【大家说英语】 第273期:精雕大南瓜

 Lesson 11 Activities 第十一课 活动

October 26 10月26日

Great Pumpkins² 精雕大南瓜

Read it! 读读看！

Susie is doing a report on the pumpkin¹ festival. 苏希正在制作一篇南瓜嘉年华的报导。

Maybe Rob³ can be a judge for the festival's pumpkin pie contest! 也许罗柏可以在嘉年华的南瓜派大赛中担任评审！

There is also a pumpkin cooking contest. 另外还有南瓜料理竞赛，

People make pumpkin bread and also pumpkin soup. 大家会做南瓜面包以及南瓜汤。

Taylor carves pumpkins. Alex can try it. 泰乐会雕刻南瓜， 亚力克斯可以尝试看看，

He can carve a face on a pumpkin. 他可以在南瓜上刻一张脸。

Conversation A 会话A

Are you doing a report on the pumpkin festival? 你在制作南瓜嘉年华的报导吗？

Yes, I am. The festival looks like fun. 没错， 南瓜嘉年华看起来很好玩。

I don't get very excited about pumpkins. 我对南瓜不太有兴趣。

Why not? They're a cool vegetable. 为什么？南瓜是一种很棒的蔬菜呀。

Well, I like pumpkin pie. 呃，我是很喜欢南瓜派。

Me, too. 我也是。

There is a pumpkin pie contest at the festival. 南瓜嘉年华上有一场南瓜派大赛，

Maybe you can be a judge. 说不定你可以担任评审。

Hmmm, that might be fun! 嗯，那样应该会很好玩！

Conversation B 会话B

There is a pumpkin cooking contest at the festival. 南瓜嘉年华上有一场南瓜料理竞赛。

Cooking contest? 料理竞赛？

I know about pumpkin pie. 我知道南瓜派，

What else can you make with pumpkin? 可是你还可以用南瓜做什么呢？

You can make a lot of things. 南瓜可以做出许多东西。

I make pumpkin bread sometimes. 我有时候会做南瓜面包，

Some people make pumpkin soup. 有些人会做南瓜汤。

Is pumpkin soup good? 南瓜汤好喝吗？

Yes, it is. Go to the festival. 很好喝。去南瓜嘉年华玩吧，

You can try some there. 你可以在那里尝尝南瓜汤。

Conversation C 会话C

Taylor, do you ever carve pumpkins? 泰乐，你雕刻过南瓜吗？

Sure! I carve a pumpkin in October every year. 当然有过！我每年十月都会雕刻一颗南瓜。

Is it fun? 好玩吗？

Yes. I carve a face on my pumpkin. 很好玩。我都在我的南瓜上刻一张脸，

Then I put a candle in it. 然后在里面插一根蜡烛，

And I put the pumpkin outside at night. 晚上就把南瓜放在屋外。

Do a lot of people do that? 很多人都会这么做吗？

Yes. Many people carve pumpkins and put lights in them! 没错，很多人都会雕刻南瓜，在里面放置灯光！

1 pumpkin   

n.南瓜

参考例句：

• They ate turkey and pumpkin pie.他们吃了火鸡和南瓜馅饼。
• It looks like there is a person looking out of the pumpkin!看起来就像南瓜里有人在看着你！

2 pumpkins   

n.南瓜( pumpkin的名词复数 )；南瓜的果肉，南瓜囊

参考例句：

• I like white gourds, but not pumpkins. 我喜欢吃冬瓜，但不喜欢吃南瓜。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Then they cut faces in the pumpkins and put lights inside. 然后在南瓜上刻出一张脸，并把瓜挖空。 来自英语晨读30分（高三）

3 rob   

v.抢劫；vi.抢劫，盗窃；vt.非法剥夺，使丧失，抢劫

参考例句：

• Two men formed a plot to rob the bank.两人制定了抢劫那家银行的秘密计划。
• They were scheming to rob the bank.他们在密谋抢劫银行。