雅思口语Part2：擅长烹饪的人 Describe someone you know who is a good cook

Unfortunately, I am a terrible cook, but that does mean I can appreciate those who can! I’m going to tell you about a friend of mine who is a wonderful chef, how I know her, what she can cook and why I think she is so great it.

不幸的是，我是一个糟糕的厨师，但这确实意味着我可以欣赏那些可以的人!我要告诉你我的一个朋友，她是一个很棒的厨师，我是怎么认识她的，她会做什么，为什么我觉得她这么棒。

This person is a friend of mine, I know her through a running club I belong too, and as I’ve got to know her better over the years we now socialize together, I also sometimes help her with her allotment and I’ve been lucky enough to eat at her house many times. She runs her own business, making bespoke biscuits, carefully decorated with original designs, so it’s just as well she can cook. But she also runs a busy household and regularly cooks delicious wholesome meals for her family.

这个人是我的一个朋友,我知道她通过一个属于我的跑步俱乐部,我要知道她这些年来我们现在交往在一起,我有时也会帮助她与她的分配和我一直幸运地在她家吃饭很多次。她经营着自己的生意，*定制的饼干，精心装饰着原创的设计，所以她的厨艺也不错。但她也有一个忙碌的家庭，经常为她的家人做美味健康的饭菜。

This friend can seemingly cook anything, anywhere! She makes her own bread and can conjure a meal at a moment’s notice using eggs from her hens and herbs from her garden. She cooks really healthy food and, fortunately for me, seems to enjoy catering for unexpected guests too. She makes a very fine chocolate and orange cake, and her biscuits are famous amongst her friends as well as her clients. However, for me, a favorite meal was one she made for me recently. We went up to work on her allotment – that’s an area of land you can rent for a *all fee from the local council as long as you use it for growing fruit and vegetables. It was a lovely summer’s day, and we planned to work into the evening preparing the ground. She had planned ahead. She brought up a *all gas burner, a saucepan and some chopped red peppers, onions and other vegetables which she cooked up for us with some delicious fried halloumi cheese. She had even thought to bring fresh salad leaves, a light dressing and a sort of wrap to hold it all together. After our hard work on the land, we enjoyed the late evening sun and ate with relish. Nothing tastes as good as food eaten outside after physical work.

这个朋友似乎可以烹饪任何东西，任何地方!她自己做面包，可以用母鸡的蛋和花园里的香草在一瞬间变出一餐。她做的食物真的很健康，对我来说幸运的是，她似乎也喜欢为不速之客提供食物。她做了一个很好的巧克力和橙子蛋糕，她的饼干在她的朋友和客户中都很有名。然而，对我来说，最喜欢的一餐是她最近为我做的。我们去为她的土地分配工作——那是一块你可以从当地委员会租到的土地，只要你用它种植水果和蔬菜，你就可以从当地委员会租到一小块土地。这是一个美好的夏日，我们计划工作到晚上准备地面。她计划提前。她拿出一个小煤气炉，一个平底锅，一些切碎的红辣椒，洋葱和其他蔬菜，她为我们做了一些美味的油炸哈罗米奶酪。她甚至想带些新鲜的沙拉叶，一种清淡的调味品和一种可以把它们合在一起的保鲜膜。在陆地上辛苦劳作之后，我们享受着傍晚的阳光，津津有味地吃着。没有什么东西比体力劳动后在外面吃的东西更美味。

Why is she so good at cooking? I think it’s partly because she enjoys it, she has had a lot of practice, and it is her passion as well as her profession. I think she is good because she uses fresh and quality ingredients, quite simple recipes often, but tasty nutritious and beautifully – though not over-fussily – presented. I also think a really great cook is calm, relaxed and enjoys the sharing of their labors, she is all these things too. I feel very lucky to know her, and feel a little guilty that I don’t ever cook in return! It seems it is my contribution to always be a particularly appreciative consumer… it is a hard job, but someone has to do it!

她为什么那么会做饭?我认为这部分是因为她喜欢它，她有很多实践，这是她的*和她的职业。我认为她很好，因为她使用了新鲜和优质的食材，非常简单的食谱，但美味的营养和美丽的-虽然不是过于繁琐-呈现。我也认为一个真正伟大的厨师是冷静，放松和享受分享他们的劳动，她也是所有这些东西。认识她我感到很幸运，我也为自己从来没做过厨师而感到内疚。这似乎是我的贡献，我一直是一个特别感激的消费者…这是一个艰难的工作，但必须有人去做!