[입이트이는영어] Rice Products / 쌀제품

(2020.03.21)

 

# Study Group Questions

1. Why is rice such a common food ingredient in Korean food?
2. How are rice-based products and flour-based products different?
3. What are your favorite products made of rice? What do you like about them?
 
# SPEECH PRACTICE

Talk about products that are mainly made of rice.

 

Rice is a staple food in Korea.

It is never absent from Korean meal.

However, rice is good for more than just cooking it on its own.

Many products with rice as the main ingredients have been released and are on sale.

Sticky rice cakes are the top example.

They are a processed food made mostly with rice.

Eating various types of sticky rice cakes on special occasions is a traditional custom in Korea.

Food companies have rolled out various snacks made from rice.

Some products have become some of the most universally loved snacks in Korea.

Rice noodles are also used in a lot of noodle dishes.

In the past few years, sales of makeolli, or rice wine, have been through the roof.

This has also added to overall rice consumption.

 

[해석]

쌀은 우리나라의 주식이다. 한국인의 밥상에 절대 빠지지 않는다. 그러나 쌀은 밥을 지을 때만 사용되는 것은 아니다. 쌀을 주원료로 한 다양한 식품이 출시되어 판매되고 있다.
가장 대표적인 것이 떡이다. 떡은 주로 쌀을 원료로 해서 만드는 가공 식품이다. 한국에서는 특별한 날에 여러 가지 종류의 떡을 먹는 전통 풍습이 있다.
식품 회사들은 쌀로 만든 과자를 다양하게 출시했다. 일부 상품은 한국에서 가장 널리 사랑받는 과자로 자리 잡았다. 쌀을 원료로 한 면도 여러 면 요리에 사용된다. 최근 몇 년 사이에는 쌀로 빚은 술인 막걸리의 판매가 급증해 전반적인 쌀 소비에도 기여하고 있다.

 

# Key Expressions 

staple food 주식
be good for more than ~외에도 용도가 있다
the main ingredient 주재료
sticky rice cakes 떡
various types of 다양한 종류의
on special occasions 특별한 날에/경우에
traditional custom 전통 풍습
roll out 개발하다, 출시하다
universally loved 널리 사랑받는
noodle dishes 면 요리
rice wine 막걸리
through the roof 매우 높은

# Pattern Practice

1. be good for more than ~외에도 용도가 있다
Rice is good for more than just cooking it on its own.
I am good for more than just the simplest tasks.
Phones these days are good for more than making calls.

2. on special occasions 특별한 날에/경우에
Koreans eat sticky rice cakes on special occasions.
We always come to this restaurant on special occasions.
On special occasions, I like to give flowers as a gift.

3. through the roof 매우 높은
Sales of makgeolli have been through the roof.
The price has gone through the roof.
That band's popularity is through the roof.
 
# Dialogue Practice 

A: What kind of biscuit is that?
B: It's a rice biscuit. Help yourself. They're really good.
A: Wow, it has a crispy mouthfeel and it tastes great.
B: Have you never tried it before?
A: Yeah, it's my first time tasting a biscuit made of rice.
B: There are lots of snacks made of rice like this.
A: Don't they also use rice to make sticky rice cakes?
B: Yeah, rice is the main ingredient of rice cakes.

A: 그건 무슨 과자야?
B: 쌀로 만든 과자야. 먹어 봐. 정말 맛있어.
A: 와, 식감이 바삭바삭하고 맛있네.
B: 전에 먹어 본 적 없어?
A: 응, 쌀로 만든 과자는 처음 먹어 봐.
B: 이렇게 쌀로 만든 과자들이 다양해.
A: 쌀은 떡을 만들 때도 사용되지 않아?
B: 맞아. 쌀은 떡의 주재료이기도 하지.
 
# Key Expressions

help oneself 마음껏 먹다, 사용하다
have crispy mouthfeel 식감이 바삭바삭하다
someone's first time 첫 경험
sticky rice cakes 떡
the main ingredient 주재료