英语听力精选进阶版 20129

Sweet tooth 爱吃甜食

节目梗概：

Finn又牙疼了！他埋怨他的母亲给了他一口“甜牙”；不过 Li 认为该受埋怨的是英国的“甜文化”。他们到底在打什么哑谜？

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Li

欢迎收听BBC英语教学的《地道英语》节目。我是杨莉，和我在一起的还有我的同事 Finn。Hi Finn.

  (Finn is suffering from a bad toothache) 

Finn

Hello everyone…

Li

Oh dear, your face is a bit swollen¹. What's the matter? 怎么脸肿了？

Finn

I've got this bad toothache again! You know, blame my mother for giving me a sweet tooth.

Li

Yes you are very sweet and you always bring us nice chocolates and sweets. 你的确很甜，总给我们带好吃的东西。But why should you blame your mother for this great quality – your kindness?

Finn

Oh that's very sweet of you Li, but the phrase² to have 'a sweet tooth' is another way of saying that someone craves³ sweet food all the time, such as sweets, deserts and chocolates.

Li

I see. 啊明白了。英语短语 to have a sweet tooth 常常用来表示某人特爱吃甜点。比如，糖果，巧克力和蛋糕等甜品。

Finn

That's right. Have you noticed that I take five sugars for my tea? I usually have six or seven cups of tea every day, Li!

Li

It sounds like you do have a sweet tooth! Let's hear some examples of how this expression is used:

Examples

John always has a bag of sweets open on his desk. He's got such a sweet tooth.

I wish I didn't have a sweet tooth, because I had four rotten⁴ teeth pulled out and eight filled when I was only twenty.

Li

You know what Finn, don't blame your mother. 你该埋怨的呀不是你妈妈，而是英国的‘甜文化’。我觉得英国的甜品世界数第一！ Blame the 'sweet' culture of Britain. I think that this country makes the best deserts in the world!

Finn

Well it is difficult to resist⁵ the temptation⁶ of those yummy cakes you see in the shops!

Li

So, seeing as you've got such bad toothache, perhaps I could help you with the delicious cheesecake you have with you in the studio…

Finn

Oh… you are cheeky, aren't you, Li?

Li

I will buy you one back when your toothache is gone, I promise.

Finn

That's a deal!

Li and Finn

Bye

1 swollen   

adj.肿大的，水涨的；v.使变大，肿胀

参考例句：

• Her legs had got swollen from standing up all day.因为整天站着，她的双腿已经肿了。
• A mosquito had bitten her and her arm had swollen up.蚊子叮了她，她的手臂肿起来了。

2 phrase   

n.短语，词组；成语，习语

参考例句：

• The phrase was caught on and immediately became popular.这个短语被采用后很快就流行了。
• That's exactly the phrase I was looking for.这就是我一直找的那个短语。

3 craves   

渴望，热望( crave的第三人称单数 )； 恳求，请求

参考例句：

• The tree craves calm but the wind will not drop. 树欲静而风不止。
• Victory would give him a passport to the riches he craves. 胜利将使他有机会获得自己梦寐以求的财富。

4 rotten   

adj.腐烂(朽)的；令人不愉快的；糟糕的

参考例句：

• The book was pretty rotten.这本书糟透了。
• Rotten eggs give off a bad smell.臭蛋散发出难闻的气味。

5 resist   

vt.抵抗，反抗，抗，忍得住

参考例句：

• It is vain to resist.抵抗是没用的。
• I couldn't resist telling him the secret.我忍不住把那个秘密告诉了他。

6 temptation   

n.诱惑，引诱；v.引，诱

参考例句：

• I should congratulate you that you resisted the temptation.我应向你祝贺，你抗住了这种引诱。
• Will they be able to resist the temptation to buy?他们能忍住诱惑不买吗？