【大家说英语】圣诞节点心

 Lesson 2 Food

 

第二课 食物

December 3

12月3日

Christmas Treats!

圣诞节点心！

Read it!

读读看！

Megan made sweet and spicy¹ Christmas cookies.

梅根做了又甜又带有辛香味的圣诞节饼干，

They have ginger² in them.

饼干里面有姜。

Everyone loves different kinds of delicious Christmas treats!

每个人都很爱各式各样美味的圣诞节点心！

Rob likes candy canes³.

罗柏喜欢拐杖糖；

Susie's favorite treat is pie.

苏希最爱的点心是派。

Jim's wife makes Christmas treats, too.

吉姆的太太也会做圣诞节点心，

Jim likes all the treats.

吉姆所有的点心都爱，

And he gains weight every Christmas!

而且他每到圣诞节体重都会增加。

Conversation A

 

会话A

Hi, Megan.

嗨，梅根，

Something smells really good in here!

这里有东西闻起来很香！

You're smelling my Christmas cookies. Have one!

妳闻到我的圣诞节饼干了， 尝一块！

Thank you.

谢谢妳。

They taste good!

这很好吃耶！

Thank you! I just made them this morning.

谢谢妳的夸奖！我今天早上才做的。

These are sweet and spicy cookies.

这些饼干又甜又带有香料味，

Why are they spicy?

为什么会有辛香味呢？

I put ginger in them.

我放了一点姜在里面，

Ginger is a nice Christmas flavor!

姜是蛮不错的圣诞风味！

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Conversation B

 

会话B

Hey, look, Mark! There are Christmas cookies here!

嘿，马克，你看！ 这里有圣诞节饼干耶！

Megan made those.

那是梅根做的。

I love Christmas cookies.

我爱圣诞节饼干，

I love all Christmas treats!

我就是爱所有的圣诞节点心！

Does your wife bake Christmas treats?

你太太会烤圣诞节点心吗？

Yes. She bakes a lot of things.

会啊，她烘焙很多东西。

I always gain a few pounds at Christmas!

我在圣诞节的时候总是会增加个几磅！

Me, too.

我也是。

There are so many delicious holiday foods!

实在有太多美味的佳节食物了！

Conversation C

 

会话C

These are really good cookies.

这些饼干真的很好吃。

This is my third one!

这是我第三片了！

Are cookies your favorite Christmas treat?

饼干是你最爱的圣诞节点心吗？

No.

不是。

I like cookies, but I really like candy canes!

我喜欢饼干，但是我更喜欢拐杖糖！

Those are my favorite.

那才是我的最爱。

I like candy canes, too.

我也喜欢拐杖糖，

But my favorite Christmas treat is pie!

不过我最爱的圣诞点心是派！

Really? What kind?

真的？哪种派？

All kinds! I just really like pie!

所有的派！ 我就是很喜欢吃派！

1 spicy   

adj.加香料的；辛辣的，有风味的

参考例句：

• The soup tasted mildly spicy.汤尝起来略有点辣。
• Very spicy food doesn't suit her stomach.太辣的东西她吃了胃不舒服。

2 ginger   

n.姜，精力，淡赤黄色；adj.淡赤黄色的；vt.使活泼，使有生气

参考例句：

• There is no ginger in the young man.这个年轻人没有精神。
• Ginger shall be hot in the mouth.生姜吃到嘴里总是辣的。

3 canes   

n.（某些植物，如竹或甘蔗的）茎( cane的名词复数 )；（用于制作家具等的）竹竿；竹杖

参考例句：

• Sugar canes eat sweet. 甘蔗吃起来很甜。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I saw several sugar canes, but wild, and for cultivation, imperfect. 我还看到一些甘蔗，因为是野生的，未经人工栽培，所以不太好吃。 来自英汉 - 翻译样例 - 文学