Name: 【聽Podcast學英文】哪種食用油最好？ (Which cooking oil is the best? ⏲️ 6 Minute English)
Uploaded: 2025-12-03T21:01:10.000Z
Duration: 6 min 15 s

Hello, and welcome to Six Minute English from BBC Learning English.

哈囉，歡迎收聽 BBC Learning English 的 Six Minute English。

Today we're talking about cooking oils and which products are best for our health.

今天我們要談的是「食用油」，以及哪些油對健康最好。

When I want my food to be rich and creamy, I use butter.

如果我想讓食物比較濃郁、滑順，我會用奶油。

But usually for everyday meals, I just use olive oil.

但平常做日常餐點，我大多用橄欖油。

Yes, it varies, but I guess for East Asian food, I might sometimes use sesame oil.

嗯，看情況，但如果是做東亞料理，我有時會用麻油。

Now, there are so many different oils we can use for our food.

現在我們能使用的油種類真的非常多。

And some of them are very expensive and claim to have big health benefits.

而有些油非常昂貴，還聲稱有很大的健康益處。

Today, we'll be finding out whether these products are worth the money and can really help us eat more healthily.

今天我們就要來看看這些產品是否值得花錢，是否真的能讓我們更健康地飲食。

Yes, and don't forget to go to our website for a transcript of this program to read along.

沒錯，別忘了到我們的網站查看節目的逐字稿來跟著閱讀。

And a worksheet to test what you've learned.

還有測試你學到什麼的練習題。

OK, Georgie, let's start with a question.

好，Georgie，我們先從問題開始。

In the UK, a popular oil to cook with is olive oil.

在英國，一種受歡迎的烹調油是橄欖油。

But which country produces the most olive oil?

但世界上哪個國家生產最多橄欖油呢？

A）義大利、B）希臘，還是 C）西班牙？

I know that Spain produces a lot, but I think I'm going to go with Italy.

我知道西班牙產量很多，但我想我要選義大利。

Ok, well, we'll find out if that's the right answer at the end of the program.

好，我們會在節目最後揭曉答案。

Now, lots of us are careful about the amount of fat we eat.

現在，我們很多人都會控制自己吃的脂肪量。

We might avoid fast food and treats like chocolate or cake, but

我們可能會避免速食或像巧克力、蛋糕那樣的甜點，但——

lots of the fat we eat comes from the oils we cook with.

我們吃到的脂肪，其實很多來自我們用來烹調的油。

Yes, and some expensive oils claim to contain other vitamins that are good for us.

是啊，而且有些昂貴的油聲稱含有其他對健康有益的維生素。

Presenter of BBC Radio 4 program Sliced Bread, Greg Foote has lots of emails about the problem.

BBC Radio 4《Sliced Bread》節目主持人 Greg Foote 收到很多相關的電子郵件。

I tell you what, Sarah, we have had an absolute walkload of emails sent to slicedbreadbbc.co.uk, asking about cooking oils.

我跟你說，Sarah，我們收到一大堆寄到 slicedbreadbbc.co.uk 的信，都是在問食用油。

Listener Alistair in Midlothian wrote that for years, we were told to cook with polyunsaturated oils like sunflower oil.

來自 Midlothian 的聽眾 Alistair 寫道，多年來大家都被告知應該用像葵花籽油這類的多元不飽和油。

But now all the YouTube doctor experts are telling us seed oils are harmful.

但現在所有 YouTube 的「醫生專家」又說籽油對人體有害。

They advocate consuming extra virgin olive oil, but

他們提倡使用初榨橄欖油，但——

as I understand it, that's not suitable for frying a fish.

據我所知，那不適合用來煎魚。

Also, I hear that over a certain temperature, olive oil turns harmful.

而且我聽說橄欖油超過某個溫度後會變得有害。

What the heck do I use for frying and roasting?

那我到底該用什麼油來煎和烤？

Greg says that he's received a workload of emails.

A load of something is a lot of something.

A load of something 意思是「很多」。

You'll also commonly hear the expression shedload or truckload.

你也常會聽到 shedload 或 truckload。

These are used to emphasize how much of something there is.

這些都是用來強調「非常多」。

And Greg uses wokload as a fun expression because he's talking about cooking oils and a wok is a kind of pan.

而 Greg 用了「wokload」，是一個有趣的說法，因為他在談食用油，而 wok（炒鍋）是一種鍋具。

Greg reads one of the emails from a confused listener, Alistair,

Greg 讀了 Alistair 的來信，他對此感到很困惑。

who says that he's watched YouTube videos that argue that oils like sunflower oil are bad for you.

信中說他看了 YouTube 上的影片，指稱像葵花油這類的油對身體不好。

These videos advocate using extra virgin olive oil.

這些影片提倡使用初榨橄欖油。

If you advocate something, you encourage people to use it.

如果你 advocate 某事，就是鼓勵別人使用或做某件事。

But Alastair has also heard bad things about olive oil and that you can't use it at high temperatures.

但 Alistair 也聽說關於橄欖油的壞話，以及它不能在高溫下使用。

He asks what the heck can he use for roasting and frying?

所以他問：那他到底該用什麼來煎、來烤呢？

"What the heck?" is an informal phrase we can use to express frustration or surprise.

「What the heck?」是一種非正式用語，表示沮喪或驚訝。

It does seem like there's a lot of advice about cooking oils and that not everyone agrees.

看起來關於食用油的建議真的很多，而且大家意見不一致。

Yes, and some of the advice is to use very expensive options such as coconut oil and avocado oil.

是啊，而且有些建議是使用非常昂貴的油，例如椰子油或酪梨油。

People who advocate using these oils say they are wonder products.

提倡這些油的人認為它們是「奇蹟產品」。

A wonder product is an item, usually a food or medicine, that is very effective or beneficial for people.

Wonder product 指的是被認為非常有效、非常有益的產品，通常是食物或藥品。

But not everyone is convinced that expensive cooking oils are worth the money.

但不是每個人都相信這些昂貴的油值得花這個錢。

Nita Furuhi is professor of population health and nutrition at the University of Cambridge, Cambridge, and

Nita Furuhi 是劍橋大學人口健康與營養學教授，

she talked to BBC Radio 4's Sliced Bread host, Greg Foote about expensive cooking oils like avocado oil.

她在 BBC Radio 4《Sliced Bread》節目中與 Greg Foote 討論了像酪梨油這類昂貴的油。

它的高價格有什麼理由能被合理化？

Certainly, avocado oil is good for all the reasons mentioned,

當然啦，酪梨油的好處確實很多。

但是否值得花這麼多錢，它值不值這個價？

If you're a particular connoisseur of the taste it brings and you prefer it and you have the money, then knock yourself out.

如果你特別喜歡它的味道、偏好它，而且你也有預算，那就盡情享用吧。

But there's lots of myths around these superfoods and wonder oils and wonder this and that, and

但這些所謂的超級食物、奇蹟油、各種「奇蹟這、奇蹟那」的說法——

Nita says that avocado oil does have some health benefits, but

Nita 說酪梨油確實有一些健康益處，但——

she's not sure they are worth the cost of a bottle.

她不確定這是否值得你花一整瓶的錢。

She says if you like the taste and are happy to spend the money, then knock yourself out.

她說，如果你喜歡它的味道，願意花錢，那就 knock yourself out 吧。

The expression knock yourself out means go ahead.

Knock yourself out 的意思是：請便、儘管去做。

But Nita is also concerned about all the health claims about expensive wonder products like avocado oil.

但 Nita 也對那些昂貴「奇蹟產品」的健康宣稱感到擔憂，例如酪梨油。

They are nonsense, and products are not worth spending money on.

意思是「胡說八道」，不是真的，也不值得花錢。

Ok, maybe I'll stick to my olive oil then.

好吧，那我看我還是繼續用我的橄欖油。

And that reminds me of your question, Neil.

I asked you which country produces the most olive oil and I said Italy, and

我問你哪個國家生產最多橄欖油，而你回答了義大利。

Ok, let's recap the vocabulary we've learned in this program,

好，我們來複習一下今天學到的單字。

starting with a load of something, which means a lot of something.

首先是 a load of something，意思是很多。

We also commonly hear shedload and truckload.

我們也常聽到 shedload 和 truckload。

If you advocate something, you encourage people to use it or do it.

Advocate 某事，就是鼓勵別人去做或使用某樣東西。

The expression "what the heck?" is used to express frustration or surprise.

「What the heck?」用來表達驚訝或沮喪。

A wonder product is something that people think is very effective or beneficial.

Wonder product 指的是被認為非常有效或有益的產品。

Knock yourself out 的意思是「請便、儘管去做」。

And if something is described as hogwash, it's nonsense or not true.

Hogwash 指的是「謬論、胡說、不是真的」。

再次提醒，我們的六分鐘又到了！

Try the free interactive quiz on our website.

到我們的網站做免費的互動測驗吧。

To test the vocabulary you've learnt, visit bbclearningenglish.com.

測試你今天學到的字彙，請到 bbclearningenglish.com。