ESL露西的一天 第93期:晚餐与甜点讲解(8)

 Lucy says that "The cookies smell great," meaning they smell very good, "but first," she needs "to let them cool."   露西说“饼干味道很棒”，意思是它们的味道非常好，但是“首先，她要凉一凉。”

To cool, "cool," is a verb¹, which means² to lower³ the temperature.   “凉”，是一个动词，意思是降低温度。

Something is hot needs to cool before you eat it. 有些东西在吃之前要冷却。

"After 30 minutes," Lucy puts three cookies "on a plate" and puts "the rest of them" -the remaining cookies - "in a Tupperware container."   “30分钟后”，露西把三块饼干放在“盘子上”，把“剩余的那些饼干”放在“特百惠盒里”。

Tupperware, "Tupperware," is a company that makes small plastic boxes - small plastic containers that you can put food into.  特百惠，是一家公司,主营小塑料盒——装食物的小塑料盒。

Tupperware is a name of a company, so you have to use a capital T, "Tupperware." 特百惠是一家公司的名字，所以使用大写字母T，“Tupperware”。

Even though you buy a plastic container that is not made by this company, people still call them Tupperware containers, or sometimes just Tupperware.   即使你买的塑料盒不是这家公司制造的，人们仍然把它们叫作特百惠盒，有时就叫特百惠。

If someone says, "I need to buy some new Tupperware,"  如果有人说，“我需要买个新的特百惠，”

they mean they need to buy some new plastic containers for food. 他们的意思是需要买些新的装食物的塑料盒。

Lucy says she's going to take her cookies “to work” tomorrow.  露西说明天她要带饼干“去上班”。

That should make the day go by a little faster. 这会让这一天过得快一些。

When we say the day will go by, "by," we mean that it will seem like the day is not very long-that time is moving very fast.   当我们说这一天将会过去，“过去”，意思是这一天不是很长——时间过得很快。 

Just like when you are listening to ESLPod.com courses, the day goes by much faster. 就像你听ESLPod.com网站课程时，日子过得快一些。

Speaking of faster, now let's listen to the story at a native rate of speech. 说到快一点，现在让我们以正常语速听一下这个故事。

1 verb   

n.[语]动词

参考例句：

• The sentence is formed from a verb and two nouns.这句子由一个动词和两个名词构成。
• These are the finite forms of a verb.这些是一个动词的限定形式。

2 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。

3 lower   

adj.较低的；地位较低的，低等的；低年级的；下游的；vt.放下，降下，放低；减低

参考例句：

• Society is divided into upper,middle and lower classes.社会分为上层、中层和下层阶级。
• This price is his minimum;he refuses to lower it any further.这个价格是他开的最低价，他拒绝再作任何降价。