British food culture
英國的飲食文化雅思閱讀

　　Today people in the UK eat a more varied diet than ever before. As well as the regional diets of England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland the many immigrant communities have introduced their cuisines to the previously unadventurous Britons: Chinese, Greek, Indian, Italian, Thai, American fast foods such as pizza, hamburgers and fried chicken have to some extent displaced the traditional fast food of fish and chips.

　　今天，人們在英國吃了更多樣化的飲食比以往任何時候。以及區域飲食的英格蘭，蘇格蘭，威爾士和北愛爾蘭，許多移民社區介紹了他們的菜以前unadventurous英國人：中國，希臘，印度，意大利，泰國，美國快餐食品，如比薩餅，漢堡包和炸雞已在一定程度上取代傳統的快餐店的炸魚和薯條。

　　Because of the climate and the Germanic origins of many of its early people, the UK has been a traditionally beer drinking rather than a wine drinking country. Nevertheless, in recent years, vineyards in the south of England have proved successful. In the west of England the traditional drink is cider, rather than beer. Over Britain as a whole, however, the traditional drink is tea.

　　由于氣候和日耳曼起源及其早期的許多人，英國一直是傳統上喝啤酒，而不是葡萄酒的飲用國。然而，近年來，葡萄園在英格蘭南部的已證明是成功的。英格蘭西部的傳統飲料是蘋果酒，而不是啤酒。英國作為一個整體，但是，傳統的飲料是茶。

　　今天我們來詳細介紹一下英國的早餐。

　　The most famous meal in Britain could be the traditional breakfast. What makes it so popular with British people and visitors alike?

　　在英國最有名的一餐可能就要數早餐了。為什么它會這么受英國人和游客的喜愛呢?

　　英式早餐全餐(British Breakfast)，比其他國家的正餐還要豐富，絕非只有牛角包配果醬咖啡的歐式早餐(Continental Breakfast)可比。這份早餐俗稱the fry-up，因為里面多是煎炸的食物：香腸(sausage)，腌肉(bacon)，蘑菇(mushroom)，番茄(tomato)。除此之外，還有土司(toast)，英式烤餅(scone )，茄汁焗豆(baked beans)等食物。

　　吃英式早餐，雞蛋是不能少的。雞蛋通常有四種烹調方法。

　　Fried 煎

　　英國人煎蛋，通常只煎一面，蛋黃生生的，俗稱“太陽蛋”，也就是美國人口中的 sunny side up

　　Scrambled 炒

　　Boiled 煮

　　是把雞蛋連殼直接放進水里煮，熟透的叫做hard-boiled，半熟的叫做 soft-boiled

　　Poached 燉

　　是把蛋去殼后用溫水煮，煮出來的蛋內生外熟，形狀不一。

　　英式早餐茶

　　Accounts of its origins vary. Drinking a blend of black teas for breakfast is indeed a longstanding British custom. The practice of referring to such a blend as "English breakfast tea" appears to have originated not in England but America, as far back as Colonial times.

　　英國人喝早餐茶的習慣事實上是英國長久以來的傳統。只是“英國早餐茶”這一說法卻不是從英國而來的，而是從殖民地時期從美國而來。

　　English Breakfast tea is a black tea blend usually described as full-bodied, robust, and/or rich, and blended to go well with milk and sugar, in a style traditionally associated with a hearty English breakfast. It is the most common style of tea in Britain.

　　英國早餐茶是由集中紅茶以一定比例拼配而成，是一種口味醇厚，香味濃郁的飲品。適合搭配牛奶和糖。與多姿多彩的英式早餐相得益彰。是英國最常見的一種茶。