夜市小吃英文Night Market English

Your friend is visiting Taiwan. Today, you take her to the night market to have a look. She is amazed by the things she has never seen before, especially the food. But, there’s just one problem. She does not speak Chinese and you have to translate the names of foods into English.

情境介紹

You don’t have them in your

country, do you?

Wow! There’re so many interesting

things here.

You Your friend

Yeah. They do look yummy, don’t

they?

We don’t. Wow, lots of food here.

YouYour friend

Hey, what’s this? It looks like soup.

Oh, that’s 排骨酥湯 .

What??? What do you call it in

English?

Hmm…it’s called…..

Wow! more food here.

What about these?

Um….they’re

called…???*︿ *

These look like some

kinds of ice to me?

Oh…..they’re ..….??!!

Don’t you know any of them in English????

I..…, I….唉…… ..

* ︹ *

It sure is embarrassing, isn’t it?

If you don’t want to get yourself into this kind of situation, you must know how to call these kinds of Taiwanese snacks in English.

Here are some examples. Can you guess what their names are? 蛋餅 韭菜盒 割包 擔仔麵 刀削麵 生煎包 肉圓 餡餅 蚵仔煎 臭豆腐 豬血糕

糖葫蘆 綿綿冰 楊桃汁 酸梅汁 青草茶 豆花

To The Answers

Cooked Food:

Egg pancake

Chinese chive dumpling

Taiwanese noodle soup

Steamed sandwich

蛋餅

韭菜盒

割包

擔仔麵

Shaved noodles

Fried vegetable dumpling

刀削麵

生煎包

肉圓

餡餅

Taiwanese meatball

Pan-fried meat dumpling

蚵仔煎

臭豆腐

豬血糕

Oyster omelet

Stinky tofu

Pig’s blood cake

Desserts and Drinks

糖葫蘆

綿綿冰

楊桃汁

Tomatoes on stick

Mein mein ice

Star fruit juice

青草茶

酸梅汁

豆花

Herb juice

Plum juice

Tofu pudding

Now do you know how to say the foods in English? I hope you do!

If you’re not sure, then take the quiz to see how much you have learned.

GO!!!

Quiz:

1. 青草茶 _____________ juice

2. 蚵仔煎 _______________ omelet

3. 豬血糕 Pig’s ___________ _________

4. 綿綿冰 ___________ ___________ ice

5. 糖葫蘆 _____________ ______ sticks

6. 臭豆腐 _______________ tofu

7. 餡餅 Pan – fried ________ ______________

8. 擔仔麵 ____________ _______________ soup

9. 刀削麵 _______________ noodles

10.生煎包 Fried _____________ ____________ Answers

Quiz:

1. 青草茶 Herb juice

2. 蚵仔煎 Oyster omelet

3. 豬血糕 Pig’s blood cake

4. 綿綿冰 Mein mein ice

5. 糖葫蘆 Tomatoes on stick

6. 臭豆腐 Stinky tofu

7. 餡餅 Pan – fried meat dumpling

8. 擔仔麵 Taiwanese noodle soup

9. 刀削麵 Shaved noodles

10.生煎包 Fried vegetable dumpling