The Weekend - Stir Fry (C0194)
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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