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近年来,英国牡蛎变得稀少而昂贵;因此,美国蓝点牡蛎找到了现成的市场。

Of late years English oysters have become scarce and dear; and in consequence the American Blue Point oysters find a ready market.

牛肉。

Beef.

优质公牛牛肉的纹理疏松,肉色鲜红,脂肪略带黄色。

The grain of ox beef, when good, is loose, the meat red, and the fat inclining to yellow.

相反,母牛牛肉纹理较紧密,脂肪较白,但肉色几乎不如公牛牛肉那样鲜红。

Cow beef, on the contrary, has a closer grain and whiter fat, but the meat is scarcely as red as that of ox beef.

劣质牛肉来自饲养不良的牲畜或年龄过大不宜食用的牲畜,其特征是脂肪坚硬多筋,瘦肉呈深红色,老年动物的肋骨肉中还会有一条角质纹路贯穿其中。

Inferior beef, which is meat obtained from ill-fed animals, or from those which had become too old for food, may be known by a hard, skinny fat, a dark red lean, and, in old animals, a line of horny texture running through the meat of the ribs.

当肉在被手指按压后迅速弹起,可以认为该动物正值壮年;但如果按压留下的凹痕恢复缓慢或仍然可见,则该动物可能已过了壮年,肉质因此必然较为低劣。

When meat rises up quickly, after being pressed by the finger, it may be considered as being the flesh of an animal which was in its prime; but when the dent made by pressure returns slowly, or remains visible, the animal had probably passed its prime, and the meat consequently must be of inferior quality.

小牛肉。

Veal

小牛肉应呈细嫩的白色,但颜色较深时往往也多汁且味道鲜美。

should be delicately white, though it is often juicy and well-flavoured when rather dark in colour.

据说屠夫在宰杀小牛之前会故意为其放血,目的是使肉色变白,但这样做也会使肉质干燥无味。

Butchers, it is said, bleed calves purposely before killing them, with a view to make the flesh white, but this also makes it dry and flavourless.

检查腰部时,如果包裹肾脏的脂肪洁白而结实,则该肉很可能是上等的新鲜肉。

On examining the loin, if the fat enveloping the kidney be white and firm-looking, the meat will probably be prime and recently killed.

Vocabulary

late
近来,最近一段时间
years
年,年份,复数形式
English
英国的,英语的
oysters
牡蛎,一种可食用的贝类
become
变得,变成某种状态
scarce
稀少的,供应不足的
dear
昂贵的,价格高的
consequence
结果,因此,作为后果
American
美国的,美国产的
find
找到,获得,发现市场
ready
现成的,容易得到的
market
市场,销路,需求
Beef
牛肉,来自牛的肉类
grain
肉的纹理,纤维质地
ox
公牛,阉割后的雄牛
beef
牛肉,食用牛的肉
good
好的,质量优良的
loose
松散的,纹理不紧密的
meat
肉,食用的动物肉
red
红色的,颜色鲜红的
fat
脂肪,肉上的油脂部分
inclining
倾向于,偏向某种颜色
yellow
黄色的,偏黄色调
Cow
母牛,雌性牛
contrary
相反,反之,对比
closer
更紧密的,纹理更细密
whiter
更白的,颜色更浅白
scarcely
几乎不,勉强,不太
Inferior
劣质的,品质低下的
obtained
获得的,来自某来源的
ill-fed
饲养不良的,营养不足的
animals
动物,牲畜,复数形式
old
老的,年龄过大的
food
食物,食用,供食用
known
辨别,识别,被认识到
hard
硬的,坚硬的,触感硬
skinny
瘦削的,肌肉稀少的
dark
深色的,暗色,颜色深暗
lean
瘦肉,含脂肪少的部分
line
线条,纹路,条纹
horny
角质的,坚硬如角质
texture
质地,纹理,触感结构
running
贯穿,延伸,通过其中
ribs
肋骨,排骨,肋排部位
rises
恢复,弹起,上升
quickly
迅速地,很快地
pressed
被按压,受到压力的
finger
手指,用手指按压
considered
被认为,被视为
flesh
肌肉,肉,动物肌体
animal
动物,牲畜,一头动物
prime
全盛期,最佳状态时期
dent
凹痕,按压后留下的痕迹
pressure
压力,按压,施压力度
returns
恢复,弹回,回到原状
slowly
缓慢地,慢慢地
remains
保留,仍然可见,留存
visible
可见的,能看见的
probably
可能,大概,很可能
passed
过了全盛期,已衰老
consequently
因此,所以,结果是
must
必然是,一定,情态动词
inferior
劣质的,品质较差的
quality
质量,品质,好坏程度
Veal
小牛肉,幼牛的肉
delicately
细腻地,精致地,淡雅地
white
白色的,颜色洁白
though
虽然,尽管,转折连词
often
经常,常常,频繁地
juicy
多汁的,肉质湿润
well-flavoured
味道好的,风味佳的
rather
略微,有点,相当地
colour
颜色,色泽,色调
Butchers
屠夫,肉贩,卖肉者
bleed
放血,使动物流血
calves
小牛,幼牛,复数形式
purposely
故意地,有意地,刻意
killing
宰杀,杀死,屠宰
view
目的,意图,为了使
dry
干燥的,缺乏水分的
flavourless
无味的,缺乏风味的
examining
检查,仔细察看,检验
loin
腰部,腰肉,腰脊肉
enveloping
包裹,覆盖,围绕在外
kidney
肾脏,腰子,内脏器官
firm-looking
看起来紧实的,坚挺外观
recently
最近,不久前,新近
killed
宰杀的,新鲜屠宰的
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