虽为“吃货”，但关于“吃”的英语够地道不？
在口语考试中，“吃”这个主题占了不小的篇幅。虽说我们身边的“吃货”不少，但真要说起来，怎么说得地道，也是个不小的问题。今天，就让我们针对口语考试中不同的问题类型，来看看不同的回答方式吧~
*如果遇到生词，可以参照最后的definition部分。
Part 1-style questions
Q1: Do you like to cook?
Answer: Not really. Most of the time I eat out and order takeaways … that’s one of the reasons I love visiting my mum … you can always guarantee lovely home-cooked food …
Q2: What time do you usually eat dinner?
Answer: We have our main meal at around 7 o’clock. I’m usually starving hungry by then. Actually I sometimes grab a bite to eat on my way home from my college … a sandwich perhaps … but not too much to spoil my appetite…
Q3: Are there any types of food you don’t like?
Answer: Umm, not really. I’m not a fussy eater at all … actually I eat like a horse … I do a lot of sports and work up quite an appetite …
对于Part 1，很多同学会倾向于给出非常简单的“是”或“不是”式的答案，其实，这远远是不够的。你不仅仅要给出答案，更应该要给出理由。若能在回答中给出比较地道的搭配，那更加是锦上添花。
Part 2-style task
Cue card
Describe a restaurant that you like to use. You should say
Where this restaurant is
What kind of food it serves
How often you go there
And say why you like eating there so much.
Answer: OK … this is a nice topic to talk about. There’s a restaurant just around the corner from where I live. It’s an Italian restaurant so as you’d expect you can eat various pasta dishes and pizzas and I usually go there with my family for a slap-up meal if we have anything to celebrate. It’s quite a posh restaurant, the kind of place you would take someone if you wanted to wine and dine them. We usually order a 3-course meal, a light starter then a main dish, and I have quite a sweet tooth so I always look forward to the dessert. I usually order Tiramisu. It makes my mouth water just to think about it. I’m always totally full up by the end. Why do I enjoy it there? Well … it’s not cheap. My parents always foot the bill and we couldn’t afford to go there regularly so it’s always a nice treat.
这是一道相对来说比较常规的part 2的题目。虽然常见，但考生们往往会一不小心自乱阵脚，想说的内容太多，反而会让结构看上去很乱。像上面的回答，则非常有条理，循序渐进，又将需要提到的内容都提到了。时间上面也非常恰当，再配上一些适当的eye-contact和body language，那么Part 2的分数就不会低啦！
Q1: How can we encourage people to eat more healthily?
Answer: I think the best approach is to have everything in moderation … processed food won’t kill you if you only eat it occasionally … but people should also be encouraged to eat a balanced diet… try to cook fresh ingredients at home a few times a week …
Q2: Do you think people enjoy their food as much as they should?
Answer: I don’t know really … I suppose it’s true that people will often eat a quick snack, because they’re bored, not because they’re dying of hunger … and often they just bolt it down and don’t savour it … so yes … perhaps we could take more time over our food …
Q3: Do you think cooking is a pleasure or a chore for people who have busy lives?
Answer: Well … whether you follow a recipe or make something up as you go along … I think cooking is a very creative process … and cooking for other people is a particular pleasure … there’s nothing more satisfying than seeing people you love tucking into something you’ve cooked yourself …
Part 3的题目，相对来说，会比较具有开放性，往往是比较难准备的。大部分问题可能都是考官现场make up 出来的，根据你所说的part 2，也可能根据相关的话题所适当的拓展。因此，模板对于Part 3 questions 来说并不是一个很好的方法。相反的，同学们可以试着多准备一些topic-related words，在考试时若能够用上，反而会增色不少哦~
【Definitions】
to be full up: to eat to the point that you can no longer eat any more
to be starving hungry: an exaggerated way of saying you are very hungry
to bolt something down: to eat something very quickly
to be dying of hunger: an exaggerated way of saying you are hungry
to eat a balanced diet: to eat the correct types and amounts of food
to eat like a horse: to eat a lot
to follow a recipe: to cook a meal using instructions
to foot the bill: to pay the bill
a fussy eater: somebody who has their own very high standards about what to eat
to grab a bite to eat: to eat something quickly (when you’re in a rush)
to have a sweet tooth: to enjoy sugary food
home-cooked food: food cooked at home from individual ingredients
the main meal: the most important meal of the day, usually eaten in the evening
to make your mouth water: to make you feel very hungry for something
to play with your food: to push food around the plate to avoid eating it
processed food: commercially prepared food bought for convenience
a quick snack: to eat a small amount of food between meals
a slap up meal: a large meal
to spoil your appetite: to eat something that will stop you feeling hungry when it’s meal-time.
a take away: a cooked meal prepared in a restaurant and eaten at home
to tuck into: to eat something with pleasure
to wine and dine: to entertain someone by treating them to food and drink
to work up an appetite: to do physical work that leads to you becoming hungry
怎么样？是不是突然觉得，如果自己考到 “吃”这个话题，再也不用担心了呢！这些表达都很地道，也不难学~ 今天背5个，明天学10个~ 关于口语关于吃，从此妥妥的！
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