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[第九期]

Bread in the soup!

羊肉泡饃！

口語君：小吃最能體現一方地域文化和風土人情。那么問題來了，西安小吃哪個強？仔細聽下面的對話，有彩蛋哦！

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F: I love street food – so that's a no-brainer for my itinerary. But is it a long walk?

我很喜歡街邊小吃，所以小吃街我是必去的。不過那條路需要走很遠嗎？

M: Not really, and most people enjoy a leisurely pace. We stopped for lamb soup, which is very famous there. It's made with a crumbled loaf of bread as well as noodles and mutton.

不需要，多數人都喜歡以閑適的步伐慢慢逛。我們半路還去吃了名氣很響的美食羊肉泡饃。湯里有碎饃、粉絲和羊肉。

F: Bread in the soup?

饃泡在湯里？

M: It sounds weird, I know. But it's very good. Spicy, too! It's also fun to watch the cooks making soup over a big fire. Plus, there are lots of dried fruits and interesting pastries and breads. They also make sesame candy by pounding the seeds into paste with big hammers.

我知道，聽起來是挺怪的，但味道非常好，也很辣！看廚師在猛火上煮湯也很有趣。此外，那兒還有很多干果、有趣的甜點和面點。人們還用大錘子將芝麻壓進面糊里做芝麻糖。

F: That sounds fun to watch.

觀看制作過程似乎很有趣啊。

M: It is! But it's quite noisy, too. So those candy makers are easy to find.

可不！不過也非常吵，正因此芝麻糖攤很容易找。

[口語點睛]

口語君：除了bread in the lamb soup，還可以用以下幾種表達來說羊肉泡饃：

Flatbread in lamb soup

Yangrou Paomo

Mutton paomo (pancakes in mutton soup)

Pita Bread Soaked in Lamb Soup

[口語天天練之古都名吃羊肉泡饃]

口語君：羊肉泡饃是到西安必吃的美味。此外，在面點王國西安，從biangbiang面、肉夾饃，到涼皮、鍋盔、羊血冒饸饹，各色面食小吃不僅種類繁多且樣樣都色香味濃，光是看看就令人垂涎欲滴、食指大動。下面，我們就來學學有關羊肉泡饃的英文表達法：

1. Yangrou Paomo, or Pita Bread Soaked in Lamb Soup, is a famous local snack in Xi'an.

羊肉泡饃是西安當地有名的小吃。

2. The main ingredient in this mouth-watering dish is mutton and pita bread.

這種令人垂涎欲滴的美食主要原料是羊肉和饃餅。

3. Diner shreds the bread with his hands and places the shreds in a bowl, the soup is then poured over the shreds (along with meat, maybe some noodles or scallion).

食客將饃用手撕碎，并將其放在碗里。然后，店家會把湯(還有肉，也許還有粉絲和蔥花)澆在碎饃上。

4. It is normally also served with pickled garlic and chili.

通常，這道美食還會佐以糖蒜和辣椒。

（中國日報網英語點津 丁一）