SBS Learn English 「BBQパーティでの料理やおしゃべりを楽しむ」

オーストラリア人は、特に友人といるときにはカジュアルな言葉を使うのが大好きです。会話の中で、アランはステーキを'flip' (turn)したいと言っています。そして、クレアに'snag' (sausage) を'barbie' (barbecue) に'chuck’（put、throw) してと頼んでいます。

オーストラリア人は、言葉を短くするのが好きです。例えば、 ‘barbie’ は barbecueから、 ‘Pav’ は ‘Pavlova’のことです。

出かけているときに、このような短縮した言葉やスラングをもっと耳にできるか試してみてください。

一般的な口語表現:   

オーストラリア英語で、‘Yeah nah’はカジュアルでフレンドリーな、「いや、自分はそうは思わないな」ということを表します。カジュアルな場面で、同意しない場合に使うことができます。例えば、 ‘Yeah nah, I don't think that's a good idea.’ はじめに、'Yeah' と言うことで、次の'nah’を和らげることができます。‘Yeah nah, I don't think that's a good idea’ は、あなたが何かについて、いい考えだとは思っていないが、その同意できないことをフレンドリーに表現できるのです。

food looks done　ー　その食べ物が調理済となった（BBQで言えば、「火が通った。」）

Chuck 'em on　ー　そこに置く（インフォーマルな表現。）

To slip something extra on (or in) 　ー　なにかを追加する。

Coming right up 　ー　誰かに頼まれたことや、期待されていることをちょうど始めるときに使います。

A second round 　ー　追加の助けや、料理や飲み物のおかわり。

I reckon　ー　I think　（インフォーマルな表現。）

ボキャブラリ:

To throw a barbie 　ー　人を招待してBBQパーティをする。

To flip your food 　ー　料理をしているときにひっくり返すこと。

A barbie ーバーベキューのスラング、afternoonを arvo と呼ぶのと同じような短縮形。

Leftovers　ー　食事の後に残った食べ物。

Chook 　ー　チキン。

The tongs 　ー　トング。

An esky 　ー　アイスボックス。

A snag ー　ソーセージ。

Ripper　ー　 ‘great’ とか ‘fantastic'と同意のスラング。

スクリプト:

(注：これは一字一句書き起こしたものではありません。）

When I bite into a perfectly barbecued prawn, the taste brings a smile to my face. Whether it’s on a beach, in a park, or in someone’s backyard, a barbecue with its friendly, relaxed atmosphere, has become one of my favourite ways to spend time with my friends.

My name is Josipa, and since moving to the land down under, I’ve been to countless barbies.

A barbie is a short Australian word for barbecue, just like arvo is a short way of saying afternoon. These two words form the phrase I love to use: ‘Let’s have a barbie this arvo!’

There’s no denying it. Aussies know how to do barbies right; it’s basically the taste of Australian culture.

That’s what my friends, Allan and Claire, say, and let me tell you, they throw some of the best barbies ever! Yes, you can throw a barbie, just like you can throw a party. Funny language, English, isn’t it?

Today, I am carefully bringing over a pav (that’s short for pavlova, one of my favourite desserts made with fruit and cream and meringue) to Allan’s backyard. Children are racing around, and Allan and Claire are cooking over the fire. The smoke is adding a great, inviting smell to the party atmosphere. Let’s get a bit closer.

Claire

We need to give everything a little longer, don’t we?

Allan

Yeah nah, the chook looks done, I reckon. You can take it off. Pass me the tongs, will ya; I need to flip these steaks.

Claire

Here you go. I’ll grab the prawns from the esky. Do you want the onions on now, too?

Allan

Yeah, chuck 'em on.

Claire

Coming right up. Let’s throw some extra snags on; I’ll bet you the kids will ask for a second round.

Allan

Ha ha, you’re probably right. There’s Josipa with the Pav! This is gonna be a ripper barbie!

I’m so hungry after listening to this dialogue. But before I can eat the leftovers from this amazing barbie, we have some work to do.

By the way, leftovers are the food that is left after a meal. For example, if you have extra food after your dinner, you can leftovers the next day for lunch.

Claire thinks that everything on the barbie still needs a little more cooking, but Allan disagrees. He said,

Yeah nah, the chook looks done, I reckon.

I reckon is an informal way of saying ‘I think’ and Allan doesn’t think that the chook needs any more cooking so he disagrees with Claire.

In Australian English, we can use the phrase ‘Yeah nah’ to start off when you don’t agree with someone but you want to be friendly and informal. For example, if Allan asks Claire to turn off the barbecue but she doesn’t think they have finished cooking she can say,

Claire

Yeah nah, I don't think that's a good idea.

And do you know what a chook is? In Aussie slang, ‘chook’ means chicken,

Allan said the chook – the chicken - looks done. When food looks done, it looks as if it is cooked. Allan said,

Pass me the tongs; I need to flip these steaks.

Allan is asking for the tongs, a tool used for picking up and turning food. And if you need to flip your food, it means you have to turn it over while it’s cooking.

Claire passed him the tongs and said,

I’ll grab the prawns from the esky. Do you want the onions on now, too?

Claire is going to get the prawns from the esky. This is an Australian word for a cooler or icebox that keeps food and drinks cold. She asked Allan if he wants the onions too? Do you remember his reply?

He said,

Yeah, chuck 'em on.

‘Chuck 'em on’ is an informal way to say, ‘put them on’. It’s a useful phrase when it comes to adding more food, but you can use it in other situations as well. Let’s say you’re putting together a playlist for your family road trip and your son wants to add more songs, you could say,

Allan

Yeah, chuck 'em on.

Let’s continue,

Coming right up.

Coming right up. We can use this phrase when we are just starting to do something that someone has asked us to do or is expecting us to do. Claire also said,

Let’s throw some extra snags on; I’ll bet you the kids will ask for a second round.

To throw something extra on means to add it. Claire wants to throw some extra snags on. A snag is Australian slang for a sausage.

So, Claire wants to slip some extra snags on barbie because she thinks the kids will ask for a second round, that is another helping or portion. We can use this phrase to talk about having more food or drink and also when we are playing games with other people. So, we can talk about another round of cards, for example, if we would like to play again.

At barbies, I always go for a second round of prawns. At the end of our dialogue, Allan said,