VOA慢速英语: 南非的牛头肉非常受欢迎

来自美国之音慢速英语农业报道。

In many countries, when cows are killed for meat, the heads are put in the waste. That is because many people do not believe meat from a cow head should be eaten. But in South Africa, some people have a strong desire for cow head meat. Many people are selling and eating it in Johannesburg. VOA recently visited a cow-head processing factory in the city.

在很多国家，人们吃牛肉，但是牛头通常都扔掉了，因为他们不相信牛头还能吃呢。但是在南非，一些人很乐意吃牛头肉。在约翰内斯堡，有很多人卖牛头肉、吃牛头肉。美国之音最近采访了城市里的一家牛头加工厂。

In South Africa, the meat is called "skop." The men who eat it say it is less costly than other meats and more tasty.

在南非，这种牛头肉叫做“skop”，吃牛头肉的人说这种肉比其它的肉类便宜，但是更美味。

Some meat sellers in Johannesburg recently learned how to prepare cow heads for their customers. They remove the skin from the head. Then they use an axe to separate the meat from the bones.

最近，约翰内斯堡的一些卖肉的商户在学习如何为顾客准备好牛头肉，首先把牛头皮剃掉，然后用斧头把肉与骨头分离开。

William Mahlangu works at a cow head processing factory. Up to 150 cow heads are processed there each day.

威廉姆·马赫兰古在一家牛头加工厂工作，每天大概加工处理150个牛头。

"This meat is delicious, it's tender and it's very, very nice meat for men. Even in, even in the old days, like our grandfathers, if they slaughter a cow, the cow head it was only for men."

“这种肉很美味、鲜嫩、对男性来说非常好，即使在过去，就像我们爷爷那时候，如果他们宰杀一头牛，牛头通常只给男性享用。”

Much of the skop meat is sold to sellers who sell food on the street. But at the factory, they also cook the meat for customers. Then they put the meat on a large table, not on plates. They put hot sauce on it, and a starch called "uPhuthu."

大部分的牛头肉都卖给了大街上卖食物的店家。但是在加工厂，他们也会为顾客加工一下牛头肉。然后把肉放在一张大桌子上，不是放在盘子里。他们往肉上放些调味汁和淀粉，他们称之为“浦涂（uPhuthu）”。

Kenneth Ayudo is a Nigerian food shop owner living in Johannesburg. He says in Nigeria people even eat the skin after they roast it over a fire to remove the hair. Then they wash the skin like a piece of cloth.

肯尼斯·奥多是居住在约翰内斯堡的尼日利亚籍食品店主，他说在尼日利亚，人们甚至吃牛皮，火上烤后除去牛毛，然后他们会想洗衣服一样清洗牛皮。

"It's the way it tastes and there is too much demand for it and everywhere now because anyone that eat it wants, wants, want to eat it again."

“这就是吃牛头肉的方式，每个地方都有很多需求，因为每个人都想吃了一回，再吃一次。”

Peter Antill goes to a skop restaurant every day.

皮特·安提尔每天都会去卖牛头肉的餐馆吃饭。

"One thing I can tell youse guys is that this is the best you will ever taste in town, in town, in the city Johannesburg. It's skop! It's skop! Eish! Nom, nom, nom! Yeah!"

“有一件事可以告诉你们的是：牛头肉是约翰内斯堡市里、镇里最美味的食物。牛头肉！牛头肉！”

Because of worries about mad cow disease, which causes the brain to waste, few people in western countries eat cow brains or organs such as livers or kidneys. But South Africa's government says mad cow disease has never been found in cows in the country.

因为担心疯牛病，所以把牛脑都扔掉了，在西方国家，很少有人会吃牛的大脑或者器官，例如：牛肝或者牛肾。但是在南非，政府说疯牛病没有在该国的牛群里发现。

Many men in South Africa think skop meat not only tastes great but also helps them with their sexual desires. And they say it is strongest in cow head soup, which they eat after they have skop.

南非很多人认为牛头肉不仅仅美味，而且有助于提升他们的性欲。他们说牛头汤的效果最强。

And that's the VOA Learning English Agriculture Report.For more Agriculture, Food and Environment stories, go to our website.

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I'm Caty Weaver.

我是凯蒂·威佛尔。

Words in This Story

desire – n. to want or wish for (something); to feel desire for (something)

costly – adj. having a high price; costing a lot

tasty – adj. having a good flavor; pleasing to the taste

prepare – v. to make (someone or something) ready for some activity,purpose, use, etc.

separate – v. to cause to stop being together, joined, or connected