习惯作文之英国人的饮食习惯的英语作文

英国人的饮食习惯的英语作文

【篇一：英国人的饮食习惯及英文介绍】

英国人的饮食习惯及英文介绍

in the uk we have many different names for mealtimes, including ‘breakfast’, ‘brunch’, ‘elevenses’, ‘lunch’, ‘tea’,

‘dinner’ and ‘supper’! what people eat and when can vary

greatly – in some parts of the uk, people may eat their meals at different times, and in some parts of the uk, ‘dinner’ means

‘lunch’, and ‘supper’ means ‘dinner’!

在英国，一天中的几顿饭都有它们各自的名字，比如breakfast早餐，brunch早午餐，elevenses午前茶，lunch午餐，tea下午茶，dinner（晚餐，正餐），supper晚饭。什么时候该吃什么区别大着呢，在英国的某些地区，人们是在这几个不同的时间点吃饭，而在

另一些地方，dinner指的是lunch，supper就是dinner。

although this may seem very confusing (and it is, even for british people!), many of the names are very old-fashioned,

and not often used. ‘elevenses’ and ‘tea’ are examples of two

old-fashioned snacks that are rarely eaten today. ‘elevenses’ is eaten at 11:00 am, consisting of cake or biscuits with a cup of tea or coffee. two traditional characters from english children’s books, winnie the pooh and paddington bear, used to always

‘take elevenses’! ‘tea’ is a very similar meal, and a british tradition, which involves snacking on cakes, with a cup of tea, and is normally eaten between 4:30 and 5:30 pm.

看起来貌似复杂得很（事实正是如此，即使对于英国人来说也一样），很多叫法都早已过时，不怎么被人使用。比如elevenses和tea，这两道茶点现在几乎没什么人享用了。elevenses一般是在上

午11：00，包括一杯一杯茶或咖啡就着蛋糕和饼干吃。童话书《小

熊维尼》和《帕丁顿熊》里的两位传统的小主角一直保留着吃午餐

前茶点的习惯。tea下午茶相当于一小顿饭，按照英国传统，这一餐

需要一杯茶伴着一些蛋糕佐食，时间一般是下午4：30到5：30之间。

however because people tend to have busy lifestyles in contemporary britain, we only eat three main meals each day –called breakfast, lunch and dinner.

但由于现在的英国人的生活通常很忙碌，他们一般一天只吃三顿主餐，分别叫breakfast，lunch和dinner。

nowadays, people usually eat breakfast between 7:00 am and 9:00 am. breakfast is considered a very important meal, and is essential to having a good start to the day. in fact, once a year there is a weekly campaign called ‘think breakfast’ to encourage people to eat better breakfast! the word ‘breakfast’ comes from an old-fashioned phrase ‘breaking the fast’ (a ‘fast’ means not eating for a long period of time). so breakfast literally means eating again for the first time after sleeping through the night.

英国人每天吃早餐的时间为早上7点到9点之间，早餐应是一天中

非常重要的一餐，“一日之计在于早餐”。事实上，这里每年都会举

行一次为期一周的名为“想想早餐”的运动，旨

在鼓励大家都要吃好早餐。breakfast这个单词源于古语“breaking the fast”（fast的意思是斋戒，禁食一段时间），因此，早餐breakfast 的字面意思就是经过一夜睡眠之后的首次进食。

a traditional english breakfast includes sausages, bacon,

fried eggs, mushrooms, baked beans, fried tomatoes, and

toast with butter. however, these days most people don’t eat a traditional breakfast every day, or even at all. this is because it is very unhealthy, and many people don’t have time to cook. these days, most people eat a bowl of cereal (made from

grains like corn, wheat and oats) with milk, or have a slice of toast with butter. in fact, in the uk the average person eats about 6 kilos of cereal every year – this is much more than most european countries. in the winter many people eat a hot cereal called ‘porridge’, which is made from oats. this is especially popular in scotland.

传统的英式早餐包括香肠，培根，煎蛋，蘑菇，烤豆角，煎西红柿

以及面包黄油。但现代多数人不会每天都这么吃，或者说根本不这

么吃。一方面是因为这样的早餐不够健康，另一方面还因为很多人

没时间做这样的早餐。现在，很多人都吃一碗加了牛奶的谷物粥

（各种谷物像是玉米，小麦和燕麦），或是一片摸了黄油的面包。

英国人每年人均要吃掉大约6公斤的谷物粥，这个数字远远大于许

多欧洲国家。冬天，多数英国人会吃一种燕麦做的，叫porridge的热谷物粥，在苏格兰地区尤为流行。