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Gucci:Hey,I’m starving. I can eat a horse.
May: May it be a chocolate horse.
Waitress: Can I take your order now, girls?
May: What do you recommend?
Waitress: The chocolate hot pot is really popular with young girls. The chocolate hot pot. You know the hot pot with chocolate in it and you can throw in cookies or whatever.
Gucci: Wow, that should be perfect for me!
May: Okay, that’s it.
Waitress: Anything else?
Gucci: No, be quick, please!
(After a short while, the chocolate hot pot is dished up. It’s time to enjoy it!)
May: Oh, they look so cute! So delicate and colorful!
Gucci: No girls can resist this!
May: It’s true that one piece of chocolate can just cheer you up!
Gucci: That’s for sure. Chocolate is something to die for!
May: How about us coming here every weekend?
Gucci: No, that’s a suicide. You know, calories!
May: Forget about it. Just wait till we turn thirty.
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古奇:嗨,我饿死了。我能吃下一匹马。
阿美:希望它是一匹巧克力马。
服务生:女孩们,现在点餐吗?
阿美:你有什么可以推荐的吗?
服务生:最近巧克力火锅特别受年轻女孩子欢迎。巧克力火锅,就是火锅里面放有巧克力,你可以往里放甜点或者别的任何东西。
古奇:哇噻,对我来说那太诱人了。
阿美:好的,我们就点它吧。
服务生:还要别的吗?
古奇:不要了,请快一点。
(没过多久,巧克力火锅就上来了,该开吃了!)
阿美:哦,它们看起来好可爱啊,那么精美,还五颜六色的。
古奇:没有哪个女孩能抵挡它。
阿美:一块巧克力就能使人高兴起来,说得真没错啊。
古奇:那当然。为巧克力死都愿意呢!
阿美:那我们每周都来这里怎么样?
古奇:不行,那是自杀。你知道,卡路里!
阿美:算了。等我们30岁时再说吧。
经典背诵 Recitation
Waitress: I’m a waitress in a special restaurant. We serve “chocolate hot pot” which is becoming popular among young girls. They love it so much. They always believe that one piece of chocolate can cheer then up. But they also think it’s suicidal to eat too much chocolate. You know, calories!
生词小结
hot pot 火锅
throw vt. 扔
delicate adj.精美的
colorful adj. 色彩丰富的
resist vt. 抵挡
suicide n. 自杀
注释
1.I can eat a horse.
我能吃下一匹马。能吃下一匹马,可见饿的程度之大,很容易想到这是表示“太饿了”。中文中也与相似的表达:“我饿得能吃下一头牛。”有趣的是,中国人饿了选择吃牛,外国人选择吃马。
2.chocolate hot pot
巧克力火锅,与中国火锅的不同在于,它的汤底一般是液态的巧克力和奶酪等,而各式菜品则代之为各式甜点。巧克力火锅受年轻情侣喜欢,不过由于卡路里太高,令很多女孩子望而止步。
3.Chocolate is something to die for!
意思是我愿意为巧克力而死。这是夸张的表达方式,表示了对巧克力的极大喜欢,口语中很常见。如果一个男孩喜欢女孩,他可以说:“She is to die for.”意思为:她值得我为她而死。
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甜点的词汇
基础词汇
cake 蛋糕
apple pie 苹果馅饼
cheese 奶酪
biscuits 甜饼干
ice cream 冰淇淋
jelly 果冻
cookie 曲奇饼
pudding 布丁
提高词汇
sundae 圣代
mousse 奶油冻
croissant 牛角包
custard tart 蛋塔
banana split 香蕉船
crackers 咸饼干
muffin 脆皮松饼
onion rings 洋葱圈
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The( )is very popular with the girls.
[例] 家长读cake 蛋糕
孩子读The cake is very popular with the girls. 因为它们看起来很精致。