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Ginger and Turmeric 薑 & 薑黃(上)
空中英語教室 20241125
ginger生薑 turmeric 薑黃 KK[ˋtɝmərɪk] DJ[ˋtə:mərik]
修正英文文法，保留中文部分，同時將簡體中文修改為繁體中文 Here is the corrected version of the text, with proper grammar and traditional Chinese characters used:
Hello friends and welcome to Studio Classroom!
We’re so glad you’ve joined us for our lesson today.
My name is Ann Marie and my name is John, friends.
Today is a great day to learn something new. It certainly is, so let’s do that together!
We’re going to do something a little bit different today and start off with the "Talk About It" question. Are you ready for this, John?
I am ready! What is it?
Okay, the "Talk About It" question is: What is your favorite food that has a kick to it and why?
Okay, first of all, a "kick" means a strong flavor. Normally, we talk about a "kick" meaning spicy, but it can be other flavors too.
So, I would say that my favorite food with a kick now is Mala hotpot, with the spice in there.
That’s my new favorite food. I lived in Africa for a while, and there’s a really spicy food called Berber from Africa that I really liked, but Mala might be my new favorite.
My favorite food that has a kick to it is kimchi. I love kimchi. I will eat kimchi with almost anything.
Kimchi is so good! Wow, there are so many good foods that have such rich flavors.
Today we’re going to learn about a flavor that I really love.
That’s right, two flavors, actually. We’re talking about ginger and turmeric.
Let’s get right into our lesson.
Ginger and Turmeric
These roots have been used in food and medicine for thousands of years.
What lives underground and has a kick to it?
The answer is ginger.
Farmers in Southeast Asia have been digging this root out of the ground for over 5000 years.
Fresh, dried, chopped, or powdered—hot but sweet—ginger was used in food and medicine throughout ancient Asia.
People used ginger as a cure for headaches, vomiting, upset stomachs, and more. Some even thought it could make people fall in love.
Hi everyone! Welcome to Language Lab. I’m Jack.
首先我們來看 "chop" 這個字，當動詞的意思是切或砍。
例句: Maria chopped some onions, peppers, and broccoli for her stir-fry.
Maria切了一些洋蔥、辣椒和綠花菜來炒菜。
或是: Betty decided to chop her long to-do list in half and just deal with the most urgent tasks.
Betty決定將她冗長的代辦事項清單砍掉一半，只處理最緊急的任務。
"Chop" 當名詞則是指帶骨的肉排，譬如:
We decided to grill pork chops at our family BBQ.
我們決定在家庭燒烤聚餐時烤豬排。
All right, thank you so much, Jack!
We read here that these roots have been used in food and medicine for thousands of years, so we already get the idea here.
Friends, ginger is a root. Turmeric is also a root.
Now, a root is the part of the plant that attaches it to the ground.
Usually, you can’t see a plant’s roots, right, John?
No, normally it’s a bad thing if you can see the roots, but for example, a carrot is a root vegetable.
It’s from the roots of the plant. I really love root vegetables because they often have a lot of great flavor, and they have a lot of nutrients in them too.
I like them too. All right.
But we have a question here: What lives underground and has a kick to it?
Now, this is an interesting question because this kind of question we specifically call a riddle.
This is a question that has a surprising or amusing answer, and it’s usually asked in a way that wants the listener to figure out what the answer is.
Yes, for example: What is always drinking but never breathing?
Always drinking but never breathing?
I don’t know. Well, it’s a riddle for a fish because a fish is always in the water but doesn’t really breathe air.
Anyway, you’ll see this structure: "What is blank but blank" a lot of the time.
And the answer, of course, is ginger.
Ginger has that kick we talked about—that strong flavor. But where is ginger from?
Well, we read here that farmers in Southeast Asia have been digging this root out of the ground for over 5000 years.
Okay, so Southeast Asia is where ginger maybe originally comes from.
Okay, cool.
I can think of a lot of great ginger dishes. My wife, who’s from the island of Taiwan, loves to cook ginger in oil and season other things.
But we read there are different ways to prepare it—fresh, dried, chopped, or powdered—hot but sweet.
Ginger was used in food and medicine throughout ancient Asia.
Hot but sweet—that’s kind of a great way to describe it.
It really is, and there are a lot of different food combinations you can think about like this.
It’s spicy but sweet—both spicy and sweet. But that’s kind of surprising.
So, that’s why the word "but" is used instead of the word "and."
Hot but sweet ginger.
People use ginger as a cure for headaches, vomiting, upset stomachs, and more.
Okay, so if something is a cure for something else, what does that mean?
A cure is something that fixes a condition or a problem.
We usually use this word "cure" when we’re talking about medicine, right?
Yeah, for example: There’s no cure for the common cold.
You can’t really do anything but take medication and wait it out. It takes some time to get over it.
But I do have to speak from my own personal experience here, talking about how ginger was a cure for vomiting and upset stomachs.
An upset stomach is just when you have discomfort in your upper abdomen, so the upper part of your stomach or your belly area.
I really had this going on a lot when I was pregnant, especially with my first and second kids.
I really did use ginger, and it helped a lot. My wife did the exact same thing.
You know what? We have another word for an upset stomach.
There’s a word called "nausea."
I think that’s spelled N-A-U-S-E-A. "Nausea" just means you have that terrible feeling that you are describing well.
People had another idea about ginger that we read here: Some even thought it could make people fall in love.
Well, I do know I fell in love with my wife’s amazing cooking.
I don’t know if it was the ginger or just her though. It could have been the ginger.
All right, friends, let’s move on to our next reading right now.
Ginger and Turmeric.
Over 2000 years ago, the wealthy rulers of Europe heard about this root.
Merchants began traveling by land and sea to Asia and carried ginger back to Europe, hoping to sell it and become rich.
But in the 14th and 15th centuries, thieves stole spices and storms sent merchant ships to the bottom of the sea.
接下來看名詞 "merchant"，意思是商人。
例如: That merchant carries rare and exotic goods for his customers who have expensive tastes.
那個商人提供稀有和異國商品給品味昂貴的顧客們。
或是: Determined to compete with online sellers, the merchant changed his store and began offering a unique in-person shopping experience.
這位商人為了跟網上賣家競爭，改變了他的商店，開始提供獨特的現場購物體驗。
或是: The busy marketplace was filled with colorful stalls, each run by a merchant who worked hard to catch people’s attention.
繁忙的市場裡，充滿了多彩多姿的攤位，每個經營攤位的商人都努力吸引人們的注意力。
再來看 "spice" 這個字，當名詞是指香料。
譬如: The only spices Scott uses when he bakes cookies are salt and cinnamon.
Scott烤餅乾時只用鹽和肉桂這兩種香料。
或是: When Audrey was in India, she bought a variety of spices to make curry.
Audrey在印度時，買了各種香料來製作咖哩。
"Spice" 當動詞是指添加香料。
譬如: To spice up her routine, Emily took a dance class, which added a touch of fun to her week.
Emily為了在平淡的生活中增添趣味，參加了舞蹈課，為她的一週帶來了樂趣。
We’re learning a little bit more about the history of ginger here, friends.
We read that over 2000 years ago, the wealthy rulers of Europe heard about this root.
Okay, well, if someone is wealthy, it means they have a great deal of money.
They have a lot of resources or assets.
It doesn’t always just mean having a lot of money.
You could own a lot of land or be able to travel a lot. Being wealthy means different things to different people.
It does, and there’s a noun in there you need to know—wealth.
Wealth means not just the money, but the riches that you have, the valuable things that you own.
That is your wealth.
So the wealthy rulers—the rulers with a lot of wealth—heard about this root.
So what happened? Who got this root?
We just learned this word in the Language Lab: merchants.
The merchants began traveling by land and sea to Asia, and they carried ginger back to Europe, hoping to sell it and become rich.
So there’s this idea of these long journeys, traveling to get this really desirable thing, bringing it back and selling it.
I feel like we still do that today, right?
Totally! When my family goes on a trip to another city, people always act like merchants—they bring back some delicious treat from that area.
This is even a job now, right?
A lot of people will travel somewhere like Korea, for example, and buy up a bunch of skincare and makeup, then bring it back and sell it, or bring it back for their friends and family because they can’t go to Korea themselves and buy it.
So this is still going on today, isn’t it?
Yeah, it’s fun to buy things from other places. Maybe you’re a merchant!
We’ll learn another word called "trader" and how that’s similar to being a merchant later on.
But here, these merchants have an interesting history.
They want to become rich, but in the 14th and 15th centuries, thieves stole spices, and storms sent merchant ships to the bottom of the sea.
Oh dear! By the way, the 14th and 15th centuries… if you see "14th" and "century," or whatever number, it means the century right before that.
So the 14th century is the 1300s, and that would mean the 15th century is the 1400s.
Exactly! So in this time period, what was going on?
These merchants were taking these long journeys to Asia to get this ginger root, but what was happening?
There were thieves, and these thieves were stealing ginger—not only ginger but other spices as well—because these things were very expensive and hard to come by.
That was one problem.
What was the other problem that these merchants were facing?
The weather, right?
We read that these ships sank, and storms sent ships to the bottom of the sea.
So, "going to the bottom of the sea" here, we’re not talking about scuba diving.
It means something drops all the way under the water and falls down.
So you don’t want to end up at the bottom of the sea.
Here’s another example of how you could use "the bottom of the sea" in a sentence:
She was on a boat, and she dropped her camera; it sank to the bottom of the sea.
Sometimes we use this phrase to just say that you’re not ever going to see something again because it’s in the ocean.
That’s right! Well, friends, there’s a lot more to learn.
I hope some of this ginger didn’t sink to the bottom of the sea.
And of course, there’s a whole history here that’s actually really interesting.
It certainly is. Right now, let’s learn something new in today’s InfoCloud.
Hello, everybody! Welcome to InfoCloud! Garrett, do you like to cook?
I have to admit, I’m not a great cook. The food I make is sometimes a little bland or lacking in flavor.
Maybe you just need to spice things up!
That’s a good idea. What kind of spices do you recommend?
You could add cumin, rosemary, or Mexican seasoning to meat.
Those things add more flavor than just salt and pepper.
I’ll give it a try. Say, Rex, can we use the phrase "spice things up" outside of the kitchen?
We sure can. Spices make your food more interesting, so when we want to spice something up, we want to find a way to make it more exciting.
For example, using music or graphics can help spice up a boring presentation, and telling a funny joke or personal story can spice up a speech.
You can spice up your life by trying a new hobby.
Just like in the kitchen, it can be good to spice things up a little.
spice things up 讓它更有趣味性 當一件事情有點枯燥或是無聊，你可以試著 spice things up 讓它更有趣味性。
Spice 就是料理用的香料，Spice things up 就是讓一樣東西更有味道，不只是食物，你也可以為對一件事情 spice things up。
例如 John used music to spice things up in his presentation.
John 在簡報中，用了一些音樂來增添趣味性。
除了音樂，人們經常用笑話、有趣的圖片或者其他的創意來 spice things up。
這就是今天的 InfoCloud，我們下次雲端見！
Ginger and turmeric For those reasons, ginger was a luxury in Europe for centuries.
The wealthy impressed their dinner guests by adding the spice to meat and desserts and even made it into wine.
A legend says that England’s Queen Elizabeth I invented gingerbread men and gave them to important guests.
The taste of this rare spice reminded people of one’s high social status.
最後我們來看 wealthy 這個形容詞，它的意思是富裕的，
例如 The wealthy family lived in a huge house at the edge of town that overlooked the ocean.
這個富裕的家庭住在城邊的一座大房子裡，可以俯瞰海洋。
或是 The gap between the wealthy and the poor continues to widen, creating concerns about economic differences.
貧富差距持續擴大，引發人們對經濟差異的擔憂。
Joe chose a simple life and dedicated himself to help save the environment, despite his wealthy background.
儘管家境富裕，Joe 選擇過簡單的生活，致力於幫助拯救環境。
Thank you so much, Jack.
Our lesson continues here by saying, "For those reasons, ginger was a luxury in Europe for centuries."
There are a few things to talk about here. What we are saying in this sentence is that the reasons that thieves were stealing the spices and storms were sending merchant ships to the bottom of the sea are why ginger was a luxury in Europe.
Now, a luxury can mean different things to different people. What does luxury mean, John?
Typically, a luxury is something that is expensive and/or non-essential.
So if you don’t really need something but you get it anyway, you could say this is kind of a luxury.
Here’s an example:
I really like to get my nails done, but getting my nails done isn’t necessary for my daily life.
It takes up a lot of time and it’s kind of expensive, so for me personally, getting my nails done is a luxury.
We also see this word centuries here in this sentence.
Centuries just means "for hundreds of years."
How does our lesson continue, John?
Well, we read that the wealthy—so the people who have a lot of money—impressed their dinner guests by adding the spice to meat and desserts, and even made it into wine.
So it’s really interesting how something that’s common in one area becomes a luxury item in another area just because it’s hard to get.
Ginger desserts—well, we’ll read about a special ginger dessert now that became very popular.
That’s right! A legend says that England’s Queen Elizabeth I invented gingerbread men and gave them to important guests.
Now, friends, if you’ve visited the States during Christmas time, you may have had one of these treats before.
A gingerbread man is a hard ginger-flavored cookie, and it’s just shaped like a person.
That’s right! In the movie Shrek, there is a gingerbread man who is a famous character.
Here’s that kid’s book about a gingerbread man that comes to life.
Friends, the flavor of ginger is less common in America, for example, but there are two sweet foods that have ginger and are very popular.
The first one is gingerbread men, and the other one is ginger ale.
Do you like ginger ale?
I love it when I’m sick or I have an upset stomach.
This is something that is really interesting from American culture.
Actually, friends, when we were young, a lot of our parents would give us ginger ale when we were sick.
Now, this is a drink that’s kind of like carbonated water, but it is flavored with ginger and is very, very sweet.
So I’ve heard that a lot of parents in Asia think that this is a really bad idea to give kids when they’re sick, but it’s true in American culture.
A lot of us drank ginger ale when we were sick growing up.
That’s right! So, ginger ale, but it’s interesting now, there is a lot more ginger in American cooking than before—not just for important guests but for everyone.
Finally, we read, "The taste of this rare spice reminded people of one’s high social status."
Okay, it’s not a common thing, it’s a luxury item, right?
That’s right, and it’s very rare. If something is rare, it means that it is hard to find or there are not very many of it.
So, for example, there could be a rare type of bird, meaning there are not that many birds in that particular area or that many birds left in the wild.
But we also see something else at the end of this sentence, and that is the idea of having a social status.
What is social status?
Well, it’s a person’s importance in relation to other people within a society.
That’s right. You could say sometimes how much money you have affects your social status.
So sometimes people want to show how rich they are to make it seem like they’re of a higher social status.
Well, friends, it’s really interesting that something as common now as ginger had this kind of effect on society.
There’s, of course, a lot more to learn about ginger, isn’t there?
That’s right, and right now, we’re going to learn something new in today’s Fun Fact.
Ha! Hello, fact friends!
I am Detective Ernest Finder, and I have a fun fact for you today.
Did you know that a person can be called a ginger?
That’s right, not just ginger (which can be a name) but a ginger!
But who is a ginger?
Well, a ginger is someone with red hair!
Ha-ha!
So maybe you have a friend who is a ginger, and that is today’s fun ginger fact!
Talking about ginger so much in our article today has made me hungry.
John, how do you like to eat ginger?
Oh, I like to make a smoothie with ginger.
You take something like almond milk, blueberries, bananas, and ginger—maybe with a little bit of honey and salt—and you have an amazing smoothie if the blueberries are frozen.
Wow! So that smoothie would definitely have a kick to it!
A little kick, but it’s nice.
The spiciness of the ginger goes really well with the sweetness of the fruit.
Very interesting.
I like to eat ginger in soup.
I love a soup that has that strong ginger flavor in it.
I am really getting hungry now!
Friends, how do you like to eat ginger?
Talk about that in English, and we’ll see you next time right here on Studio Classroom!
Ginger and Turmeric 薑 & 薑黃(下) 空中英語教室 20241126
修正英文文法，保留中文部分，同時將簡體中文修改為繁體中文
Here is your text with corrected English grammar, and with the simplified Chinese modified to traditional Chinese:
Hello friends and welcome to Studio Classroom.
My name is Ann Marie and my name is John, friends.
Today is a great day to learn something new, so let’s do that together!
We are on day two of our article called "Ginger and Turmeric."
In day one of our lesson, we were talking all about ginger. What are some of the things we learned yesterday?
Well, first of all, we learned that ginger is a root, right?
It’s dug from the ground, and for thousands of years, people have been using ginger.
But because it’s not grown everywhere, it was considered a luxury item in Europe.
That’s right, and we also learned that in the past, people have used ginger for all kinds of things.
They used it as a cure for headaches, vomiting, upset stomachs, and some people even thought it could make others fall in love.
That’s right.
And most importantly, it was used to make gingerbread men. Gingerbread men are very popular as a dessert in the United States and in Europe.
Well friends, let’s go to today’s reading and learn more about another special root vegetable—ginger and turmeric.
By the 1600s, ginger was making its way to the Americas.
Settlers took the spice and their recipes with them. Nowadays, its pepper-like taste is everywhere. On Thanksgiving Day, a bit of ginger powder will spice up pumpkin pies.
Hi everyone, welcome to Language Lab! I’m Jack.
首先來看“pepper”這個字。當名詞時，它指的是胡椒粉，譬如 "The pepper-like flavor that covered the steaks brought out a great taste in the meat that everyone loved." (覆盖在牛排上的胡椒风味使肉更加美味，大家都很喜欢)。
"Pepper" 也可以指甜椒，譬如 "The red and yellow peppers added some bright color to the otherwise green salad." (红色和黄色的甜椒为原本是绿色的沙拉增添了一些靓丽的颜色)。
"Pepper" 也可以当作动词哦，意思是使不满，例如 "Cindy peppered the story of her trip with observations about the different kinds of food they ate." (Cindy的旅行故事中充满了他们对所吃不同食物的观察)。
It looks like we got a little ahead of ourselves! We were so excited to talk about turmeric, we didn’t realize we still have to talk about ginger first.
We see here that by the 1600s, ginger was making its way to the Americas. Now, if something "makes its way" somewhere, what does that mean?
It means that it’s advancing or it’s proceeding—it’s going somewhere. So here, we’re talking about how the flavor and taste of ginger started to spread across the world, now reaching the Americas.
The people who were living in the Americas at that time were called Native Americans or settlers—people who had moved from one location to another, right?
Yeah, so a settler is a person who moves with a group of others to live in a new country or area.
The settlers took the spice and their recipes with them. This is true all over the world, right? As people immigrate or move to other places, they generally take their culture and food with them.
Those things end up either becoming part of the international community in that new place or integrating into the culture of where those people have moved.
That’s right! In the U.S., we sometimes describe America as a "melting pot." It’s like a big pot for soup, and the different flavors, at first, are different; then, they kind of melt together and affect the whole culture.
So here, literally, we have a flavor that was introduced, and we read that nowadays its pepper-like taste is everywhere.
"Nowadays" is something you say when you contrast the present with the past.
For example, "I don’t watch Netflix too much nowadays." The idea here is that in the past, I watched a lot of Netflix, but recently, I haven’t been watching much.
That’s right! So nowadays, people are used to the flavor, and the pepper-like taste is everywhere.
But there’s a special day when there’s almost always something with ginger—on Thanksgiving Day.
We’ll talk a lot about Thanksgiving Day later this month. It’s a really special time to know about, but we read that a bit of ginger powder will spice up pumpkin pie, one of my favorite desserts in the fall.
If you spice something up, it means you make it more interesting or flavorful. You don’t just spice up food; you could also spice up an activity or spice up your daily life as well.
We’ll talk about that a little bit more later in today’s lesson.
Right now, it is finally time for us to learn about turmeric in our next reading.
Ginger and Turmeric
Turmeric, ginger’s cousin, comes chiefly from India, where people have been grinding it into a golden powder for nearly 4000 years.
Traders started carrying it to the Middle East and Africa around AD 700. In the 13th century, it was taken into Europe and eventually made its way to North America.
再來看 "grind" 這個字。當動詞時，它指的是研磨，譬如 "Ian grinds his coffee beans every morning to make sure his coffee tastes fresh." (Ian每天早上會研磨咖啡豆以確保咖啡味道新鮮)。
或是 "Regularly grinding your knives will keep them sharp and ready to cut through almost anything." (定期磨刀可以保持刀刃鋒利，隨時可以切東西)。
"Grind" 當名詞的時候，則是指苦差事或單調的事，譬如 "The daily grind of work left Isaac exhausted and wanting a vacation." (每天單調的工作讓Isaac筋疲力盡，想要休假)。
All right, turmeric is ginger’s cousin—okay, not really, because if someone’s your cousin, it means that they are the son or daughter of your aunt or uncle.
Yeah, that’s right. Sometimes we talk about creatures that are similar to each other as cousins.
So turmeric, okay, I’m excited to talk about it now because I love turmeric, but like ginger, turmeric was not always super popular.
We’ll read more about it though.
That’s right! It comes chiefly from India, where people have been grinding it into a golden powder for nearly 4000 years.
Turmeric has also been part of people’s cuisines and cooking for a really long time.
So we read here that traders started carrying it to the Middle East and Africa around AD 700.
John, what is the difference between a "merchant" and a "trader"?
These two words are very, very similar. Most traders are merchants, but a merchant is someone who is actually selling to the final customer, usually.
They might have a stand and be on the street selling things. A trader might not be involved with that final step to the customer, but they’re definitely traveling or buying things from far away and bringing them in.
If I say "trader," I always think of travel. If I say "merchant," you’ll think about someone who’s sitting there selling things.
But both of them are buying cheap and selling for more expensive prices.
So maybe a trader could sell to a merchant, who then sells to a customer.
Exactly.
I see! Okay, so they’re carrying this spice, turmeric, to the Middle East and Africa around AD 700. In the 13th century, it was taken into Europe and eventually made its way to North America.
There’s a few things that we can look at here, friends. First of all, let’s review here.
We learned about decoding those dates yesterday—the 13th century. What’s another way to say that, John?
Well, that would be the 1200s. If you see "century" in English, just kind of go back one number.
I think it’s really important to know what AD 700 is, right? We talk about AD and BC, sometimes we say CE instead of AD.
AD stands for "Anno Domini," and BC stands for "Before Christ."
So you’ll sometimes see that dividing line right there in the middle, and that’s going to help you decide the time.
It’s always funny how late things get to North America, especially yummy foods.
So North America hasn’t had turmeric for all that long.
It’s kind of a shame! We see that it went into Europe first and eventually made its way to North America.
We see the word "eventually," and the idea here is that it takes a long time to get something done.
"I really want to make it to that restaurant, and I’m sure I’ll get there eventually, but I just don’t have time to go this week."
Yeah, in that sentence, you see the word "event"—something will happen. "Eventually" means that event will happen later.
"Eventually, I will get out of bed and go to work."
But eventually, it made its way to North America. If you see that phrase "make its way," it means to travel along a path that you are taking.
That’s right! And this is kind of a key phrase for this lesson because we did see it in the first section today, didn’t we, friends?
When ginger was making its way to the Americas, the idea is that these spices have existed in certain places of the world for a long time, but it has taken them a while to get to other locations as well.
We’ll be right back after today’s InfoCloud!
Hi friends,
Welcome to Info Cloud! Garrett, were you at that meeting this morning?
Hey Rex, yes, I was at the meeting. They were talking about a lot of changes, but I think we should take those announcements with a grain of salt.
I heard someone mention taking something with a grain of salt. What does that mean?
That’s a good term, Garrett. When you take something with a grain of salt, you are skeptical about the truth or accuracy of that thing.
Exactly. It suggests that you should consider that something you’ve read or heard might be exaggerated or not entirely reliable. It’s a lot like saying "I’ll believe it when I see it."
Can you give me an example of how it’s used?
Sure. Let’s say you read an article online that claims a new miracle diet will make you lose 20 pounds in a week. You might say, "I’ll take that with a grain of salt," meaning you don’t fully believe it because it sounds too good to be true.
Why salt? Where does that phrase come from?
Apparently, the phrase comes from ancient Rome. Pliny the Elder, a Roman scholar, wrote about a remedy involving a grain of salt to counteract poison. Over time, the expression evolved to mean taking something skeptically or with caution.
That’s really interesting. So it has a long history of being used to suggest skepticism.
Exactly. It’s a reminder to approach information critically and not to immediately accept everything we hear or read.
take something with a grain of salt 聽聽就好了 每天在網絡上有各式各樣的資訊，
很多時候這些資訊的真實性有待驗證。
今天要分享的用語是take something with a grain of salt
意思就是對某件事情保持著半信半疑的態度。
take something with a grain of salt字面上是手中掐著鹽巴接收某樣東西。
這是源自於古羅馬時期，有人因為懷疑被下毒，曾經用鹽巴來加強身體的抗毒能力，所衍生出來的用語。
當你聽到一個可疑的消息，你可以對別人說 "take it with a grain of salt"。
聽聽就算了，不要完全相信。
這就是今天的 INFO Cloud，我們下次雲端見！
Ginger and Turmeric A key ingredient in traditional Indian medicine, turmeric is also used as a beauty aid, a dye, and a spice. In fact, it gives Indian curry its famous taste and golden color. Turmeric is considered effective in treating allergies, pain, swelling, and other health-related issues because it contains a chemical called curcumin. Research continues as scientists try to understand all of its potential benefits. Both spices have a lot to offer, so go ahead and spice up your life with a little ginger and turmeric.
接下來看名詞 ingredient，意思是材料或成分，譬如：
Chloe measured each ingredient to make sure her chocolate cake would be perfect.
Chloe量好了每種食材，確保她的巧克力蛋糕能夠完美。
或者是：
The secret to Anna’s success in cooking wasn’t just talent, but also the use of high-quality ingredients.
Anna烹飪成功的秘訣不僅是天賦，還在於使用高品質的食材。
或者是：
If you can’t identify the ingredients you read on a food label, don’t buy the product.
如果你無法辨識食品標籤上的成分，那就不要購買那個產品。
最後來看 swelling 這個名詞，它的意思是腫脹，譬如：
After a bee sting, Vicky noticed swelling in her ankle, so she put a cold towel on it.
被蜜蜂螫到後，Vicky注意到她的腳踝腫起來，所以用冷毛巾敷在上面。
Swelling 也指增大，譬如：
The discovery caused a swelling of excitement in the scientific community.
這個發現引起了科學界極大的興奮。
動詞 swell 則是指充滿，譬如：
Angela’s eyes swelled with tears at the sight of her sick grandmother.
Angela看到生病的祖母，眼睛充滿了淚水。
Okay friends, let’s finish out our lesson by talking a little bit more about turmeric.
A key ingredient in traditional Indian medicine, turmeric is also used as a beauty aid.
Okay, what is a beauty aid?
John, a beauty aid is something that helps you be more beautiful. Sometimes we talk about makeup as a beauty aid, but also things like creams or medicines normally for your face could be a beauty aid.
If you can find these things at some type of drug store or a personal care store, you can usually call it a beauty aid if it makes your hair, your face, or your teeth look better.
That’s a beauty aid.
Okay, so it’s used as a beauty aid. It is also used as a dye.
A dye is a natural or synthetic substance used to add color to something or to change the color of something.
John, I have to say, I know from personal experience that turmeric can be used as a dye.
Do you know why/how?
I’ve cooked with turmeric before, and I also spilled some turmeric before, and yes, it has stained my counter when I used turmeric in curry and fed it to my kids before. It has stained their faces yellow as well.
So it is very effective as a dye.
Yes, it is, and the color is really strong. The flavor is also pretty strong too.
So it’s used as a spice—something that gives something a kick.
And there’s a really famous dish we read. In fact, it gives Indian curry its famous taste and golden color.
I love all kinds of curry. Indian curry is some of my favorites.
What is curry?
Well, it’s a dish with seasoned sauce mainly from Southeast Asia.
Yeah, there’s a lot of different kinds of curries, right?
There’s Indian curries, there’s Thai curries (which are one of my favorites), there’s also Japanese curries.
Probably if you are a food lover like me, you know that there are different spices that go into those different types of curries.
I’m getting hungry again, so let’s move on.
Turmeric is considered effective in treating allergies, pain, swelling, and other health-related issues. Now, I will speak from experience again and say I know that this is true as well.
I’ve told you before, friends, I’ve eaten an anti-inflammatory diet before where I was trying to get inflammation down in my body, and turmeric is one of the things I put into my diet to help with that.
That’s right, yeah. It is all because of this chemical called curcumin we read.
It’s not a word you’ll see that often, but it is a bright yellow chemical produced by plants of the Curcuma longa species, like turmeric.
Turmeric is definitely the most famous plant with curcumin in it.
Very interesting. We read here that research continues as scientists try to understand all of its potential benefits.
And this is true with a lot of different things, right, friends? We know that something is helpful sometimes, but we don’t always know why it’s helpful.
So there has to be research done to find those things out.
That’s right.
So we have two plants here—ginger and turmeric. They’re spices. Both spices, we read, have a lot to offer, so go ahead and spice up your life with a little ginger and turmeric.
If something has a lot to offer, what does that mean?
It means that it has a quality that makes it important and makes it attractive or makes it useful.
Yeah, you can say, "I have a lot to offer," "I have so many ideas," but there’s a phrase here you need to know. So go ahead and hear it. It says, "Go ahead and spice up your life."
But if you tell someone, "Go ahead and blank," it means just start doing it. Give it a try. Go ahead.
There’s another phrase we have to talk about here, friends, and that is the phrase spice up your life.
This phrase is a very iconic phrase because it specifically comes from a pop song back in 1997.
This was a pop song released by none other than the Spice Girls from their album Spice World, and yes, the song is saying "Spice up your life."
You know, I think one of them had the nickname Ginger Spice, right?
But I don’t think there was a Turmeric Spice.
I don’t think turmeric was quite as popular back in the 90s.
I think they were from Britain. I think "Spice up your life"… ice up your life.
Alright friends, let’s get on with today’s fun fact!
Hello fact friends, I’m Detective Ernest Finder, and I have a fun fact for you today!
Did you know that turmeric plants have lovely flowers?
That’s right! Normally, we only eat the turmeric root, which is golden orange, but the flowers are purple and sometimes white.
Beautiful purple and white turmeric flowers.
And that is today’s fun turmeric fact!
Okay friends, it’s time for today’s talk about it.
Do you think any spices can help your health?
Explain.
Don, I’ve kind of already answered this question. I have eaten turmeric before to improve my health, but what about you?
Well, I think spices are really important. There are so many amazing plants on this planet, and they all have a good reason for being there.
Many of them are really helpful for health.
That’s right, and this is something that if you’re really interested in, I really recommend that you go and study it.
There are lots of books, and there are lots of websites that can help teach you about the healing properties of different kinds of plants.
That is something you could talk about in English.
You do that, and we’ll see you next time right here on Studio Classroom!
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