谢怡芬，出生于美国德州，是著名的旅游节目主持人。MIT麻省理工学院生物与西班牙文系毕业，通晓英语、西班牙语、法语。目前主持Discovery TLC旅游生活频道《疯亚洲》等节目。以其开朗的性格、小麦色健康肤色、活泼主持风格受到瞩目。去过超过40个国家，出版过《Janet带一百只牙刷去旅行》《爱上旅行的理由Backpack to the Future》。
Janet 教你聊英文
平时在微博晒照片，在微信朋友圈诉心情，总想用英语炫酷一下。像这么口语的表达，你怎能不会？
Conversation 1
带着优惠券吃到饱
Joanna: Any plans for dinner? Want me to cook you something special?
（晚餐想吃点什么？要不要我做点什么特别的给你吃？）
Peter: Er...you can''t cook to save your life; let''s just eat out.
（呃，你根本不会做饭啊。我们去外面吃吧。）
Joanna: How dare you insult my cooking! OK, whatever! Where do you want to eat then?
（你怎么可以批评我的厨艺？随便啦，那你想吃什么？）
Peter: Today feels like an all-you-can-eat-buffet kind of day. Let''s go to the one next to the mall.
（今天好像很适合吃自助餐。我们去购物中心隔壁那家吧。）
Joanna: We always lose out on those deals; you eat like a bird, and I''m not much of a big eater either.
（ 我们每次去吃这种自助餐都有损失，你的食量跟小鸟一样，我也吃不多。）
Peter: True. But I like the food there, plus I have a buy-one-get-one free coupon that I need to use soon. So are you in?
（ 话是没错。但我喜欢那里的食物，而且我有买一送一的优惠券，再不用就过期了。所以你要加入我吗？）
Conversation 2
Derrick: Ew! What''s that suspicious-looking substance?
（恶心，那个看起来有点可疑的东西是什么？）
Lin: It''s stinky tofu. Want some?
（臭豆腐，想要来一点吗？）
Derrick: That''s what I smelled outside? Smells like someone just broke wind. You sure it''s edible?
（刚刚我在外面闻到的就是这个吗？闻起来像有人放屁一样，你确定能吃吗？）
Lin: Of course. I eat it every day and I''m still alive and well.
（当然，我整天都在吃还不是好好的。）
Derrick: OK...I guess I''ll give it a try then...
（好吧，我试试看好了。）
Lin: Like it?
（喜欢吗？）
Derrick: Erm...Let''s just say this is one acquired taste that''s going to take some getting used to!
（嗯……只能说我需要一点时间接受这个味道。）
Janet的英文小日记
跟朋友聊天，不可能不聊到食物！Janet 教你如何用英文写下与三五好友讨论美食的感想，让你每次一讲到食物，想说什么就说什么！
I''ve often pestered my friends with this question: If you could eat food from only one country for the rest of your life, what cuisine would you choose? Go on, take a few minutes to think about it. But don''t go making yourself feel hungry, run off to eat, and forget to come back!
我总会用同一个问题纠缠我的朋友们：如果在你余下的生命里，只能吃唯一一个国家的食物，你会选择什么？花个几分钟思考一下吧！不过，可别让你自己越想越饿、饿到跑去觅食而忘了往下看喔！
Friends I''ve quizzed with this question often choose Japanese for its light and organic nature, Italian or French for their sauces and fresh salads, Chinese for the infinite variety, or Indian and Thai for their exotic spices. Of course,there''s also Taiwanese Snack, Argentinian asado, and American food it''s no all just pizza, hot dogs, and hamburgers; two of my favorite foods are Tex-Mex and Cajun.
我很多的朋友思考过这个问题，通常选择日本料理的人，是因为喜欢轻淡和有机的食物；选择意大利或是法国料理的人，则是因为独特的酱汁和新鲜色拉；偏爱中式料理的人总爱它丰富的菜品；而爱好印度料理或泰式料理的人，则是对异国香料的风味无法抗拒。当然，也有人独爱台湾小吃、阿根廷烤肉或美式食物（并非只有比萨、热狗、汉堡，像我钟爱的两种美式食物：一是德州的墨西哥美食，另一是美国南边路易斯安那州的一种乡村食物Cajun）。
One of the great things about life today is that you can have it all. You don''t have to travel far now to get fantastic cuisine from all around
the world. Obviously, the best way is to actually travel to the country where the cuisine originates from, but cuisine loves to travel just as much as we do. We can enjoy many of our favorite dishes from foreign destinations all around the world, thanks to overseas settlers who brought
recipes and ingredients with them, exporting their local delicacies and turning them into international cuisine that we can enjoy in countries other than the ones they originated from.
现如今，人生中很棒的一件事情就是你不需要飞到遥远的国家，就可以完全拥有并享用那里的美食。当然，直接飞到美食的原产国家去品尝是最好的办法，但是，有时候食物可能也像我们一样喜欢旅游。多亏有了海外移民者，将异国的烹饪方式、食材和当地的佳肴带到世界各地，甚至融合国际的美食料理，让我们不用身处当地，也能吃到世界各地我们喜爱的美食。
Food is one of the most pleasurable ways to get to know a culture. It''s something that can instantly take us back to our childhood. Food sustains us but also excites us. It not only nourishes us physically but also acts as a social tool, bringing together international friends and even strangers. It''s at times our guilty pleasure or our worst nightmare. We can''t live without it —and why would we want to?
食物是了解一种文化的最好方式之一。有时候食物的美味可以把我们一下子带回童年，勾起浓浓的回忆。食物不仅维持我们的生命，也会让我们感到快乐；它不仅让我们在身体上获得营养，并且充当着一种社交工具，以此来拉近世界各地的人，从陌生人变成朋友。有时候美食带来让人罪恶的愉悦；有时候又像个梦餍一样。不吃东西就无法生存，反正我们怎么可能想要不吃东西就生存呢？
I may not be able to decide between stinky tofu and sushi,sauerkraut and seafood salad, spaghetti and sambal, but I''ll keep eating my way around the world until I can!
我可能无法从臭豆腐和寿司之间做选择，或在德式泡菜和海鲜沙拉之间二选一，又或者是意大利面和沙巴酱，但我绝对会继续努力吃遍世界美食（直到我可以为止）！
OK, you may go eat now. And can I join you?
好了，你现在可以去觅食了！那……让我一起加入好吗？
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