Helping me answer your questions today is Feifei.
Feifei: 大家好，欢迎收听《你问我答》。我是冯菲菲。
Catherine: Our question today comes from Stephen Jee, who has a question related
to food and cooking.
Feifei: 这个问题和我们的健康还有着很紧密的联系。我们一起来先来听一下他的问题。
Catherine: Yes, let’s hear the question.
Question
Hello. May I ask about the difference between vegetable fat and vegetable oil?
Many thanks in advance!
Feifei: Stephen 想知道 vegetable fat 和 vegetable oil 的区别。这个问题很专业啊
vegetable fat and oil 之间有区别吗 Catherine?
Catherine: Yes, and to put it simply: generally speaking, fats are solid at room
temperature. Oils are liquid at room temperature.
Feifei: 一般来讲，fat 在室温下呈固态，oil 在室温下呈液态。听起来好像挺好区分的。
Catherine: Yes, it is. Here are 2 people talking about their shopping list.
Example
Man: We need some cooking oil. What type do you want?
Woman: Sunflower oil, a large bottle. And put biscuits on the list.
Man: Chocolate biscuits?
Woman: Ooh I’d love to, but they’re too high in fat. Let’s just get plain ones.
Man: Do you want low-fat milk too?
Woman: Let’s get the fat-free type.
Feifei: 上面的对话中提到了两种液体油 cooking oil 烹饪油, sunflower oil 葵花子油。对话
中的女士说 chocolate biscuits 巧克力饼干 too high in fat 脂肪含量太高。她用了
单词 fat 是因为饼干是固体的对吧?
Catherine: Right. And we also use the word ‘fat’ to talk about oils and fats in general,
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Feifei: 单词 fat 可以指液体油或固态脂肪。就算饼干里含有植物油，我们还是应该说含脂肪
量高 high in fat, 而不是 high in oil.
Catherine: Yes. We can talk about food being high in fat, or high-fat. Low in fat, or
low-fat. And if there is no fat at all in something, we say it’s fat-free. Got it?
Feifei: Yes, got it.
Catherine: Good, because I’m going to give you a little test. How is your knowledge of
food and fat content?
Feifei: I’d like to think I have a decent knowledge of that.
Catherine: Good, because I’m going to name a food and you have to tell me whether
it’s high in fat, low in fat, or fat-free. Are you ready?
Feifei: I’m ready!
Catherine: OK. First food: fried spring rolls.
Feifei: 炸春卷 I think that’s high in fat.
Catherine: Well done! Spring rolls are high in fat. Next: spinach.
Feifei: Spinach 菠菜 - 肯定是 low in fat.
Catherine: Correct! Spinach is a low-fat food.
Feifei: I think it’s almost fat-free, isn’t it?
Catherine: I think spinach might be almost totally fat-free. Next: sesame oil!
Feifei: Of course, sesame oil 芝麻油 is very high in fat!
Catherine: It’s a very high-fat food. Last one: chicken!
Feifei: Chicken is white meat, so I think it should be low in fat.
Catherine: Chicken is a low-fat food – and it’s delicious when it’s fried in peanut oil.
Feifei: 炸鸡，说得我都要流口水了。谢谢 Stephen 发来的问题。
Catherine: Goodbye!