露西的一天 第91期:晚餐與甜點講解(8)

Lucy says that "The cookies smell great," meaning they smell very good, "but first," she needs "to let them cool." 露西說“餅干味道很棒”，意思是它們的味道非常好，但是“首先，她要涼一涼。”

To cool, "cool," is a verb, which means to lower the temperature. “涼”，是一個動詞，意思是降低溫度。

Something is hot needs to cool before you eat it. 有些東西在吃之前要冷卻。

"After 30 minutes," Lucy puts three cookies "on a plate" and puts "the rest of them" -the remaining cookies - "in a Tupperware container." “30分鐘后”，露西把三塊餅干放在“盤子上”，把“剩余的那些餅干”放在“特百惠盒里”。

Tupperware, "Tupperware," is a company that makes small plastic boxes - small plastic containers that you can put food into. 特百惠，是一家公司,主營小塑料盒——裝食物的小塑料盒。

Tupperware is a name of a company, so you have to use a capital T, "Tupperware." 特百惠是一家公司的名字，所以使用大寫字母T，“Tupperware”。

Even though you buy a plastic container that is not made by this company, people still call them Tupperware containers, or sometimes just Tupperware. 即使你買的塑料盒不是這家公司制造的，人們?nèi)匀话阉鼈兘凶魈匕倩莺校袝r就叫特百惠。

If someone says, "I need to buy some new Tupperware," 如果有人說，“我需要買個新的特百惠，”

they mean they need to buy some new plastic containers for food. 他們的意思是需要買些新的裝食物的塑料盒。

Lucy says she's going to take her cookies “to work” tomorrow. 露西說明天她要帶餅干“去上班”。

That should make the day go by a little faster. 這會讓這一天過得快一些。

When we say the day will go by, "by," we mean that it will seem like the day is not very long-that time is moving very fast. 當我們說這一天將會過去，“過去”，意思是這一天不是很長——時間過得很快。

Just like when you are listening to ESLPod.com courses, the day goes by much faster. 就像你聽ESLPod.com網(wǎng)站課程時，日子過得快一些。

Speaking of faster, now let's listen to the story at a native rate of speech. 說到快一點，現(xiàn)在讓我們以正常語速聽一下這個故事。