Cheese wedding cakes are the latest trend for weddings in the UK
In Britain, around 600,000 tonnes of hard cheese are 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.
英國人每年食用大約 60 萬噸的硬奶酪，人均一年會吃掉 10 公斤，相當(dāng)于每人每天 27.4 克（體積類似火柴盒大小）的奶酪。 歐洲其他國家的人比英國人更能吃奶酪，每人每天吃的奶酪?guī)缀跏怯说膬杀?，這主要是因為奶酪是歐式早餐中重要的組成部分。
今日短語
在一個企業(yè)里，核心領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人物往往被稱為 big cheese。這個表達(dá)的字面意思是大奶酪，一個非?？谡Z化的稱呼，所以在使用時要格外注意場合，最好別直接叫領(lǐng)導(dǎo) big cheese。
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.
請注意
另一個包含 cheese 的短語是 like chalk and cheese, 字面意思是像粉筆和奶酪，常用來形容兩個人的個性或面貌截然不同。
例句
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.
