拉米苏，那么我建议搭配葡萄牙或者澳大利亚的茶色波特酒，效果会非常好。我甚至会建议你加上水果和馨芳葡萄酒，那是一种加利福尼亚的干白葡萄酒。

Todd: OK, nice. How much will that cost me?

好的。那要多少钱？

Sandra: Depends on how much you want to spend. For a port, a tawny port, anywhere in between 3,500 to 10,000 (OK) And for a California Zinfandel, a good one probably about 3,000 (yen).

这取决于你打算花多少钱了。波特酒，茶色波特酒价位在3500到10,000日元之间，加利福尼亚的馨芳葡萄酒，一瓶好的要3,000日元。

Todd: 3,000. I think I can maybe afford that. Not much. And, how about what would be a good wine to start off for like appetizers or with a salad or something like that.

3,000日元。我买得起。不是很贵。那么，什么酒能搭配开胃菜，沙拉或者类似的食物呢？

Sandra: I always start off with a sparkling wine.

我总是用含汽葡萄酒。

Todd: A sparkling wine.

含汽葡萄酒。

Sandra: Yes. I prefer champagne but if you can't afford it, even though champagne is the lowest price anywhere in the world is in Japan

是的。我喜欢用香槟酒，如果香槟酒太贵了的话就用它。虽然日本的香槟酒是世界上最便宜的香槟酒了。

Todd: Oh, really.

哦，真的。

Sandra: And many of my students load up on cases of champagne and have it sent home by their companies container.

我有很多学生所在的公司都是用集装箱装载满香槟酒运过去的。

Todd: Oh, wow.

哇。

Sandra: Yes. But champagne is a good starter.

是的。但香槟酒打头阵是不错的。

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