英语小达人 97 Pie-Eating Contest

 　　Pie-Eating Contest

　　吃馅饼比赛

　　The school band had to raise money for their annual¹ field trip. Some years they had a garage sale, some years a bake² sale. This year they were going to do something different. They were going to have a pie-eating contest. Everyone paid five dollars to enter the pie eating contest and the person to eat the most pies won a prize!

　　学校乐队为了一年一度的实地旅行演出，必须募集资金。过去有几年他们举办了车库售物，有几年则是卖各种烤面包。但今年他们想来点不一样的，他们要办个吃馅饼比赛。要参加吃馅饼比赛的人必须付五块钱，然后吃最多馅饼的人就可以赢得奖品！

　　Thekids at school called Joe “Piggy”. It was not very nice. They called him Piggy because he could eat more than any other kid. When Piggy heard about the pie-eating contest he was sure he could win. He paid his five dollars.

　　学校的孩童都叫乔“小猪”，实在很不好听。他们会叫他小猪是因为他比任何一个小孩都还要会吃。当小猪听到吃馅饼比赛的消息时，他确定自己会赢，于是付了五块钱去参加比赛。

　　When thejudge yelled³, “start”, everyone had 15 minutes to eat pies. Joe started withapple pie. Then he had a blueberry pie, and then another apple. By his fourth pie he was feeling full, but the boy next to him was already finished with his fifth.

　　当裁判大喊：“开始”以后，每个人都有十五分钟的时间可以吃馅饼。乔先吃了苹果馅饼，接着吃蓝莓馅饼，然后又吃苹果馅饼。他吃到第四个馅饼时已经觉得饱了，可是他旁边那个男孩已经吃完第五个馅饼。

　　He had to keep eating. The time was running out. He stuffed⁴ down a custard pie and then two more blueberry pies all within⁵ five minutes. Just in time to win the contest.

　　他必须继续吃才行，不然时间快要到了。他在最后五分钟内塞进了一个蛋奶馅饼和两个蓝莓馅饼，刚好及时在这场比赛中获胜。

1 annual   

adj.每年的；一年的；（植物）一年生的 n.年刊；一年生植物

参考例句：

• It's an annual report.这是年度报告。
• The kind of plant is a hardy annual.这种植物是耐寒的一年生植物。

2 bake   

v.烤，烘，焙；烧硬，烘干(砖块、陶器等)

参考例句：

• I will bake a delicious cake for her.我将为她烤制美味的蛋糕。
• The bread will not bake if the fire is too small.如果火太小，面包就烤不成。

3 yelled   

v.叫喊，号叫，叫着说( yell的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He yelled at the other driver. 他冲着另一位司机大叫。
• The lost man yelled, hoping someone in the woods would hear him. 迷路的人大声喊着，希望林子里的人会听见。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 stuffed   

adj.充满的；饱的v.塞住( stuff的过去式和过去分词 )；把…装进；把…装满；（使）吃撑

参考例句：

• stuffed animals in glass cases 玻璃柜里的动物标本
• I was stuffed to the gills with chocolate cake. 我嘴里塞满了巧克力蛋糕。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 within   

n.内部，里头；adv.在内部，在内心里；prep.在…之内

参考例句：

• The work must be done within the given time.这个工作必须在规定的时间内完成。
• Within two weeks,she gained five pounds in weight.两周内她的体重增加了5磅。