A: I forgot my protective goggles; chopping these onions is making me cry.
B: Protective goggles won’t do you any good! I put on swimming goggles. When I was naughty as a kid, my parents would make me chop onions as punishment.
A: That’s a pretty constructive way to punish someone. When you’re done, you have chopped onions you can eat.
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B: I’ve cracked an egg into a bowl and beaten it. And I’ve chopped the garlic.
A: Groovy. So we’re all set.
B: I’m putting some oil into the wok. I’ll wait for it to heat up, then I’ll add the garlic and onions and fry until fragrant.
A: 我忘了戴護目鏡,切洋蔥切得眼淚直流。
B: 戴護目鏡也沒用吧!我都戴蛙鏡。我小時候如果頑皮搗蛋,我爸媽就會罰我切洋蔥。
A: 這種處罰方式還蠻有建設性的。處罰完了,就有切好的洋蔥可以吃了。
B: 我打了一顆蛋在碗裡,已經打散了。蒜末我也切好了。
A: 太好了,一切都準備就緒了。
B: 我把油倒進炒菜鍋,等油熱了,就把蒜和洋蔥放進去爆香。
(Translated by Paul Cooper, Taipei Times/台北時報林俐凱)
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Taiwanese cuisine boasts a rich culture of thick soups, with various options available at street vendors or high-end restaurants. In English, this style of dish is typically called “thick soup.” Western cuisine typically uses flour, cream, or mashed vegetables to create a creamy consistency, while in Taiwan, thick soups are made by simply incorporating food starch into the soup and creating a smooth and silky texture. Tutuo fish in thick soup is such a soup with fried tutuo fish chunks, shiitake mushrooms, bamboo shoots, and wood ears. 台灣羹品飲食文化豐富,無論是巷口小店或是高檔餐廳,都有提供羹料理。羹在英文稱作「濃湯」,西式濃湯是以麵粉、鮮奶油、蔬菜泥等達到濃稠的口感,台灣的羹湯用太白粉即能做出濃稠絲滑的湯頭。土魠魚羹就是在勾芡的羹湯中加入炸土魠魚塊、香菇、竹筍、木耳等食材的料理。 boast (v.) 擁有(令人驕傲的事物) consistency (n.) 濃稠度 chunk (n.) 厚塊,大塊 wood ear (n. ph.) 木耳 The star of this
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A: So who were Hollywood’s highest-paid stars of 2023? B: No. 5 to No. 2 were: Matt Damon with US$43 million, Ryan Gosling with US$43 million, Tom Cruise with US$45 million, and Margot Robbie with US$59 million. A: Didn’t Tom Cruise top the list? B: Nope, Adam Sandler was No.1, having made US$73 million, which is about NT$2.34 billion. A: Wow, maybe I should change my career to acting. A: 好萊塢去年的片酬排行榜前幾名是誰? B: 第5到2名是︰麥特戴蒙、4300萬美元,雷恩葛斯林、4300萬美元,湯姆克魯斯、4500萬美元,瑪格羅比、5900萬美元。 A: 冠軍竟然不是阿湯哥? B: 是亞當山德勒、片酬7300萬美元,大約23.4億台幣! A: 天啊或許我也該轉行當演員啦。 (By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times/台北時報張聖恩)
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