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2025.11.05 05:29
第九部 第八课: from scratch , all set
- 李华正在為朋友的生日 party 做準备，她生平第一次烤了一个蛋糕．今天李华会学到两个常用语： from scratch 和 all set.
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- Larry，这是我烤的蛋糕，你嚐嚐．这可是啊我生平第一次烤蛋糕，不一定会好吃啦！
- Mmmm! This is delicious! Did you make this from scratch or did you use a cake mix?
- 你觉得好吃呀？太好了！疑？你刚才问我是不是 make it from scratch? 那是什麼意思啊？我是照因特网（纲际网路）上一个食谱做的啊。
- Then you did make it from scratch. To make something from scratch is to make it yourself using all of the basic ingredients.
- 原来 to make something from scratch 就是自己用基本材料，从头做起．是呀，我用鸡蛋、麵粉、牛奶和黄油做的．疑？还有别的做蛋糕的方法啊？
- A lot of people nowadays use a pre-packaged cake mix with all the ingredients in it already, so it's easier to make.
- 用事先调好的蛋糕粉？那当然简单多了．那多没意思啊！自己把所有的材料準备好，从头开始做，其实很好玩呢！
- Well, you should be proud of yourself. This cake is great!
- 谢谢，你说好吃啊我就放心了！哎，对了， Larry，你有没有自己烤过蛋糕呢？
- No, but I tried making chocolate chip cookies from scratch once.
- 自己做巧克力饼乾啊？好吃吗？
- They were awful because I forgot to put oil in them. After that, I decided that it was best if I didn't try to make things from scratch anymore.
- 忘了放油啊！那饼乾啊肯定会太硬．你一次没做成功就决定下回不做啦！你知道，做这种东西啊是试验好多次才行的。
- I know, but I'm not that patient.
- 嗨，要做好就得要有耐心嘛！
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- All right, Li Hua. The cake is ready, the drinks are prepared, and the decorations look great. I think we are all set.
- We are all set? 这是什麼意思啊？蛋糕、饮料都準备好了，一切都佈置好了．哦～，你的意思是一切準备就绪了，对不对？
- That's right. To be "all set" is to be ready for whatever it is you're going to do. In this case, we are all set to have a party.
- 对，要举行 party 的各个方面似乎都準备好了．哎，那我是不是可以说 we're all set to have fun at the party?
- If you're ready to have fun, then of course you can say that. Hey, what about the music - is that all set?
- 音乐啊？没问题！我把激光唱机和几片激光盘全放桌上了． So it's all set.
- Great! Now, I'm all set to eat more of that cake you made. It's really delicious.
- 不行，你现在还不能吃蛋糕，要等做生日的人吹完蜡烛以后才能吃的！
- I know. I was just kidding. Hey, do you have a place for people to put presents?
- 放礼物的地方啊？早準备好了！我在进门的地方有张桌子．大家可以把礼物和生日卡放在那儿。
- Okay, since everything is all set, we can relax until the guests start arriving.
- 我啊，早就準备好在客人来以前先休息一下了．筹办一个生日 party 啊可真是够累人的！
- Preparing a party isn't that bad; it's cleaning up afterwards that's a lot of work.
- 嗯～ Party 结束后，我想你一定会帮我收拾的．对不对？
- Of course!
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- 今天李华学到了两个常用语，第一个是： from scratch，意思就是「从头做起」；第二个常用语是： all set，就是「一切就绪、準备好了」的意思。
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