Take Away English-Picnics 野餐
时间：2019-01-02 作者：英语课 分类：成人高教英语教材
Do you fancy a romantic picnic?
As summertime begins in Britain, people start to feel the urge to go outside to eat. People love to have a picnic whenever the weather is good enough, especially people with children. It’s a great way to spend a sunny afternoon.
Even in the centre of London, on a sunny day, the parks are full of office workers eating their lunch outside on the grass. That might be a pretty basic picnic – a shop-bought sandwich and a bottle of water.
But if people are planning a picnic on the beach or at the park, they would probably pack a cool bag with a whole variety of home-made sandwiches, snacks, cake, fruit and soft drinks. They might have a picnic rug to sit on, and paper plates and cups. Another item which is useful is a thermos 1 flask 2 which keeps hot drinks like tea or coffee hot, or cold ones icy.
University students enjoy having picnics, and usually take along some kind of sports equipment, such as a Frisbee 3 or ball in order to burn off some energy after lunch. British student picnics usually involve drinking beer or wine too!
For small children the idea of a teddy bear’s picnic is popular – each child brings their teddy bear along to ‘enjoy’ the fun as well.
Some people love to have a very elaborate picnic, and really go all out to make it an occasion. For a very posh picnic you’d need a proper picnic hamper 4 to hold the food complete with china crockery, metal cutlery and real wine glasses. A picnic could be a romantic occasion, but only if it’s in a quiet attractive spot, not in a busy park with lots of children playing nearby!
In that case there might be champagne 5 or chilled wine to drink, and gourmet 6 picnic fare, either home-made, or bought from a local delicatessen. Crusty bread, dips, paté, and strawberries with cream for dessert make for a more sophisticated al fresco 7 experience.
Of course, you can never reply on the British summer weather, so taking an umbrella along might be a good idea just in case!
GLOSSARY 词汇表
to feel the urge to
迫切
shop-bought
从商店买的
home-made
自制的
Frisbee
飞碟
elaborate
复杂讲究的
posh
考究的
crockery
陶(瓷)器（碗碟等）
champagne
香槟酒
fare
饱餐;进食
sophisticated
复杂的
picnic
野餐
cool bag
保温袋子
thermos flask
暖水瓶
teddy bear
绒毛熊
go all out
全力以赴
hamper
有盖提篮
cutlery
餐具（刀叉等）
gourmet
美味佳肴
delicatessen
熟食店
al fresco
户外的
- Can I borrow your thermos?我可以借用你的暖水瓶吗？
- It's handy to have the thermos here.暖瓶放在这儿好拿。
- There is some deposit in the bottom of the flask.这只烧杯的底部有些沉淀物。
- He took out a metal flask from a canvas bag.他从帆布包里拿出一个金属瓶子。
- We always go to the park on weekends and play Frisbee.我们每个周末都会到公园玩飞盘。
- The frisbee is a light plastic disc,shaped like a plate.飞盘是一种碟形塑料盘。
- There are some apples in a picnic hamper.在野餐用的大篮子里有许多苹果。
- The emergence of such problems seriously hamper the development of enterprises.这些问题的出现严重阻碍了企业的发展。
- There were two glasses of champagne on the tray.托盘里有两杯香槟酒。
- They sat there swilling champagne.他们坐在那里大喝香槟酒。
- What does a gourmet writer do? 美食评论家做什么？
- A gourmet like him always eats in expensive restaurants.像他这样的美食家总是到豪华的餐馆用餐。