Todd: Oh, OK. So, how would you describe what you do? 那你怎么形容你的职业?
Sandra: A wine professional. 一名红酒品酒师。
Todd: A wine professional. OK, so what does a wine professional do? 品酒师。好的，品酒师都要做什么?
Sandra: Try to make money from wine. 从红酒身上赚钱。
Todd: OK. 好的。
Sandra: So, I'm a wine writer, a wine columnist. I teach wine. 因此我还是一名红酒作家，我在写一个红酒专栏。我还教课。
Todd: OK, so let's say if I'm going to have friends over, and I'm making let's say steak. I'm having a grilling steak. Can I serve wine with steak? 如果说我邀请朋友来做客，以牛排为主菜，烧烤牛排好了。我能用红酒搭配牛排吗?
Sandra: Yes. Steak goes with almost any red wine. 当然，牛排和大多数红酒都搭。
Todd: Oh, really. OK. So, red. How about if I want to mix wines. Is it OK to go red wine, white wine? 真的。好，那就红酒吧。如果我还想上点儿其他酒。红酒和其他白葡萄酒搭配吗?
Sandra: You always start out with white wines going towards red wines. 我们通常都是先喝白葡萄酒，然后再过渡到红酒的。
Todd: OK, always go white wine first, then the red wine. (Yes) OK, and how about for dessert. Is there a special dessert wine? 好的，先喝白葡萄酒再喝红葡萄酒。那么甜点呢。有什么酒可以搭配甜点吗?
Sandra: There are many great dessert wines, so it depends on what you like, how sweet you like and what you're making for dessert. 有许多可以搭配甜点的酒，具体要看甜点是什么了，还要看你喜欢的甜度和甜点的制作原料。
Todd: OK, so how about I'm making terimisu. 如果是提拉米苏呢。
Sandra: Terimisu, then I would probably have a tawny port, either from Portugal or from Australia, which makes great ports, or you might even go for a fruity and oaky zinfandel, which is dry wine from California. 提拉米苏，那么我建议搭配葡萄牙或者澳大利亚的茶色波特酒，效果会非常好。我甚至会建议你加上水果和馨芳葡萄酒，那是一种加利福尼亚的干白葡萄酒。
Todd: OK, nice. How much will that cost me? 好的。那要多少钱?
Sandra: Depends on how much you want to spend. For a port, a tawny port, anywhere in between 3,500 to 10,000 (OK) And for a California Zinfandel, a good one probably about 3,000 (yen). 这取决于你打算花多少钱了。波特酒，茶色波特酒价位在3500到10,000日元之间，加利福尼亚的馨芳葡萄酒，一瓶好的要3,000日元。
Todd: 3,000. I think I can maybe afford that. Not much. And, how about what would be a good wine to start off for like appetizers or with a salad or something like that. 3,000日元。我买得起。不是很贵。那么，什么酒能搭配开胃菜，沙拉或者类似的食物呢?
Sandra: I always start off with a sparkling wine. 我总是用含汽葡萄酒。
Todd: A sparkling wine. 含汽葡萄酒。
Sandra: Yes. I prefer champagne but if you can't afford it, even though champagne is the lowest price anywhere in the world is in Japan 是的。我喜欢用香槟酒，如果香槟酒太贵了的话就用它。虽然日本的香槟酒是世界上最便宜的香槟酒了。
Todd: Oh, really. 哦，真的。
Sandra: And many of my students load up on cases of champagne and have it sent home by their companies container. 我有很多学生所在的公司都是用集装箱装载满香槟酒运过去的。
Todd: Oh, wow. 哇。
Sandra: Yes. But champagne is a good starter. 是的。但香槟酒打头阵是不错的。