Unit 04 :
Vegetables、Beans and Nuts 蔬菜、豆類與堅果

Vocabulary

Let’s learn about different kinds of vegetables!

Part 1

1. arugula /əˈruː.ɡə.lə/
(n.) 芝麻菜 
a plant whose long, green leaves are used in salads

2. asparagus /əˈsper.ə.ɡəs/
(n.) 蘆筍
a plant with pale green, juicy stems that are cooked and eaten as a vegetable

3. broccoli /ˈbrɑː.kəl.i/
(n.) 花椰菜
a vegetable with a green stem or stems and a mass or several masses of flower buds at the top. There are several kinds of broccoli

4. bell pepper/ˈbel ˌpep.ɚ/
(n.)  甜椒
a vegetable that is usually green, red, or yellow, has a rounded shape, and is hollow with seeds in the middle

a red/green pepper 
紅／青椒

5. cabbage /ˈkæb.ɪdʒ/ 
(n.) 捲心菜
a large, round vegetable with large green, white, or purple leaves that can be eaten cooked or uncooked

6. carrot /ˈker.ət/
(n.) 胡蘿蔔
a long pointed orange root is eaten as a vegetable

7. cauliflower /ˈkɑː.ləˌflaʊ.ɚ/
(n.) 花椰菜
a large, round, white vegetable that is eaten cooked or uncooked

8. celery /ˈsel.ɚ.i/
(n.) 芹菜
a vegetable with long, thin, whitish or pale green stems that can be eaten uncooked or cooked

a stick of celery 
一根芹菜

9. chilli /ˈtʃɪl.i/
(n.) 辣椒
the small, red or green seed case from particular types of pepper plant that is used to make some foods very hot and spicy

10. corn /kɔːrn/
(n.) 玉米
a tall plant grown in many parts of the world for its yellow seeds, which are eaten as food, made into flour or fed to animals

Part 2

11. cucumber /ˈkjuː.kʌm.bɚ/
(n.) 黃瓜 
a long, thin, pale green vegetable with dark green skin, usually eaten uncooked in salads

12. eggplant /ˈeɡ.plænt/
(n.) 茄子 
an oval, purple vegetable that is white inside and is usually eaten cooked

13. mushroom /ˈmʌʃ.ruːm/
(n.) 蘑菇
a fungus with a round top and short stem. Some types of mushroom can be eaten

14. onion/ˈʌn.jən/
(n.) 洋蔥
a vegetable with a strong smell and flavor, made up of several layers surrounding each other tightly in a round shape.

15. potato /pəˈteɪ.t̬oʊ/
(n.)  馬鈴薯
a round vegetable that grows underground and has white flesh with light brown, red, or pink skin, or the plant on which these grow

boiled/roasted/fried potatoes 
煮／烤／炸馬鈴薯

16. pumpkin/ˈpʌmp.kɪn/
(n.) 南瓜
a large, round vegetable with hard, yellow or orange flesh

17. sweet potato /ˌswiːt pəˈteɪ.t̬oʊ/
(n.) 番薯
a pink vegetable that looks like a potato and has yellow or white flesh and a sweet taste

18. lettuce /ˈlet̬.ɪs/
(n.) 萵苣
a plant with large, green leaves, eaten uncooked in salads

19. almond /ˈɑːl.mənd/
(n.) 杏仁
an edible oval nut with a hard shell, or the tree that it grows on

20. chestnut  /ˈtʃes.nʌt/
(n.) 栗子
a large, brown nut that grows on a sweet chestnut tree, often cooked and eaten hot

Part 2

21. hazelnut /ˈheɪ.zəl.nʌt/
(n.) 榛果 
a nut with a hard, brown shell. Hazelnuts come from the hazel tree.

22. pecan /piːˈkɑːn/
(n.) 胡桃 
a type of long nut with a rough surface and a smooth reddish-brown shell

pecan pie 
核桃派

23. peanut /ˈpiː.nʌt/
(n.) 花生
an oval-shaped nut that grows underground in pairs inside a thin brown shell

peanut oil 
花生油

24. walnut /ˈwɑːl.nʌt/
(n.) 核桃
a nut with a slightly bitter taste and a series of folds in it and a hard shell, or the tree that produces these nuts

25. soybean /ˈsɔɪ.ə ˌbiːn/
(n.) 黃豆
a small bean grown originally in Asia used as a food for people and animals

26. adzuki bean /ædˈzuː.ki/
(n.)  紅豆
a sweet, red bean used in Chinese and Japanese cooking

27. chickpea /ˈtʃɪk.piː/
(n.) 鷹嘴豆
a hard, pale brown, round bean that can be cooked and eaten

Exercise

Describe to your tutor about what you see in this picture.