Lunanyan30さんの おぼえた日記 - 2017年9月2日(土)

実践ビジ英　8/25　Lesson 10 A Dinner Party with Strangers (3)
「見知らぬ人たちとディナーパーティ」


Grace says dinners with strangers can provide a chance to meet chefs who work in fancy restaurants and let chefs display their skills without having to pay to open a restaurant. Collins describes how the man who first started these services couldn't find local food while traveling overseas and ended up being taken to the house of a local man's family for dinner.

Ueda: In contrast, what people call "the dining experience" hasn't changed so much. My senses that it's ripe for change.

Salmans: For folks who want to get a taste of some different culinary fare, food sharing services can offer a much more adventurous experience than your standard restaurants. It can also be very cost-effective.

Grace: Yes, these "dinners with strangers" often give you a chance to meet chefs who work in upscale restaurants. And they let chefs show off their skills to small, intimate groups of customers without having to open a physical restaurant with all of the associated costs.

Ueda; I wonder how the whole idea came about?

Collins: The guy who came up with the idea was recently interviewed on TV. He said that while he was on a trip to Guatemala with his girlfriend, he wanted to sample some local cuisine. But to his surprise, he couldn't find Guatemalan food. He talked to a young man with a stall in a food market and asked where he could find real local food. The man said his mother would be happy to prepare a home-cooked meal, so they went to his family's house and enjoyed a wonderful dinner.

Say What You Mean
1) If we sample something, we get a ( taste ) of it. Such as "She's got a ( taste ) of French culture during her trip to Paris."
get a taste of 何かを試してみる

2) Another way to say related or connected is ( associated ). For example, "The seminar talked about starting a business and the ( associated ) risks.

3) A booth or stand used by a vendor is a ( stall ). Things like "He has a (stall) at the State Fair every year."
vendor 小物などを売る人、行商人、売主、自動販売機
"a popcorn vendor"
State Fair州の農産物家畜品評会


Quote Unquote
No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem. (from Up from Slavery)—Booker T. Washington (African-American Educator, Author and Orator)「畑を耕すことは、詩を書くことと同じくらい尊いと学ぶまではどんな民族も栄えはしない」
※tilling　耕うん、土地を耕すこと
　orator 演説者
cf. oration orate