你从来不吃什么食物

今天的这段对话，在讨论食物，

 

色香味俱全的食物能让人心情好，你从来不吃什么食物

 

来听今天的讲解:

 

A: So Abidemi, do you remember we were talking about food combinations which people find strange.

 

阿比德米，你记得我们之前谈过人们认为很奇怪的食物搭配吗？

 

B: Hmm.

 

记得。

 

A: Well, I was wondering, are there any foods which just freak you out, which you'd never eat?

 

嗯，我在想，有没有什么食物让你感到害怕，就是那些你从来不吃的食物？

 

B: Well, I think the older I have gotten, the more I've become, kind of, hesitant to try new food, which is strange.

 

嗯，随着年龄的增长，我越来越不愿意去尝试那种看上去很奇怪的新食物。

 

A: Yeah.

 

嗯。

 

B: Before, the thought...

 

以前……

 

A: I thought you were going to say more adventurous. It's the opposite.

 

我本来以为你会说更愿意尝试新食物呢。结果恰恰相反。

 

B: It is the opposite, unfortunately. Before, the thought of eating insects or cats and dogs didn't do anything for me. It didn't do anything bad. It was just like, "Oh sure, I'll try it." Before, my philosophy was if it's food, and if I see somebody else eating it, I'll try it.

 

很不幸，的确是恰恰相反。以前吃昆虫、猫肉或是狗肉这种对我来说没什么，并不会让我抵触。我可能会说，“哦好，我可以尝试一下”。以前，我的想法是，只要是食物，或者如果我看到其他人吃过，那我就会去尝试。

 

A: Right.

 

好。

 

B: But now, just the thought of it, of trying to eat a dog or a cat, I don't want to.

 

可是现在，只是想一下要吃狗肉或猫肉，我就不想尝试了。

 

A: So did you try some strange foods when you were younger?

 

你年轻的时候有尝试过奇怪的食物吗？

 

B: Yes. I traveled to Northern Canada, and I lived in an Inuit community for a little while. And there, they eat a lot of different sea animals.

 

有。我在加拿大北部地区旅行时，在一个因纽特社区生活了一段时间。那里的人吃很多海洋动物。

 

A: Right.

 

好。

 

B: For example, whales, what else? They eat caribou as well. Just different animals and I tried a lot of that. And I really liked it. It was good.

 

举个例子，他们吃鲸鱼，还有什么来着？他们也吃北美驯鹿。我在那里吃过很多种不同的动物。我非常喜欢，味道很不错。

 

A: Okay.

 

好。

 

B: It didn't do anything bad to me or...

 

对我没什么不好的影响。

 

A: Right.

 

好。

 

B: Yeah, I didn't get sick or anything from it.

 

嗯，我没有生病之类的。

 

A: And you didn't have a problem with the connection between this animal, the whale, which people have now raised to be like this is so important for our planet?

 

你认为吃那些动物没什么问题？现在人们认为鲸鱼对我们的星球非常重要。

 

B: Personally, no. I didn't. I think – I don't want to say I'm being selfish but to me, if you're doing it for – not to sell, not for commercialization, and for these people, for those people, the Inuits, it's their way of living. It's their way of surviving.

 

个人来说我认为没问题。我并不认为我很自私，对我来说，只要不是为了卖钱，不是把鲸鱼商品化，只是为了这些民众的生活没什么问题，对因纽特人来说那是他们的生活方式。那是他们的生存方式。

 

A: Right.

 

好。

 

B: So I didn't have any problems with that. So I think maybe in general, too. That's where that philosophy before was if somebody else is eating it, and it's okay, I'll try it. Why not?

 

所以我认为那没什么问题。我认为总体来说也没问题。那是我以前的理念，如果其他人吃了，那我就会接受，我也会尝试。为什么不呢？

 

A: Okay.

 

好。

 

B: So I don't know.

 

我也说不清楚。

 

A: I've never tried anything like that but if I see... When I traveled in Southeast Asia, I did try some insects.

 

我从来没吃过鲸鱼之类的，不过我在东南亚旅行的时候吃过昆虫。

 

B: Okay.

 

好。

 

A: And they looked terrible, and it's really hard to get your mind around the fact you're going to eat it. When you eat it, it doesn't – I mean, it tastes okay.

 

那些昆虫看上去很可怕，很难想象要吃下这些昆虫。不过那些昆虫的味道还可以。

 

B: Okay.

 

好。

 

A: They normally cook that maybe candied, served a little bit salt or a little bit salty.

 

他们通常会把昆虫制成蜜饯，然后在上面洒一些盐。

 

B: Oh. All right.

 

哦。好。

 

A: So they taste okay. But your eyes continue to tell your brain that there's something wrong.

 

所以味道还可以。不过你的眼睛仍然在跟你的大脑说，有些不太对。

 

B: Okay. Okay. Do you think you would try it again?

 

好。你还会再尝试一次吗？

 

A: I think I would. I think the future is insects.

 

我想我会的。我认为未来昆虫也是食物。

 

B: Okay. The future is insects. That's funny.

 

好。未来昆虫也是食物。这很有趣。

 

A: Yeah.

 

嗯。

 

B: It's funny, in Nigeria, we used to, when I was a kid, we would – I don't know what you call them. They were like – I don't want to say termites – I'm not sure. But they were flying. A certain type of flying insects that will come at a certain time of the year and they were only there maybe for two or three weeks. And we will just catch them and fry them. Just salted and fried. It was really good.

 

这很有趣，我还是孩子的时候，我们在尼日利亚会……我不知道你们管那种虫子叫什么。我想不是白蚁，我不确定那是什么。它们会飞。那是一种会飞的昆虫，在每年的某个时间出现，它们可能只会出现两三周左右。我们会抓住它们，然后炸着吃。就放点盐炸着吃。味道非常不错。

 

A: Yeah.

 

好。

 

B: And back then to me, it wasn't anything strange. It was just like nice.

 

那时我认为那不是奇怪的事。我觉得那很正常。

 

A: Right.

 

好。

 

B: I would think that I would like to try it again because it was just so good, just from my memories. But I don't know I might hesitate now to eat it.

 

我以前想再吃一次，因为在我的记忆里，那种虫子的味道特别好。不过现在我可能会犹豫要不要吃。

 

A: Yeah. I think people can quickly become used to strange foods.

 

好。我认为人们很快就会习惯奇怪的食物。

 

B: Okay.

 

对。

 

A: So like nobody ate raw fish in England, say, 25 years ago. But with Japanese food becoming more popular, now it's perfectly acceptable. Lots of people like to eat like raw, raw fish.

 

25年前，英国没人吃生鱼片。而随着日本饮食越来越受欢迎，现在英国人完全可以接受生鱼片。许多人喜欢吃生鱼片。

 

B: Okay. Okay. I think, if you say, if you say something it's healthy, it can quickly gain in popularity.

 

好。我的看法是，如果有人说某种食物有益健康，那种食物很快就会流行起来。

 

A: Yeah. Yeah. And –

 

对，没错。