Vocabulary Time

Spongy - like a sponge in being able to absorb liquids and yield it back when compressed.

Marshmallow - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshmallow ; yummy stuff for you to eat!

How would you like your steak cooked?

What to say when you go to a steakhouse?

Here is the answer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steak

Raw - 0

Very rare - 1 ~ 2 

Rare - 3 ~ 4

Medium rare - 4 ~ 5

Medium - 5 ~ 6

Medium well one - 7 ~ 8

Well done - 9 ~ 10

Vocabulary Time

Earth-dwellers - city/town/cave, etc. dweller a person who lives in a city, town, cave, etc. So an earth-dweller is just someone who lives on earth. Palaeolithic Man Neolithic Man - Neo = New Mar - to spoil something, making it less perfect or less enjoyable. e.g. It was a really nice day, marred only by a little argument in the car on the way home. Fishing terminology: Fishing rod hook line and sinker bait [Idiom] If somebody accepts or believes something hook, line, and sinker, they accept it completely. I n other words, somebody that is gullible <-> skeptical.

More English lessons

Vocabularies Embryo - well... embryo Sten cell - a cell, especially one taken from a person or animal in a very early stage of development, that can develop into any other type of cell. Morality = ethics Do you support human cloning?

Food vocabulary

I just learned a few useful vocabularies related to food this morning. I am listing them down here: (1) A few ways of preparing food -To grill (e.g. grilled fish) -To fry (eg. fried egg) -To steam (with possibly a rice cooker) -To bake (with an oven) -To marinate: eg. marinate the chicken in white wine for a couple of hours before frying [Noun C] marinade - a mixture, usually containing oil, wine or vinegar, and herbs and spices, which you pour over fish or meat before it is cooked, in order to add flavour to it or make it tender (2) Some vegetable names -corn -bell pepper -cucumber -eggplant -string beans -lima beans -navy beans -mushroom -cabbage -carrot -squash -tomato (3) Some adjectives greasy - covered with or full of fat or oil marinated - Koreans like to prepare marinated vegetables (4) Other dish name lamb/bean/fish stew - a type of food consisting usually of meat or fish and vegetables cooked slowly in a small amount of liquid.

A bit of English lesson

Who can tell me the difference between a BASKET and a BUCKET? To me, a basket is a container (often with a handle) for carrying or storing things whereas a bucket (also with a handle) is a container used to carry liquids. Am I right? And now I know what is the word for 紗窗 in English - bug screen. Also I'd like to point out what I just have learned yesterday. A hamburger is made of beef; NOT any other kind of meat. Any other kind of meat eaten between two halves of a bread roll is called SANDWICH. So, 麥香魚 should be called FISH SANDWICH.