F2F Class Notes (Nemo)[R]

Vocabulary

statue (n): 1- an object made from a hard material, especially stone or metal, to look like a person or animal:
E.g.: a statue of a boy
E.g.: They planned to put up/erect a statue to the president.

sculpture (n): 1- the art of forming solid objects that represent a thing, person, idea, etc. out of a material such as wood, clay, metal, or stone, or an object made in this way:
E.g.: Tom teaches sculpture at the local art school.
E.g.: The museum has several life-sized sculptures of people and animals.

life-size (adj): 1-A life-sized work of art or model is the same size as the person or thing that it represents:
E.g.: a life-size statue of an elephant
E.g.: 1-It was of a full-length portrait of Alice, life-size, by Grant.

Bangkok-曼谷

crab (n):1-蟹. 2-a sea creature with five pairs of legs and a round, flat body covered by a shell, or its flesh eaten as food:
E.g.: We walked along the beach collecting small crabs.
E.g.: All the shops on the seafront had crab for sale.

omelet/omelette (n): 1-煎蛋卷 2- a dish made by mixing eggs together and frying them, often with small pieces of other food such as cheese or vegetables:
E.g.: a cheese/mushroom omelette
E.g.: To make an omelette you must first beat the eggs.
E.g.: I’ll have a omelette with fries on the side, please.

dine (v): 1-to eat the main meal of the day, usually in the evening:
E.g.: I hate dining alone.
E.g.: We dined by candlelight.
E.g.: He once dined with the president of France.

surrounding (adj):/before the noun/:
E.g.: A lot of the children at the school do not live in the town, but come in from the surrounding countryside.

surround (v): 1- to be everywhere around something:
E.g.: Snow-capped mountains surround the city.
E.g.: Gwen sat at her desk, surrounded by books and papers.

surroundings (n): 1- the place where someone or something is and the things that are in it:
E.g.1: Some butterflies blend in with their surroundings so that it’s difficult to see them.
​2- the place where someone lives and the conditions they live in:
E.g.2: They live in very comfortable/pleasant/drab/bleak surroundings.

steam (n): 1- the hot gas that is produced when water boils:
E.g.: Steam rose from the simmering stew.
E.g.: steam engine

steam (v): 1- to cook food using steam:
E.g.: steamed vegetables

simmer (v): 1-炖. 2-to cook something liquid, or something with liquid in it, at a temperature slightly below boiling:
E.g.: Leave the vegetables to simmer for a few minutes.

stew (n/v): 1-炖煮的菜肴. 2-a type of food consisting usually of meat or fish and vegetables cooked slowly in a small amount of liquid:
E.g.: lamb/bean/fish stew
E.g.: She prepared a hearty stew for dinner.

Pronunciation

chef-/ʃef/

Bangkok street-food chef says no to international cooking honour

A street-food seller in Bangkok wants to give back a top international chef’s award. The street-food seller is known as the “crab omelet queen”. Her name is Supinya Junsuta but she calls herself Jai Fai. Her street stall is in the middle of Bangkok and it is called Raan Jai Fai. Her crab omelets are of such good quality that the international dining guide Michelin awarded her a Michelin Star. A Michelin Star is one of the highest awards any chef in the world can receive. It is usually only given to chefs in top hotels and restaurants. Michelin announced it would be adding Bangkok to its fine dining lists. Many people were surprised that a street-food seller in Bangkok received the Michelin Star.

Chefs are usually happy to get the Michelin Star, but Jai Fai, 72, has told reporters she is not so pleased that she got the award. She wants to return the star to Michelin. Ms Fai said the star has changed her life too much. She wants to go back to how her life was before. She said she does not like the fame that has come with the star. One reason is that too many people are surrounding her stall and she is getting stressed. Tourists come to take photos; passers-by stop to watch her; and even some officials from the tax department came to visit her. Fai said: “Many people come just to look and take pictures and not necessarily to eat.” She said happy customers are more important to her than “a million stars”.

Source: https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1801/180112-street-food.html