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今回は「料理」についてのお話。
海外に留学すると、日本では見慣れない大きなオーブンや、電熱式など馴染みのないコンロに出くわします。料理の腕に自信のある人でも、最初は使い方に戸惑ったり失敗したりするもの。今回の会話に出てくるイギリス人留学生も、まだまだ日本のキッチンに慣れていないようですね…。
(初級〜中級)*** It's a Good Expression ***
(今回の重要表現)
...or TRY to make, I should say!
それとも「作ろうとした」と言うべきかな!
cursed
呪いをかけられた
a carbonara sauce
カルボナーラのソース
That would work!
うまく行くと思うよ!
How did it turn out?
どうだった?(How was it?)
to catch fire
引火する
to supervise
を監督する
*** Script ***
It's Tough to Cook
W: Hi Mike. How do you like living in Japan?
M: Oh, Yumi, it's great! But I'm having a bit of trouble with the food. I really miss British food, so I've been trying to make some myself. But it hasn't been going so well. Especially since they don't really have big ovens here like they do in England. So I'm quite limited in the food I can make. Ha ha… or TRY to make, I should say!
W: So, what kind of things have you been making?
M: Well, the other day I tried making pasta, but somehow I managed to burn it!
W: What?! You burnt pasta? Is that even possible?
M: Well, I think I must have not put in enough water when I was boiling it, because after 5 minutes when I looked at it again all the water had gone and the pasta was burning on the bottom of the pan!
W: Wow, I've never heard of that happening before! But that's an easy problem to solve, just add more water next time!
M: Yeah, hopefully I'll do better next time. But I think I must be cursed whenever I cook, because that's not the only bad experience I've had.
W: Oh, what other problems have you had?
M: Well, when I made the pasta, I also tried making a carbonara sauce to go with it, but I ended up scrambling the eggs!
W: Oh no! So you just had burnt pasta and scrambled eggs for dinner?
M: Basically! It was so disappointing! And this other time I just wanted to make toast, but since they don't have toasters in my dormitory kitchen, I had to use that grill for fish.
W: Oh, that would work! What a great idea! How did it turn out?
M: Well, it was going well, until I left it in for too long and it caught fire!
W: What?! It caught fire!? That's terrible! Maybe next time you'd better get someone to supervise you when you cook!
(Written by Anna Mace)