无压力的家庭用餐

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你知道什么叫随机应变吗？

Do you know how to think on your feet?

你总是拖延吗，还是就喜欢唠叨个没完？

Are you always kicking the can down the road, or do you just love to yap?

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Learn these informal English expressions and more in under three minutes.

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六分钟英语。

Six Minute English.

来自 bbclearningenglish.com。

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你好。

Hello.

这里是BBC英语教学的《六分钟英语》。

This is Six Minute English from BBC Learning English.

我是尼尔。

I'm Neil.

我是乔治。

And I'm Georgie.

有些孩子特别讨厌吃西兰花。

Some kids hate eating broccoli.

对另一些孩子来说，是蘑菇。

For others, it's mushrooms.

最让人头疼的，当然是抱子甘蓝。

And worst of all, of course, our brussels sprouts.

每个有小孩的家长都知道孩子吃什么、不吃什么。

Every parent of young children knows what food they will and won't eat.

乔治，你小时候最不喜欢吃什么食物？

What food did you dislike as a child, Georgie?

我小时候特别讨厌坚果和牛油果。

Oh, when I was little I used to absolutely hate nuts and avocados.

但现在长大了，我特别喜欢这两样东西。

But now, as an adult, I absolutely love both of those things.

这我一点都不意外，它们都很好吃。

I'm not surprised, they're delicious.

那你呢，尼尔？

What about you, Neil?

你小时候有没有不喜欢吃的东西？

Did you dislike any foods?

你知道吗？

Do you know what?

我觉得我那时候什么都爱吃。

I think I liked most things.

一家人吃晚饭是挺开心的，能聊聊各自的一天，一起吃饭。

Family dinnertime can be fun a chance to reconnect, hear about everyone's day and share a meal.

但当孩子拒绝吃做好的饭菜时，结果往往不是家庭欢乐，而是冲突。

But when children refuse to eat the food that's been cooked, the result is often conflict rather than family fun.

BBC广播四台的节目《食物链》采访了儿童营养专家、两个孩子的母亲夏洛特·斯特林·里德，问她孩子会不会吃她做的所有食物。

BBC Radio four programme The Food Chain asked child nutritionist and mother of two, Charlotte Sterling Reid, whether her kids eat everything she gives them.

他们肯定不会。

They definitely don't.

我们经历过好几次食欲起伏，有时候他们吃得很少，然后又突然恢复正常。

We go through multiple periods of up and downs where their appetite is much lower, and then all of a sudden it comes right back.

这跟天气有关，也跟他们当天的活动有关。

It depends on the weather, what they've been doing that day.

有时候还跟他们的心情有关。

It can depend on their mood.

晚餐时间，夏洛特的孩子们会经历情绪起伏——意思是他们有时好有时坏。

At dinnertime, Charlotte's children go through ups and downs a phrase meaning that a mixture of good and bad things happen to them.

有时候他们高高兴兴把饭全吃完，有时候却一口都不吃。

Sometimes they eat everything happily other times they don't.

这取决于很多因素，比如他们当天的活动、天气和心情。

It depends on many things, including their day, the weather and their mood.

人的心情，就是他们在某个时刻的感受状态。

A person's mood is the way they're feeling at a particular time.

那父母该怎么让晚餐时间变得人人都喜欢呢？

So how can parents make dinnertime something everyone enjoys?

在本期节目中，我们将听取三位专家关于幼儿饮食习惯的建议，还会学到一些实用的新词和表达。

In this episode, we'll be hearing from three experts on young children's eating habits and learning some useful new words and phrases too.

别忘了，所有本期节目的词汇、测验和练习资料，都可以在我们的网站 bbclearningenglish.com 上找到。

And remember, you'll find all the vocabulary from this episode along with a quiz and worksheet on our website bbclearningenglish.com.

不过首先，乔治，我有个问题想问你。

But first, of course, Georgie, I have a question for you.

夏洛特·斯特林·里德是儿童营养专家，她有一些让家庭用餐更轻松的建议。

Charlotte Sterling Reid is a child nutritionist and she has some tips for stress free family meals.

你觉得她会推荐下面哪一条呢？

Which of these do you think she recommends?

是 a) 确保孩子每天吃五份水果和蔬菜，b) 别逼孩子把盘子里的东西全吃完，还是 c) 快速让孩子尝试很多新口味？

Is it a) make sure your child eats five pieces of fruit and veg a day b) don't pressure your child to eat everything on the plate or c) introduce your child to lots of new flavours quickly.

这有点难。

That's quite hard.

这些建议听起来都不错。

They all seem like quite good tips.

我选 c)，尽快让孩子多尝试新口味。

I'm going to go with c) introduce your child to lots of new flavours quickly.

好的。

Okay.

我们稍后在节目中揭晓答案。

We'll find out the answer later in the programme.

安妮·菲舍尔医生是儿童营养领域的另一位专家。

Doctor Anne Fischel is another expert in child nutrition.

她共同创立了‘家庭晚餐计划’，这是一家在美国推广儿童健康饮食的机构。

She co founded the Family Dinner Project, an organisation promoting children's healthy eating in The US.

在这里，安妮向BBC世界服务节目《食物链》的露丝·亚历山大解释了为什么用餐时间可能会变得紧张。

Here, Anne explains one reason why mealtimes can become stressful to Ruth Alexander for BBC World Service programme, The Food Chain.

许多家长说，晚餐时间常常变成一场拉锯战。

Many parents say dinnertime can become a battleground.

那为什么吃的东西会引发这么多矛盾呢？

So why is it that what you're eating can trigger so much tension?

我觉得对小孩子来说，这是他们为数不多能自己做主的领域之一。

I think for small children, it's one of the few areas that they have control over.

父母可以决定做什么菜、什么时候上桌，但孩子才有权决定吃不吃。

I mean, parents can cook what they want and serve it when they want, but it's up to kids to decide whether they're gonna eat it.

对年幼的孩子来说，这非常重要。

And for young kids, that's a big deal.

他们至少还能掌控这一点。

They have some control.

晚餐时间常常变成冲突的战场，因为这是孩子少数能自己做主的方面之一。

Dinnertime often becomes a battleground, a place where argument or conflict happens, and thinks that's because it's one of the few areas where children have control.

对孩子来说，决定吃什么是一件很重要的事，他们特别在意这一点。

For kids, controlling what they're willing to eat is a big deal, something of special importance to them.

如果夏洛特和安妮这样的专家都为吃饭问题头疼，那如果你的孩子有食物过敏——也就是吃了某些食物身体会生病——情况该有多难啊。

If experts like Charlotte and Anne struggle at mealtimes, imagine how hard it could be if your child has a food allergy a condition where the body makes you sick after eating certain foods.

新加坡美食作家莎伦·韦的经历就是这样，她在这里接受了BBC世界服务节目《食物链》的采访。

That was the experience of Sharon Wee, a food writer from Singapore, who speaks here with BBC World Service programme, The Food Chain.

我女儿一出生就有过敏问题，刚开始真的特别艰难。

My daughter was born with allergies, and it was quite a struggle at first.

说实话，我们最后找到了一个万能方案，就是米饭和豆子。

And to be honest with you, we found the winning formula, which was rice and beans.

她小时候前五年基本就吃米饭和豆子。

And she grew up eating rice and beans probably for the first five years of her life.

莎伦女儿的过敏限制了她的饮食，让全家做饭变得很困难。

Sharon's daughter's allergies restricted what she could eat, making cooking for the whole family a struggle.

幸运的是，莎伦找到了一个安全的解决方案——她女儿能吃的米饭和豆子。

Luckily, Sharon discovered the winning formula, something her daughter could safely eat rice and beans.

所谓的成功秘诀，就是一种能带来好结果的方法或策略。

A winning formula is a method or strategy that produces successful results.

所以，乔治亚，父母该怎么帮助孩子养成良好的饮食习惯呢？

So Georgie, how can parents help their children develop good eating habits?

其实，我们的专家们在这一点上看法都很一致。

Well, there are some things that our experts all agree upon.

比如，可以让孩子自己选，吃饭前先提供一些健康的小零食和蘸酱。

For one, give children a choice for example, by offering small, healthy snacks and dips before the meal.

最重要的是，别逼孩子把盘子里的食物全吃完，要营造一个轻松无压力的用餐氛围。

And most importantly of all, create a stress free atmosphere by not pressurising kids to finish everything on their plate.

没错。

Right.

这其实也回答了尼尔你的那个问题。

Well, that also helps with your quiz question, Neil.

那不如现在就公布正确答案吧。

So why not go ahead and reveal the correct answer.

我刚才问你，儿童营养专家夏洛特·斯廷格尔·里德对营造轻松的家庭用餐氛围有什么建议。

I asked you what child nutritionist Charlotte Stirling Reid recommends for stress free family meals.

对。

Yes.

我说的是C选项：尽快让孩子尝试各种新口味。

I said c) introduce your child to lots of new flavours quickly.

很遗憾，你答错了，乔治。

I'm afraid you were wrong, Georgie.

正确答案其实是B：不要强迫孩子把盘子里的食物全吃完。

The answer is actually b) don't pressure your child to eat everything on the plate.

明白了。

Okay.

我们来回顾一下刚才学过的词汇，首先是‘ups and downs’，这个短语形容一个人生活中好坏交织的经历。

Let's recap the vocabulary we've learnt starting with ups and downs a phrase describing the mixture of good and bad things that happen to someone.

你的情绪就是你在某个时刻的感受。

Your mood is how you feel at a particular time.

战场指的是发生争论或冲突的地方或情况。

A battleground is a place or situation where argument or conflict happens.

如果某件事对你来说很重要，那就是一件大事。

If something is a big deal, it's of special importance to you.

食物过敏是一种医学状况，指某些食物会让你身体不适。

A food allergy is a medical condition where certain foods make your body sick.

最后，制胜秘诀就是能带来成功结果的方法或策略。

And finally, a winning formula is a method or strategy that produces successful results.

好了，我们这六分钟又到了。

Once again, our six minutes are up.

如果你想了解更多关于食物的词汇，可以去我们的网站 bbclearningenglish.com 上的专题页面看看。

But if you'd like to learn more vocabulary on the topic of food, you can head to our topic page on our website bbclearningenglish.com.

我们很快再见，但现在先说再见了。

See you again soon, but for now, it's goodbye.

再见。

Goodbye.

六分钟英语

Six Minute English.

来自bbc学习英语网

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