Brits love eating outside!? 英國人很喜歡在戶外用餐!?
After the easing of lockdown rules in the UK, restaurants were allowed to reopen on the condition that they only served food to customers outside. Anyone familiar with the UK weather would probably think this wouldn't be such a promising prospect. But us Brits tend to think differently!
在英國解封後，餐廳被允許重新營業，但條件是他們只可以在戶外為顧客們提供食物。對於任何一個熟悉英國天氣的人來說，這可能並不是一個很樂觀的前景。但是，我們英國人卻有完全不一樣的想法～～!
Outdoor dining is a national pastime. Whether it's having barbeques in the summer, drinking beer in a pub garden, or having a picnic on the beach choking down sand-filled sandwiches 🏖 🥪 , the British public love to dine 'al fresco'. We've even co-opted this phrase from the Italians, who (according to an Italian friend) don't often use this term themselves. Dining or eating 'al fresco' means eating in the fresh air, or outside. And here in the UK, we can't get enough of it!
在這裡，戶外用餐是一項全民消遣活動。無論是在夏天吃BBQ，在酒吧花園裡喝啤酒，還是在海灘上野餐，吃著帶有沙子的三明治🏖 🥪 ，英國民眾都喜歡在露天用餐。我們甚至還從義大利人那裡借用了“al fresco”這個片語。據我的一位義大利朋友說，他們自己都不常使用這個說法。Dining或eating ‘al fresco’的意思是在戶外或者在新鮮的空氣中用餐。英國人都超愛這種用餐方式！
The usual situation goes something like this: you wake up on a random morning in May to the sunlight peeping through the curtains. 🤔You rub your eyes in disbelief... it can't be this sunny so early on in the year? Surely, you're dreaming?!🥺 Once you've confirmed that you haven't been magically teleported to Spain overnight, you jump out of bed and text your close friends and family to come over to yours for a barbeque that afternoon. You lather on the suncream, rush to the shops to buy burgers and Pimms, and spend the whole afternoon talking about how wonderful the weather is.
通常的情況是這樣的：你偶然地在五月的某個早晨醒來。陽光透過窗簾照射進來，你難以置信地揉了揉眼睛… 🤔今年這麼早就有晴朗的天氣？肯定是在做夢吧？ ！🥺一旦你確認這一切是真的，自己並沒有在一夜之間神奇地被傳送到西班牙去，你就馬上跳下床，給好朋友和家人傳訊息，邀請他們當天下午來你家燒烤。接著你塗上防曬乳，衝到商店去買漢堡和皮姆(Pimms)酒，然後花一整個下午的時間，討論今天天氣到底有多讚！
Ok, maybe this is an exaggeration. I've personally been to a few barbeques where the meal had to be abandoned due to a sudden downpour of rain in an otherwise sunny afternoon. But, regardless of the weather, we do still seem to love eating outside. Perhaps the picture below will serve as proof!
好吧，也許我描述得有點誇張。我曾經有過幾次這樣的經驗：在一個陽光明媚的下午，大家正開開心心地在戶外烤肉時，一場突如其來的傾盆大雨讓所有食物都泡湯了。然而，無論天氣如何，英國人對戶外用餐的狂熱程度絲毫未減。也許下面這張圖就是一個很好的證明！
Nicola Hardwick 小組課程師資
大家好！我是Nicola，是一名住在英格蘭南邊海岸的英語母語者。在過去近兩年中，我一直都是一名英文老師。我擁有艾希特大學的英文一等學位。我也擁有在不同辦公室工作和作為自由校對員的專業經驗。在我的空閒時間，我喜歡看書、寫故事，以及帶我的狗去海灘散步。我對語言學習的興趣源自於我自己學習法文的經歷。我一直都在探索各種新的創意教學方法。期待與大家見面！
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