West Country farmer Richard Calver from Westcombe Dairy in Somerset with Reward the cow and a large piece of cheese, reflected in a puddle near the London Eye in central London. PA Photo: Kirsty Wigglesworth
In Britain, around 600,000 tonnes of hard cheese is consumed every year - which is about 10kg per person per year or 27.4 grams per person per day (a piece of cheese the size of a matchbox). Continental Europeans eat almost twice as much cheese per person per day, mainly because breakfasts on the mainland often feature cheese.
英国人每年消耗大约 60 万吨的硬奶酪,人均消耗 一年10 公斤或每人每天 27.4 克(体积类似火柴盒大小)。 欧洲其他国家的人比英国人更能吃奶酪,每人每天吃的奶酪几乎是英国人的两倍,这主要是因为奶酪是欧式早餐中重要的一部分。
在企业里,中心领导往往被称为 big cheese, 字面意思是大奶酪,所以这是一个非常口语化的称呼,最好别在领导面前提起。
例句:
If you want to get anything done here, you need to speak to the big cheese.
Since he became the big cheese he doesn't have time for us anymore.
学习要点:
另一个包含cheese 的短语是 like chalk and cheese, 就像粉笔和奶酪,往往用于形容两个人的个性或面貌截然不同。
My two children are like chalk and cheese ? one is tall with fair hair and blue eyes and the other is short with dark hair and dark eyes.
Me and my brother are like chalk and cheese ? I'm really shy and quiet and he's really talkative and sociable.
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