A: So I would like to hear about some typical Indonesia food. Let's talk about breakfast.
我想了解一下印尼传统食物。我们来谈谈早餐吧。
B: Breakfast. Okay. Let me see. Actually, Indonesian eat rice. We eat rice every day, three times a day for breakfast, lunch and dinner. But there is no specific and typical breakfast actually in Indonesia. For example, in my house, my mom will prepare both bread and rice. And sometimes, we also have porridge. But usually, people will prefer rice rather than bread. But then, we will eat that and drink milk every morning.
B: My favorite one, I prefer the lighter one, which is bread than strawberry jam, and of course, the milk.
我最喜欢的早餐,我更喜欢清淡一些的早餐,面包搭配草莓酱,当然还有牛奶。
A: Okay. I see. So what about lunch, Widuri, in Indonesia?
好。我知道了。威杜里,那印尼午餐一般吃什么?
B: But lunch, of course, I will eat rice. In cafeteria, at my school, we have a lot of menus, rice menus. For example, fried rice. That one is very famous in Indonesia. And then rice with curry, rice with soup, rice with chicken, fried chicken. There are a lot of menus actually in Indonesia. But basically, of course, we eat rice.
A: Okay. That's interesting. Do you have any snacks during the evening time?
好。这真有意思。你们在傍晚时分吃点心吗?
B: That's not really common actually. We don't really have snack time or tea time like that in Indonesia. But if you want to have snacks, then the snacks will be traditional foods from Indonesia like cakes.
这在印尼不太常见。印尼没有点心时间或下午茶时间。不过如果你想吃点心,印尼有蛋糕等传统小吃。
A: So what kind of cakes are they?
哪种蛋糕?
B: Wow. If I mention the name, it's probably hard to remember, but the name is like kue cubit. Do you know that food?
哇哦。如果我说名字的话,你们可能记不住,印尼的蛋糕叫kue cubit。你知道吗?
A: Kue cubit.
kue cubit。
B: Yeah.
对。
A: That's interesting. That sounds very funny.
有意思,听上去非常好笑。
B: Yeah. It is. The cake is very small. That's why we call it cubit. It's like you pinch the cake. So small but it's very sweet. You can have chocolate toppings or green tea toppings and strawberry jam on it.
A: I see. So Widuri, could you talk about dinner in Indonesia?
我知道了。威杜里,你能说说印尼的晚餐吗?
B: Dinner. Hmm, actually, there are a lot of menus like pasta or rice again or other things. But for me and my family, we usually have fruits and salad for dinner. You know, it's healthy lifestyle.
A: I see. So Widuri, you said you usually eat rice for three times a day.
我知道了。威杜里,你说你一天三顿饭都吃米饭。
B: Yes.
对。
A: So do you eat the same rice with same side dishes or curry or soup?
那你们是吃同样做法的米饭和同样的配菜吗,比如咖喱和汤之类的?
B: Yeah. Usually, my mom will cook every morning and then, she will cook again in the afternoon. But usually, same menu.
对。通常来说,我妈妈每天早上都会做饭,她下午也做饭,不过做的都是同样的食物。
A: Okay. Widuri, so salad and some fruits. That's interesting. Is it normal in Indonesia? Could you talk a bit about the salad and the fruits?
好。威杜里,沙拉和水果。这很有趣。这在印尼常见吗?你能说说沙拉和水果吗?
B: Yeah. Even though Indonesian eat rice three times a day, but my family prefers a healthier lifestyle such as salad and fruits. My friends also do that, I think, because we don't want to get fat, and fruit and salads for dinner is the best way to keep your body slim. And we usually have salad without toppings. You know, sometimes, the toppings makes you fat.
A: So what kind of salads and what kind of fruits do you eat?
那一般你们吃哪种沙拉和哪些水果?
B: Indonesian is tropical country. There are a lot of fruits like watermelon, apples, oranges. And then we also have srikaya. Do you know srikaya?
印尼是热带国家。我们有很多种水果,比如西瓜、苹果、橙子等。印尼还有番荔枝。你知道番荔枝吗?
A: I have not heard about it before.
我以前从来没有听说过。
B: Then it's fruit from Indonesia. Its name is srikaya. The shape is like pineapple but it has different taste, of course. It's not sour. It's sweet. Its name is srikaya. And for salad, we eat the usual salad like lettuce and the tomatoes, something like that mixed with the fruits.