A: With egg fried rice, do you stir-fry the egg first or the rice? Or do you stir-fry them together?
B: First stir-fry the egg, I think. My mother would first put the beaten egg into the wok, fry it quickly until half done, and then put in the rice, like that.
A: Wow, when you stir-fry the rice, you wield that spatula like a real pro! I never expected you were this good.
Photo: Hua Meng-ching, Liberty Times 照片：自由時報記者花孟璟
B: Ha, and now we can throw in the fried onion and garlic, and then add the leftover shredded pork and prawns from yesterday.
A: Mmm…, that smells great!
B: Finally, add the chopped green onion, sprinkle over a bit of soy sauce, mix it all together, and voila!
A: 蛋炒飯是要先炒蛋，還是先炒飯？還是一起炒？
B: 先炒蛋吧，我看我媽都是先把打好的蛋放進鍋裡，快速炒到半熟，然後再把飯放進去，像這樣。
A: 哇，你用鍋鏟翻炒的手勢看起來好專業喔！沒想到你這麼厲害！
B: 哈哈，我們現在可以把剛剛爆香的洋蔥和蒜一起放進去，再加上昨天吃剩的肉絲和蝦仁。
A: 嗯，好香喔！
B: 最後加上蔥花，再淋點醬油拌炒，就大功告成了！
（Translated by Paul Cooper, Taipei Times／台北時報林俐凱）
Audio recordings for Speak Up! dialogues will be suspended until further notice due to the pandemic.
“And voila!”
Voila is taken from the French and used in English to express satisfaction for a successfully completed action. It’s a bit pretentious to use, but there you go.
A n invasion of Southeast Asian dwarf honey bees, suspected to have entered the country via cargo or passenger ship, and initially detected not far from Kaohsiung Harbor, is causing problems in the city. Since the bees prefer to build their hives on branches, poles or other long cylindrical objects found on balconies, their presence often causes a big shock to residents. In the first half of this year alone, Kaohsiung public health officials have removed more than 500 beehives — a clear indication that the bee population is gradually expanding through the city. In an effort to deal with
A: We still haven’t decided what to do with all these free mangoes. I keep coming up with ideas, and you just shoot them all down. B: I think the fairest thing to do is just divide the boxes between the staff. A: There are 25 boxes and only 20 people working here today. What do we do with the other five boxes? B: Go home and get your blender and the milk and ice. I could do with a smoothie after all this back and forth. A: 我們還沒決定到底要怎麼處理這些免費的芒果。我不停想到一些做法，可是都一直被你打槍。 B: 我覺得最公平的做法，就是把這幾箱平均分配給同事。 A: 這裡有二十五箱，可是今天只有二十個人來上班。那剩下的五箱要怎麼辦？ B: 回去把你的果汁機、牛奶和冰帶來啦！我們討論那麼久，我真的需要喝點冰沙了。 (Paul Cooper, Taipei Times／台北時報林俐凱譯)
What are we going to do with them all? (4/5) 這麼多芒果要怎麼辦？（四） A: OK, I have one more idea about the free mangoes. Just hear me out. I have a blender at home. I’ll be back in a while with some milk and ice, and we’ll make smoothies for the office. We could charge NT$25 a pop, just to cover my costs and labor. B: Instead of thinking about schemes to make money from the management’s generosity, why don’t you do some actual work? Also, do you have any idea how many smoothies 25 boxes of mangoes will make? A: You can’t have too many mango smoothies. It’s the elixir of the gods. People
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