【英语时差8,16】小红莓

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Pilgrims--朝圣者

swampy¹--沼泽

Plymouth--普利茅斯

thornless vine--无刺藤

crane--鹤；鹳

Nova Scotia--新斯科细亚省

North Carolina--北卡罗来纳州

Wisconsin--威斯康星

Henry Hall--亨利霍尔（退伍軍人）

Massachusetts--马萨诸塞州

 

Cranberries² As Thanksgiving approaches and traditional family dinners are being planned, many of us will be buying cranberries. The Pilgrims first found them growing over low swampy areas at Plymouth Rock. The small white flowers that grow on the thornless vines are not eye-catching - the treasure produced by these plants, of course, is the red berries. The colonists³ noticed that cranes loved to eat these berries, so they called them “crane berries” and the name then evolved into “cranberries.” The wild ones were plentiful⁴ in November, though there is no record that they were eaten at the first Thanksgiving dinner. We do know, however, that hunters were sent out and killed enough fowl⁵ to serve everyone for a week. The Indians contributed three bears to the menu. The American cranberry⁶ is native from Nova Scotia in the north, to North Carolina in the south, and to Wisconsin in the west. It likes sites that flood in winter and drain in summer. Originally early settlers harvested cranberries from the wild vines until Henry Hall in 1816 began to cultivate the fruit in Massachusetts. Today growers and canners produce far more berries than can be used at Thanksgiving, so the challenge is to market them for consumption year round. Choose flowers for your Thanksgiving table that have rich mellow⁷ hues⁸ and they will blend with the deep red of the cranberries.

1 swampy   

adj.沼泽的，湿地的

参考例句：

• Malaria is still rampant in some swampy regions.疟疾在一些沼泽地区仍很猖獗。
• An ox as grazing in a swampy meadow.一头牛在一块泥泞的草地上吃草。

2 cranberries   

n.越橘( cranberry的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The tart flavour of the cranberries adds piquancy. 越橘的酸味很可口。
• Look at the fresh cranberries. 你看这些新鲜的蔓越橘。 来自无师自通 校园英语会话

3 colonists   

n.殖民地开拓者，移民，殖民地居民( colonist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Colonists from Europe populated many parts of the Americas. 欧洲的殖民者移居到了美洲的许多地方。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Some of the early colonists were cruel to the native population. 有些早期移居殖民地的人对当地居民很残忍。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 plentiful   

adj.富裕的，丰富的

参考例句：

• Their family has a plentiful harvest this year.他们家今年又丰收了。
• Rainfall is plentiful in the area.这个地区雨量充足。

5 fowl   

n.家禽，鸡，禽肉

参考例句：

• Fowl is not part of a traditional brunch.禽肉不是传统的早午餐的一部分。
• Since my heart attack,I've eaten more fish and fowl and less red meat.自从我患了心脏病后，我就多吃鱼肉和禽肉，少吃红色肉类。

6 cranberry   

n.梅果

参考例句：

• Turkey reminds me of cranberry sauce.火鸡让我想起梅果酱。
• Actually I prefer canned cranberry sauce.事实上我更喜欢罐装的梅果酱。

7 mellow   

adj.柔和的；熟透的；v.变柔和；(使)成熟

参考例句：

• These apples are mellow at this time of year.每年这时节，苹果就熟透了。
• The colours become mellow as the sun went down.当太阳落山时，色彩变得柔和了。

8 hues   

色彩( hue的名词复数 )； 色调； 信仰； 观点

参考例句：

• When the sun rose a hundred prismatic hues were reflected from it. 太阳一出，更把它映得千变万化、异彩缤纷。
• Where maple trees grow, the leaves are often several brilliant hues of red. 在枫树生长的地方，枫叶常常呈现出数种光彩夺目的红色。