Name: 【聽Podcast學英文】你最喜歡什麼口味的洋芋片？ (What’s your favourite flavour of crisp? ⏲️ 6 Minute English)
Uploaded: 2025-12-10T21:01:10.000Z
Duration: 6 min 14 s

Hello, this is Six Minute English from BBC Learning English.

哈囉，這裡是 BBC 學英文的《六分鐘英語》。

In Britain, we call them crisps and you might know them as potato chips, but

在英國，我們叫它們 *crisps*，你可能會叫它們馬鈴薯片（potato chips），但

whatever you call them, these fried potato slices are probably the world's favorite snack.

不管你怎麼稱呼，這些油炸馬鈴薯薄片大概是全球最受歡迎的零食。

Neil, are you a big crisp eater and what's your favourite flavor?

Neil，你是很愛吃洋芋片的人嗎？最喜歡什麼口味？

My favourite flavour is prawn cocktail, which is controversial because a lot of people don't like that flavour.

我最喜歡的口味是「鮮蝦雞尾酒」，但這很有爭議，因為很多人不喜歡這個口味。

I think my favourite is salt and vinegar.

Well, crisps might be popular, but with lots of oil and salt, they're not the healthiest food.

嗯，洋芋片雖然很受歡迎，但因為含油又含鹽，它們不是很健康的食物。

那麼，我們為什麼這麼愛它們呢？

That's what BBC World Service program the Food Chain wanted to find out.

這正是 BBC World Service 的節目《The Food Chain》想要找出的答案。

Here, presenter Ruth Alexander talks to Mitchell Dingwall, a food executive responsible for developing new crisp flavours.

這裡，主持人 Ruth Alexander 正在訪問 Mitchell Dingwall，一位負責開發洋芋片新口味的食品主管。

You can't beat the crunch and then that delicious salty feeling in your mouth and it just becomes a snowball effect.

你無法擊敗那種脆感，再加上嘴裡那種美味的鹹味，然後就像雪球效應一樣。

For Mitchell, the best thing about crisps is the loud crunch.

對 Mitchell 來說，洋芋片最棒的地方就是那聲響亮的脆感。

An idiom meaning something like, that's the best thing and you won't find anything better.

這個片語的意思是：那是最棒的，你找不到更好的。

Mitchell says once you've started eating crisps, it's hard to stop and you just want to eat more and more.

Mitchell 說，一旦你開始吃洋芋片，就很難停下來，你只會越吃越多。

He calls this a snowball effect, a situation where doing something causes other similar things to happen.

他稱這為「雪球效應」，意思是某件事會引發更多類似的事情發生。

You eat one crisp and before you know it, the whole packet's gone.

你吃了一片，不知不覺整包就沒了。

In this episode, we'll be visiting two countries in love with crisps, and

在這一集裡，我們將造訪兩個熱愛洋芋片的國家，然後

as usual, we'll be learning some useful new words and phrases,

照往例，我們會學到一些實用的新單字與片語，

all of which you can find on our website, bbclearningenglish.com.

你都可以在我們的網站 bbclearningenglish.com 找到。

But first, I have a question for you, Beth.

但首先，我要問你一個問題，Beth。

The record for the world's largest packet of crisps was recently broken in Saudi Arabia.

最近，世界上最大的洋芋片包裝在沙烏地阿拉伯創下新紀錄。

Was it A) about 1.5 tons, B) about 2.5 tons, or C) about 3.5 tons?

A) 約 1.5 噸，B) 約 2.5 噸，或 C) 約 3.5 噸？

Let's travel first to Singapore, home of Jolene Ng, a market research analyst who specializes in salty snacks.

我們先到新加坡，那裡是市場研究分析師 Jolene Ng 的家，她專門研究鹹味零食。

Here's Jolene talking with Ruth Alexander for BBC programme the food chain.

以下是 Jolene 與 BBC《The Food Chain》主持人 Ruth Alexander 的訪談。

Is the potato chip the most popular of all salty snacks?

馬鈴薯片是所有鹹味零食裡最受歡迎的嗎？

It's very, very much dependent on personal preference.

這非常、非常取決於個人喜好。

But if I were to look at certain countries, you could see like in the UK, in is very much part and parcel of life.

但如果我看一些國家，例如英國，馬鈴薯片已經成為生活的一部分。

You don't have it only during snack times.

You have it with lunch as well, or you put it… My husband's from the UK and he kind of puts it in his sandwich as well.

你也會配午餐吃，或者你會把它… 我老公來自英國，他甚至會把洋芋片放進三明治裡。

Oh, yeah, a cheese sandwich with a crisp inside.

哦對，一個起司三明治加一片洋芋片。

Jolene says the popularity of different snacks depends on personal preference.

Jolene 說，不同零食的受歡迎程度取決於個人喜好。

Someone's subjective liking or disliking for something based on their personal opinion.

意思是某人基於個人意見的喜歡或不喜歡。

In some places, crisps are part and parcel of everyday life.

在某些地方，洋芋片是日常生活不可或缺的一部分。

Part and parcel means to be an essential element or feature of something.

「part and parcel」的意思就是某事的核心或必要元素。

In Britain, crisps are so essential that people even eat crisp sandwiches.

在英國，洋芋片重要到連三明治裡都會出現。

But not everywhere is so in love with potato chips.

但不是每個地方都這麼迷戀馬鈴薯片。

Let's meet Jenny Martinez, a food blogger from Mexico.

讓我們認識來自墨西哥的美食部落客 Jenny Martinez。

In Mexico, tortilla corn chips are eaten instead of potato chips

在墨西哥，人們會吃玉米片（tortilla chips）而不是馬鈴薯片。

And it's common to see street vendors selling bags of corn tortillas filled with different sauces.

你也常會看到街頭小販賣裝有各種醬料的玉米脆片袋。

Here, Jenny tells Ruth Alexander Moore for BBC World Service programme the Food Chain.

以下是 Jenny 在 BBC《The Food Chain》節目中接受 Ruth Alexander 訪問的內容。

For you, which is your go-to snack, the tortilla chip or the potato chip?

對你來說，你的首選零食是玉米片還是洋芋片？

Adding some guacamole, spicy salsa or just sour cream with a mixture of chipotle sauce.

加點酪梨醬、辣莎莎醬，或只是酸奶加一點 Chipotle 辣醬混合。

Ruth asks if tortillas are Jenny's go-to snack.

Ruth 問 Jenny 玉米片是不是她的「go-to」零食。

You can use the phrase go-to to describe something which is relied upon to be the best thing for a particular purpose.

「go-to」指的是某件事情在某個用途上最可靠、最常被選擇的選項。

For example, for a lot of people, Wikipedia is the go to website for online information.

例如，對很多人來說，Wikipedia 是他們查資料時的首選網站。

And Jenny thinks corn tortillas are especially good with guacamole,

而 Jenny 認為玉米片搭配酪梨醬特別好吃，

a paste made of mashed avocado, which sounds delicious and maybe a little healthier than a British crisp sandwich.

酪梨醬是一種由壓碎酪梨製成的醬料，聽起來很美味，也可能比英國的洋芋片三明治健康一些。

Speaking of which, what was the answer to your question, Neil?

說到這個，你的問題答案是什麼，Neil？

I asked you how heavy the world's largest bag of crisps was.

我問你世界上最大的一包洋芋片有多重。

And I said very heavy, over three and a half tonnes.

我回答：非常重，超過 3.5 噸。

Well, it's not that big, but the real answer is still enormous, about 1.5 tons.

其實沒那麼重，但真實答案仍然巨大：大約 1.5 噸。

The bag made in Riyadh was 9 meters tall.

那個袋子是在利雅德製作的，高達 9 公尺。

OK, let's recap the vocabulary we've learned, starting with the phrase you can't beat that,

好，讓我們回顧今天學到的單字，從「you can't beat that」開始，

meaning that something is the best and you won't find anything better.

意思是某件事是最棒的，你不會找到更好的。

A snowball effect is a situation where one action causes other similar actions to happen.

「snowball effect」指的是一件事導致更多類似事情發生的情況。

Someone's personal preference is their subjective liking or disliking for something based on their own opinion.

「personal preference」是個人基於主觀看法的喜好。

To be part and parcel of something means to be an essential or integral feature of it, and

「part and parcel」表示某事不可或缺或重要的構成部分，而

something which is described as the go-to can be relied upon as the best thing for a particular situation.

某樣東西的「go-to」意思是它是某個用途最可靠的選擇。

And finally, guacamole is a paste made of mashed avocado, lime juice and salt.

最後，guacamole（酪梨醬）是一種由壓碎的酪梨、萊姆汁與鹽做成的醬料。

再次地，我們的六分鐘已經到了，但

if you're hungry for more, then head over to our website, bbclearningenglish.com,

如果你還想學更多，可以到我們網站 bbclearningenglish.com，

where you'll find a worksheet and quiz for this episode.

See you again soon, but for now, goodbye.