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Food / Mango Yogurt Ice Cream

« on: June 25, 2019, 01:17:17 PM »

Mango Yogurt Ice Cream

My home-made ice cream. I use mangoes, yogurt, cream and add a little lemon juice. If you like it to be sweeter, you can add some sugar.

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Food / Re: A new McDonald's ice cream (脆皮巧克力味花生那么大圆筒)

« on: June 17, 2019, 02:37:49 AM »

A photograph of one of these ice creams: .

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Food / Black Glutinous Rice with Coconut Juice and Mangoes

« on: May 21, 2019, 01:37:26 PM »

Black Glutinous Rice with Coconut Juice and Mangoes

It's one kind of Cantonese sweets. It's very simple to make it.
Cook some black glutinous rice.  Add some sugar and and then pour in some coconut juice and put some mangoes on it.

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Food / Bitter Gourd Omelette

« on: May 17, 2019, 12:52:12 PM »

Bitter Gourd Omelette

In summer I like to eat more bitter gourds.
It's very nice to cook eggs with bitter gourds like this omelette.

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Food / Fried Rice Cakes with Kimchi

« on: April 15, 2019, 03:46:06 PM »

Fried Rice Cakes with Kimchi

I like the food with kimchi, I think it has a good taste.
In fact I don't like to eat rice cakes very much. But to cook some with kimchi will be OK.

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Food / Omelette with Leaves of Chinese Wolfberry

« on: March 25, 2019, 01:22:38 PM »

Omelette with Leaves of Chinese Wolfberry

My mother used to cook soup with leaves of Chinese wolfberry often.
I use them to cook with eggs. It's also very tasty and I think it's good for health.

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Food / Fish Bites with Tartar Sauce

« on: March 19, 2019, 01:45:00 PM »

Fish Bites with Tartar Sauce

Baked fish bites in the oven.
It's very tasty to eat with tartar sauce.

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Food / Fried Duck Breast with Garlic Sprouts

« on: March 11, 2019, 01:54:27 PM »

Fried Duck Breast with Garlic Sprouts

It's a simple but tasty dish.
Two duck breast and some garlic sprout fried together,  and only soy sauce, salt and oil for taste. For a little spicy taste I add one pepper.

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Food / Banana Pie

« on: March 11, 2019, 01:42:48 PM »

Banana Pie

I bought some puff pastries and kept them in the fridge for a long time.
There is a banana left, so I make some banana pies. It's kind of easy to make: I put some mashed banana between two small pieces of pastry and bake them in the oven.

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Food / Fried Rice with Thai Sauce

« on: February 21, 2019, 01:08:46 PM »

Fried Rice with Thai Sauce

We like fried rice. From time to time I will fry some rice with different kinds of meat, vegetables or sauce.
This rice, I make it with eggs, shrimps and peas. For the taste, some Thai sauce with lemon juice.
You can try.

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Food / Salted Tang-yuan

« on: February 17, 2019, 11:12:42 AM »

Salted Tang-yuan

Two days later it's the Lantern Festival. We usually eat eat a kind of dumpling called tang-yuan, in the north they call it yuan xiao.
Some are salted, some are sweet.
I like salted tang-yuan more. Here are some I make, there are pickles, mushrooms, smoked meat, shrimps and water chestnuts inside.

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Food / Beans with Peanut Butter

« on: February 12, 2019, 09:46:49 PM »

Beans with Peanut Butter

Very simple.
Boil the beans for a while. The peanut butter is very thick, add some soy sauce ,garlic and some water. Then mix the bean with the peanut sauce.

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Food / Baked Bell Pepper Salad with Olives

« on: February 12, 2019, 09:26:49 PM »

Baked Bell Pepper Salad with Olives

My salad today.
First bake 4 bell peppers in the oven for 30 minutes.
Then remove the skin of the peppers to make salad with other things, there are olives, capers, cornichons and corianders. And some garlic, vinegar and olive oil for the taste.

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学习英语 / 与动物相关的常用英语口语表达

« on: December 03, 2018, 01:56:28 PM »

与动物相关的常用英语口语表达

1. Butterflies in one's stomach 感到紧张、忐忑不安。
Julie has butterflies in her stomach every time Mike speaks to her.
当麦克对朱莉说话时，朱莉感到紧张不安。

2.Make a pig's ear of 把事情搞得很糟糕
She made a pig's ear of things on the evening.
那天晚上，她把事情搞得很糟糕。

3.Cast pearls before swine 对牛弹琴
词典中对Cast pearls before swine把珍珠放在猪面前，这个表达相当于我们中文中的“对牛弹琴”。
To cast pearls before swine is to give things of value to those who will not understand it.
对牛弹琴就相当于把珍贵的东西送给不识货的人。

4. The lion's share 最大份额
Prince  had left the lion's share of all his money to his second wife.
王子把自己大部分钱财都留给了他的第二任妻子。

5. A cold fish 冷漠无情的人，古怪的人
不是指冰冷的鱼，而是指感情较少波动甚至有些不友好的人。
Our new boss  is a cold fish.
我们的新领导是个很冷漠的人。

拓展：Cold-hearted 冷酷无情 

Orphaned as a baby, Jane Eyre is placed in the care of a cold-hearted aunt, Mrs. Reed of Gateshead Hall.
简·爱自幼成为孤女，托付给一个冷酷无情的舅母，盖兹海德府的里德太太来照管。

6. It's not my pigeon. 这不关我的事
pigeon是鸽子，但这句话是说这不关我的事，有类似"It's none of my bussiness."

The house price is growing quickly, but it's not my pigeon.
房价在疯涨，但是这与我无关。

7.A cat gets one's tongue 舌头打结，一言不发，不吭声

What's up? Cat got your tongue?
怎么了？为什么不吭声？

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Food / New KFC chocolate ice-cream

« on: December 01, 2018, 05:49:07 PM »

New KFC chocolate ice cream (Belgium chocolate ice cream): . It's fragrant and yummy.