英语新闻听写 南极洲发现106年的水果蛋糕 你敢吃吗

A 106 years old fruitcake was recently discovered At Cape¹ Adare in Eastern Antarctica. According to geek.com, “it was… among the provisions taken to Antarctica by members of Captain Robert Falcon² Scott’s historic Terra Nova expedition in 1910.”

最近南极洲东部的阿代尔角发现了一个106年的水果蛋糕。根据geek.com消息，“这个蛋糕和1910年斯科特船长进行著名的特拉诺瓦探险时带到南极洲东部的食物放在一起。”

According to the researchers who discovered the fruit cake, it was in almost pristine³ condition. They even commented that it smelled and looked like it was edible⁴.

根据发现该水果蛋糕的研究人员，它的形态基本没有改变。甚至闻起来和看起来似乎还可以食用。

1 cape   

n.海角，岬；披肩，短披风

参考例句：

• I long for a trip to the Cape of Good Hope.我渴望到好望角去旅行。
• She was wearing a cape over her dress.她在外套上披着一件披肩。

2 falcon   

n.隼，猎鹰

参考例句：

• The falcon was twice his size with pouted feathers.鹰张开羽毛比两只鹰还大。
• The boys went hunting with their falcon.男孩子们带着猎鹰出去打猎了。

3 pristine   

adj.原来的，古时的，原始的，纯净的，无垢的

参考例句：

• He wiped his fingers on his pristine handkerchief.他用他那块洁净的手帕擦手指。
• He wasn't about to blemish that pristine record.他本不想去玷污那清白的过去。

4 edible   

n.食品，食物；adj.可食用的

参考例句：

• Edible wild herbs kept us from dying of starvation.我们靠着野菜才没被饿死。
• This kind of mushroom is edible,but that kind is not.这种蘑菇吃得，那种吃不得。