A Taste for Travel

You can watch your health and still eat like a local!
旅遊嚐鮮 - 確保個人健康，享受當地美食！

I love street food. Wherever I go I'm always looking for chances to eat like a local. In many places, some of the best ethnic food is served from a cart! From fish and chips in Edinburgh to pad thai in Bangkok. I've tried some delicious stuff! But there's a dark side to all this good food - food poisoning. I once had a bad case of it in Nepal.

I was in bed for two days and unable to eat much for weeks after. I was in a rural area, so I had no access to clean water or food. I couldn't help getting sick.

Most travelers have a horror story or two about food poisoning. It's a risk we all take when we eat strange foods. But there are ways to enjoy good local food and avoid an upset stomach. A few precautions might save you a lot of pain. The following tips will help keep you safe and healthy.

*** Drink clean water. In many places, tap water isn't safe to drink. In these places, avoid ordering drinks made with water or served with ice. Drink bottled water or soda instead.

*** Skip the fresh fruit, It might look and taste delicious. But if it's been washed in dirty water, it may make you sick. You can't tell by looking at it, so it's better to be safe than sorry.

*** Choose meat that has been cooked recently and well. Meat and seafood that have been left out for a long time are dangerous to eat. If it doesn't took or smell OK, move on.

*** Watch the locals. They will avoid a food cart that has made them sick before.

*** Be prepared. Take medicines that can ease your symptoms. These won't cure whatever bug you've picked up. But they will help with the pain when there's no place to rest and recover.

With thee tips in mind, you're ready to dig in! Street food is part of the travel adventure, don't be afraid to try   something different. You never know - you might discover a new favorite dish!


Grammar Tips:
"Most travelers have a horror story or two about food poisoning."
"story of two" - some stories. (informal way saying"
"one or two" - a small but indefinite amount of something.
Although Martha is not a nurse, she does know a thing or two about taking care of sick people.
Eric likes to read a book or two when he has free time.

Vocabulary Tips:
street food - walk around the street try different local food. 街上的小吃。
taste -have a taste for something (coffee, English learning at Studio Classroom...) something you enjoy about it.
Ethnic - the food or music or clothing represent their tribe or country.民族的，某个人种的。
ethnic music -民族音乐。
ethnic clothing -民族服饰
*All the ethnic outfits on display were handmade. 展示的民族服饰
*The government is trying to ease the conflicts among the country's ethnic groups. 缓和冲突。。
*Jason loves to listen to ethnic music.
eat like a local - like local people eat.
horror (n) -scary, scary experience, scary movie or story, something cause to scare. 恐怖，惊恐。
horror / horrible -  if talk about movie,
horror- it's a very scary movie but the movie is well done.
horrible (adj) - terrible. done badly, the movie did not do well, we said this is a horrible movie, not worth to watch it.
*I felt numb with horror when I saw the robber beating the old lady.
horrify (v) -使震惊，使感到恐怖。。
* Treo was horrified by the terrible scene caused by the fire.可怕的火场景象。。吓坏了。
upset (adj) -unhappy, not comfortable.不舒服，不适的。feel upset=feel unhappy =feel angry.
*Irene has an upset stomach. 肚子不舒服。-stomach feel unhappy, not feel well.
upset (adj) -生气的，不高兴的。
*Eddie was upset about losing the game. 因为比赛失败而不高兴。
upset (v) - 使生气。过去式，过去分词都是upset.
What she said really upset me. 令我很火大。
I couldn't help - just happen, nothing I can do.
risk you take - take the risk.
precautions - use cautions  before something happen.事先提高警觉。 "pre" - before something. 事先。
food poison - food is not fresh, food is bad, food had contaminated, food has bacterial, people eat them will get sick.食物中毒。
*The patient with food poisoning was given an IV and a pain-reliever.
*There are over a hundred cases of food poisoning in this junior high school.
rural -第一个'r"不发音。 , countryside, away from city.
tap water - water from the sink, water get by turn on the water at sink. 从水龙头里直接流出来的水。
tap -水龙头。
*The tap water in Colorado tastes as good as mineral water.矿泉水
drinking water -饮用水。
distilled water -蒸馏水。
skip - (skipping/ skipped) -jump over, pass through, pass it. not take.跳过，越过。
*Sean skipped dessert because he's watching his weight.
skip -not take or not doing a normal task. 不参加或不做某件平常要做的事。
*Mike skipped school today.。。今天没去上学。
bug (n) - insect, here is mean some kind virus that can cause you sick.小虫。也指“病菌”
pick up a bug - catch a virus.染上某种病菌。
*Larry picked up a flu bug and got really sick.感染了流行性病毒。。。
bug -problem, trouble, defect or damage something cause not working.电脑里的故障，或错误。
*The engineer caught a bug in their newly developed software.在。。发现了故障。
dig in - (dug -过去式 , digging ) enjoy food, go and relax to eat.
*Mom prepared a feast, and everyone dug in. 丰盛的大餐。。大快朵颐。
adventure - take a bit of risk to explore something.
adventurous (adj) -冒险的。
you never know - you don't know until you try.

Language Tips:
Edinburgh -念"e-dn-bro " -Scotland capital city.
Magdalene -念 "mag-'del-len" -英国剑桥学院的Magdalene
Auchinleck -念" 'a-thi -'lek"
Postwick -念 "pa-'sick"
Mckay - 马阶（医院）念 "ma-'kai "，不念“Mc-kei"
(美国的 ) Glu-chester -念"gla-ster"。
英国有很多字，发音不照着字面的拼字念。如果你照字面拼音念它，别人也能理解，因为不只是非英国人在发音上会犯错，就是英国人自己也常念错。
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Better...than......-两个选择，都不理想，但是相较之下，前者还是个比较好些的选择。
It's better to be safe than sorry.-小心总比后悔好。
better late than never - 晚一点但总比永远不做强。
better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt. 最好保持缄默，让人把你当傻子，而不要一开口，别人就把你看穿了。(知道了你的心意）。或是最好保持缄默，让人以为你不懂，而不要一开口，别人看清楚你真是个傻瓜。



Taking notes of study "Studio Classroom"