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roasted chestnuts / 糖炒栗子 / (tánɡchǎo lìzǐ) 

A: You've lived in China for a long time now, do you know what is everyone's favorite winter snack? 

你长期生活在中国,你知道秋冬最受人欢迎的小吃是什么吗？

(nǐ chánɡqī shēnɡhuó zài zhōnɡɡuó, nǐ zhīdào qiūdōnɡ zuì shòurén huānyínɡ de xiǎochī shì shenme ma?)

B: Roasted chestnuts must be on the list, right? But I don't know how this delicious snack is made.  

我想糖炒栗子毫无疑问能上榜吧？但我不知道这美味的小吃是如何做的。

(wǒ xiǎnɡ tánɡchǎo lì zǐ háowú yíwèn nénɡ shànɡbǎnɡ bā？dàn wǒ bùzhīdào zhè měiwèi de xiǎochī shì rúhé zuòde.)

A: Roasted chestnuts involve cooking good quality chestnuts in a pot with coarse sugar and syrup.

糖炒栗子是将优质的板栗放进装有粗沙和糖稀的锅内翻炒而成的。

(tánɡchǎo lìzǐ shì jiānɡ yōuzhì de bǎnlì fànɡjìn zhuānɡyǒu cūshā hé tánɡxī de ɡuōnèi fānchǎo érchénɡ de.)

B: Are roasted chestnuts good for your health?  

那糖炒栗子对身体有什么好处吗？

(nà tánɡchǎo lìzǐ duì shēntǐ yǒu shenme hǎochǔ ma?)

A: Chestnuts are full of protein, fat, B vitamins and other nutrients. You know, growing chestnut trees was very popular during the Spring and Autumn (770BC-476BC) and Warring States (475BC-221BC) periods. 

栗子含有丰富的蛋白质、脂肪、B族维生素等多种营养成分。你知道,在春秋战国时期,栽种栗子已很盛行了。

(lìzǐ hányǒu fēnɡfù de dànbáizhì,zhīfánɡ,B zú wéishēnɡsù děnɡ duōzhǒnɡ yínɡyǎnɡ chénɡfēn.nǐ zhīdào, zài chūnqiū zhànɡuó shíqī, zāizhǒnɡ lìzǐ yǐ hěn shènɡxínɡ le.) 

B: Delicious. Hearing all this is making me crave some.

真美味,听你这样说我都馋了。

(zhēn měiwèi, tīnɡnǐ zhèyànɡ shuō wǒ dōu chánle.)

Illustrations:Liu Xidan/GT