Rice Is Rather Nice

by Lorraine Lee

Rice Is Rather Nice

稻米真不錯

by Lorraine Lee

本篇適合：朗讀、復述

小朋友，你知道看上去普普通通的稻米能變成許許多多的美食嗎？米飯、粽子、米粥、米線、腸粉……稻米做成的各種食品使我們不會饑餓，健康成長，所以我們要珍惜每一粒稻米哦！

Rice is rather nice.

You can boil it.

You can steam it.

You can fry it.

You can make dumplings.

You can make congee.

You can make rice cakes.

You can eat it with vegetables.

You can eat it with curry.

You can eat it with fried chicken.

rather ['ra?e?] adv. 相當，頗為

boil [b??l] v. 煮

steam [sti?m] v. 蒸

fry [fra?] v. 炒，油煎，油炸

dumpling ['d?mpl??] n. 團子，文中指的是粽子（復數：dumplings）

congee ['k?nd?i?] n. 粥，稀飯

curry ['kз?r?] n. 咖喱菜肴

yummy ['j?m?] adj. 美味的，可口的

You can eat it with steamed fish.

You can eat it for breakfast.

You can eat it for lunch.

You can eat it for dinner.

You can eat it for supper.

You can even make a “rice-cream.”“Yummy, yummy.”

中文大意請見第44頁。

dinner和supper的區別

dinner 和supper都有晚餐的意思。dinner一詞常用來表示一天中的正餐（main meal），它既可以是晚餐，也可以是午餐。英語國家中，晚餐一般是一天中最為豐盛的一餐，因此，dinner常用來指晚餐。此外，dinner一詞比較正式，常指宴請親朋好友的晚宴。supper所指的晚餐沒有dinner正式、豐盛。supper也可能指臨睡前吃的宵夜。