The Weekend - Stir Fry (C0194)
| A: | Oh, man. I had the best supper last night. My wife made a stir fry and it was amazing! |
| B: | I love stir fry Crispy bite-sized vegetables covered in a mixture of soy sauce and oyster sauce. Wilted greens and fresh bean sprouts. Throw in some onion and garlic and ginger! Mmm! Mmm! It's almost lunchtime. I would die for a plate of stir fry right now! |
| A: | Well, you can keep the vegetables, I'll take the meat. The stir fry my wife made was really hearty, with chunks of beef and slivers of bell peppers and onion... |
| B: | What? You call that a stir fry? More meat than vegetables? That's the worst insult you could throw at a Chinese stir fry What a disgrace to the wok she fried it in! What you had is equivalent to a fajita without the wrap! Silly Americans! |
Key Vocabulary
| bite-sized | you can eat it with one bite | |
| soy | a source of oil and is eaten as food | |
| oyster | a large flat shelfish | |
| wilted | dying | |
| bean | the seed of a climbing plant | |
| sprout | a new growth on a plant | |
| hearty | large(used for meals) | |
| chunk | a solid piece or lump | |
| sliver | small thin sharp pieces | |
| bell pepper | a kind of pepper, with hot-tasting | |
| wok | a large metal Chinese cooking pot | |
| be equivalent to | equal to | |
| fajita | a Mexican meal consists of chicken and vegetables | |
| bite-sized | you can eat it with one bite | |
| soy | a source of oil and is eaten as food | |
| oyster | a large flat shelfish | |
| wilted | dying | |
| bean sprout | the sprout of beans, eaten as a vegetable | |
| hearty | large(used for meals) | |
| chunk | a solid piece or lump | |
| sliver | small thin sharp pieces | |
| bell pepper | large bell-shaped sweet pepper in green or red or | |
| wok | a large metal Chinese cooking pot | |
| be equivalent to | equal to | |
| fajita | a Mexican meal consists of chicken and vegetables | |
| throw in | action of adding something | |
| die for | extremely desirable | |
| disgrace | shame, loss of reputation or dishonour |
Supplementary Vocabulary
| Chop suey | American-Chinese dish consisting of meats cooked quickly with vegetables and bound in a starch-thickened sauce | |
| Kung Pow Chicken | Chinese dish made with peanuts and marinated with chilli peppers | |
| Fortune Cookie | ||
| Chow Mein | ||
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