Head Chef
行政总厨
对话 Dialogue
Right away sir, your order will be ready shortly. Jean Pierre, we have another special for table seven!
好的先生，您的餐点马上就好。让·皮埃尔，七号桌又来了一个特餐！
I’m working as fast as I can! We’re really in the weeds! Where is my sous chef? Luc! I need you to peel more potatoes. Marie, chop some onions and carrots for the stew.
我已经尽力了！我们真的忙不过来了！我的副主厨呢？吕克！我需要你再多削些土豆。玛丽，切些洋葱和胡萝卜炖汤。
Jean Pierre another special! We’re really packed tonight! We’re running low on wine. Is there any left in the cellar?
让·皮埃尔，又一个特餐！今晚客人真多！红酒快不够了。地窖里还有吗？
Sorry I’m late, everyone. Wow, we are doing really well tonight!
抱歉我来晚了，各位。哇，今晚生意真好！
Harry, stop talking and get over here I need this sauce stirred and the fish needs to be butchered and buttered.
哈里，别说了快过来，我需要你搅这个酱汁，鱼也要切好并抹上黄油。
Ok, I’m on it!
好的，我马上去做！
Jean Pierre, table seven has requested to see the chef! I think they are food critics from Cuisine Magazine.
让·皮埃尔，七号桌要求见主厨！我觉得他们是《美食杂志》的美食评论家。
完整节目 Full Program
Hello English learners! Welcome to EnglishPod! My name is Marco.
And I’m Erica.
And today we’re back bringing you another great lesson, ah, an intermediate lesson.
That’s right, about one of my favorite subjects.
We’re talking about food.
Exactly.
Hehe. So, on this occasion we’re gonna be talking about food, so, let’s preview some words on “vocabulary preview”. Voice: Vocabulary preview.
Alright, we have three words for you today. Um, and the first word is head chef.
Head chef.
Head chef.
So, what is a head chef?
Well, in a professional kitchen, um, this is the boss of the kitchen or the leader of the kitchen.
Okay, so, the head chief is the… the main cook…
Yes, but…
Sort of saying.
He doesn’t cook
He… but he doesn’t cook.
Okay.
Alright, so if he doesn’t cook, who’s the one that… does the cooking?
Um, that brings us to our second word, sous chef.
Sous chef.
Sous chef.
Sous chef.
S-O-U-S.
So, the S is silent.
Uhu.
Because it’s like a French word.
Yeah, something like that.
Okay. So, the sous chef is the second in line to the head chef.
Yea, he’s the number two.
Number two.
Uhu.
So, he’s basically the one that’s doing some of the work.
Yeah.
In the kitchen.
Yep.
Now, let’s take a look at our last word, cuisine.
Cuisine.
Cuisine.
Cuisine.
So, this is an interesting word. What exactly does it mean?
Well, it basically means, um, cooking, right?
Okay.
Like the art of cooking.
So, for example, I can say French food.
Yeah, or French cuisine.
French cuisine, which includes all the food.
Yep.
And this also the major that people study in college…
Yes.
To become a chief.
Yep.
They study cuisine.
Uhu. And cuisine is a noun, right?
It’s a noun. Okay, so I think we’re ready to dive into our dialogue. What exactly is going on?
Well, um, we’re in a restaurant, um, and it’s a really busy night and so, we’re going to listen to what is happening in the kitchen.
Okay, so, a busy night here at this restaurant.
I know, it sounds like, ah, there’s a lot of pressure on this chief, Jean Pierre.
Yeah. Hehe. Yeah, you can… you can tell in his voice that he’s really stressed out.
Yeah.
Okay, let’s take a look at some of this kitchen vocabulary that we found, ah, in “language takeaway”. Voice: Language takeaway.
Alright, well, we’ve got five words for you today, ah, and the first one is peel.
Peel.
Peel.
Peel.
P-E-E-L.
So, this is a verb.
Uhu.
And it means to…
Remove the outside skin.
Okay, so, for example, when you’re gonna eat a banana.
You must peel it first.
You must peel it.
Yep.
You gotta take away the yellow skin.
Uhu.
What else do you peel? Oranges, potatoes.
Potatoes, like in the dialogue. Ah, what else can you peel? I don’t know, carrots.
Carrots.
Yeah.
Some people peel their tomatoes I don’t know why.
Yeah, it is kind of weird.
Alright, now let’s take a look at our next word, chop.
Chop.
Chop.
Chop.
So, again another verb and it means to…
It means to cut food in to pieces.
Oh… so if you’re gonna eat carrots, first you gotta chop them.
Exactly.
Right, you can’t put a whole carrot in…
In you soup.
In your soup…
No
Or in your rice.
Yep.
Okay, chop.
M…
Okay our next word, stirred.
Yeah, this is the past participle of the word stir.
Okay, so the verb stir.
Stir.
So, when you stir something…
Imagine you have a big pot.
Uhu.
Um, and you’ve got a long spoon, you move the spoon around in circles.
Okay.
So, you’re stirring the pot.
You’re mixing.
Uhu.
To stir is very similar to mix.
Yes.
Okay.
So you just move the food around.
Move the food around.
Yep.
Okay, our next word, butchered.
Again the past participle of the word butcher.
Okay, butcher.
Butcher.
Now, this is a verb to butcher something.
Uhu.
It’s when you remove all the bones and all the organs from the meat.
Exactly, so you cut up the meat.
And this is interesting because that’s also a noun.
Right, a butcher is the person who cuts up meat.
Okay, so… so it’s really easy, a butcher butchers meat.
Yes.
Hehe. Alright, our last word, buttered.
Buttered.
Buttered.
Buttered.
Okay, so buttered, this is weird.
I know, um, normally we all know the… the noun, butter.
Uhu.
But here it’s acting as a verb.
Okay.
So, when you butter something, you spread or put butter on it.
Okay.
Simple.
So, to put butter on something.
Yep.
So you can butter a piece of bread.
Exactly.
Or in this case the fish is being buttered.
Uhu.
Sounds delicious.
Yes.
Okay, now we’re ready to listen to our dialogue for the second time, we’re gonna slow it down a little bit so it’s easier to understand. DIALOGUE, SECOND TIME (slow)
Okay, so that seems to be a little bit better.
Uhu. And, hey, I noticed that there’s a lot of really great kitchen words in here like words that you commonly hear in a professional kitchen.
Okay. So let’s take a look at these kitchen words in “fluency builder”. Voice: Fluency builder.
Alright, we’ve got three phrases, ah, and the first one is in the weeds.
In the weeds.
In the weeds.
In the weeds.
So, when you in the weeds, you’re so so busy and you can’t do all the work you need to do on time.
Okay, so, in the weeds, it means that you’re really busy.
Yes.
And…
You can’t finish everything.
And you can’t… you have too much to do.
Yep.
Okay, in the weeds.
Uhu.
Okay, our next word, running low on.
Running low on.
Running low on.
Running low on.
Okay, so before we get into explaining what running lo on means, let’s listen to some examples. Voice: Example one.
You'd better look for a gas station, we’re running low on fuel. Voice: Example two.
We’re running low on beers. Can you go out and get some? Voice: Example three.
My flashlight is running low on battery, hurry up before gets dark.
So basically running low means…
Um, you don’t have much of this left.
You don’t have much of something left.
Yep, so here they're running low on wine, so basically…
There’s no much wine left.
Right.
So as we’ve heard in the examples you could also be running low on fuel, for example.
Uhu.
On your car…
Yep.
Etcetera. Running low on. Alright and now let’s take a look at our last word. Doing really well.
Doing really well.
We are doing really well.
Doing really well. So, that seems to be like a pretty simple structure, I mean we know all this words, right?
Uhu.
So, why is it special?
Well, basically, if you say I’m doing really well, maybe it sounds a little bit difficult to understand, what are you doing really well?
Uh.
So, this is a great way of answering a question when somebody says "how are you?" or "how are you doing?" you can say "oh, I’m doing really well".
So…
Or "I’m doing well".
In your life everything is good.
In your life thing are good and you’re happy basically.
Yeah, but in this situation, in the dialogue, what’s doing really well?
Well, the restaurant is doing really well, the business is doing really well.
So when he says we’re doing really well, um, business is…
Good.
Good, they’re making lots of money.
Exactly.
Uhu.
So you can use it with people, you can use it with businesses, you can say "oh, I’m doing really well in my new job".
Yep.
Or "my son is doing really well in school".
Yep.
Okay, so, you can use in… in those different ways.
Alright, well, let’s listen to the dialogue, ah, one last time and we’ll be able to hear all of these great words and phrases we’ve just talked about.
So, Marco, do you think this chief had a rat under his hat?
Hehe. That was a really good movie.
Yeah.
Ratatouille.
Yeah.
Disney-Pixar.
Uh.
Where the rat is a cook.
Yes.
It’s interesting I love to cook but I’m not very good at cooking.
Really?
But it’s good because for me… it helps me relieve stress.
Me too, actually, you know, if I’m in a bad mood I go home and cook something to eat and… the world seems a happier place.
Hehe. And people don’t understand because they think cooking is work.
Yep.
But, you know, for some people it’s fun.
Yeah.
So what about you guys? What did you like to cook? Do you have any particular dish that you prepare very well?
And if you do, please send us the recipes.
Hehe. Exactly, because we know that we have listeners from all over the world and, of course, we want to know what type of food you prefer.
Uhu.
So come to englishpod.com and post your questions, your comments and your recipes.
Yes.
In our community section and Erica and I will always be there.
Yes, um, to test all your recipes as well as answer the questions.
Hehe. For sure if, ah, good recipe comes along we’ll prepare it and, ah, we’ll let you know how it turned out.
Yep.
Alright guys, we’re out of time but we’ll see you next time.
Until then… good bye!
Bye!
复习 Review
The EnglishPod audio review.
Listen to the meaning, then say the vocabulary word.
Quickly as soon as possible.
Right away.
In a difficult situation.
In the weeds.
Chef that assists and helps the head chef.
Blue chef.
Remove the outer skin of a fruit or vegetable.
Peel.
Cut into small pieces.
Chop.
Do not have so much, having not enough.
Running low on.
Move or mix something, usually with a spoon.
Cut meat into pieces, taking out bones and organs.
Butcher.
Put butter on something.
Butter.
Do cut something into small pieces.
Dice.
A flat piece of kitchen equipment for cooking with fire.
Stove.
A deep round container that is used for cooking.
Pot.
A usually shallow and open metal container that has a handle, and that is used for cooking or baking.
Pan.
To cook food at a very high and dry heat.
Bake.
Let's try that faster.
Quickly as soon as possible.
Right away.
A deep round container that is used for cooking.
Pot.
Chef that assists and helps the head chef.
Sue chef.
A flat piece of kitchen equipment for cooking with fire.
Stove.
Move or mix something, usually with a spoon.
Stir.
Do cut something into small pieces.
Dice.
Put butter on something.
Butter.
In a difficult situation.
In the weeds.
A usually shallow and open metal container that has a handle, and that is used for cooking or baking.
Pan.
Cut into small pieces.
Chop.
Cut meat into pieces, taking out bones and organs.
Butcher.
Do not have so much, having not enough.
Running low on.
Remove the outer skin of a fruit or vegetable.
Peel.
To cook food at a very high and dry heat.
Bake.
Now say the word and hear it in a sentence.
Peel.
You should peel tomatoes before eating them to avoid getting sick.
Peel.
I hate peeling potatoes.
It takes me a very long time.
Peel.
Can you peel this orange for me, please?
Chop.
When you chop onions, it makes you cry.
Chop.
You must be careful when chopping vegetables and not cut yourself.
Chop.
When you chop vegetables, make sure you have a sharp knife.
Running low on.
We need to find a gas station.
We are running low on gas.
Running low on.
We are running low on beer.
Can you go to the store and get some more?
Running low on.
My flashlight is running low on battery.
Do you have another flashlight?
Stir.
Stir this kind of paint so we can start painting the room.
Stir.
You need to stir your coffee if you add sugar.
Stir.
Can you please stir the rice?
It will burn if you don't.
Butcher.
It's difficult to butcher meat.
I don't know how you do it.
Butcher.
I spent all day butchering the cow.
Now it's ready to cook.
Butcher.
You have to butcher the chicken before cooking it.