戴尔英语红宝书 第102期

 

Topic: She’s making eggnog for the party.

Victor：Nancy今天我们来谈一个强档话题party。

Nancy：She’s making eggnog for the party.

Victor：Oh， what’s eggnog Nancy?

Nancy：Eggnog is a famous holiday drink.

Victor：哇！

Nancy：It’s made of about thirteen eggs， milk， sugar and spices¹， and usually alcohol²， sometimes three kinds of alcohol.

Victor：eggnog是一个非常丰富的饮料，里面有鸡蛋、牛奶、糖，有的时候还会放一些酒进去。

Nancy：So people go to a lot of holiday parties in December， and they drink a lot of eggnog.

Victor：在12月这种美丽季节里大家开party的时候经常会喝一些eggnog。

Nancy：She’s making eggnog for the party.

Victor：She’s making eggnog for the party.

Nancy：That’s all for now!

1 spices   

n.香料( spice的名词复数 )；调味品；趣味；情趣

参考例句：

• common spices such as ginger and cinnamon 姜和肉桂等常见香料
• They carried on trade in tea and spices with the orient. 他们同东方国家做茶叶和香料的生意。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 alcohol   

n.酒精，乙醇；含酒精的饮料

参考例句：

• The law forbids shops to sell alcohol to minors.法律禁止商店向未成年者出售含酒精的饮料。
• The alcohol is industrial.这些酒精是供工业用的。