【走遍美国精讲笔记】第6课：感恩节 ACT 1 - 1

ACT 1-1 “开始制作我著名的感恩节苹果派。”

【故事梗概】

Ellen和Philip在厨房里准备感恩节的晚餐。Philip要做他拿手的甜点苹果派，他在准备材料的时候，发现他没有准备一种很重要的原料。

Ellen: OK, Philip. This is your third cup of coffee. We should get to work, or we won't be finished by dinner time.
Philip: I guess we must.
Ellen: We must.
Philip: OK. The beginning of my famous Thanksgiving apple pie. One apple. Two apples. Three apples. Four apples.
Ellen: Come on, Philip! Get busy with your famous apple pie. There's much more to be done.
Philip: Now, the ingredients.
Philip: What goes into my apple pie besides apples? Ah, yes. Flour, sugar, butter. Butter, nice and cold and hard. OK, here are the walnuts. Last but not least, the reason my apple pie is famous - cinnamon. Cinnamon… Ellen, where's the cinnamon?
Ellen: If there is any cinnamon, it's in the cabinet with the salt and pepper.
Philip: Salt, pepper, dill weed, garlic powder, cinnamon. Ellen?
Ellen: Yes, Philip.
Philip: Is it possible that we forgot to buy cinnamon?
Ellen: Yes, it is possible that we forgot to buy cinnamon.
Philip: Well, how can I make my famous apple pie without cinnamon?

【语言点精讲】

1. We should get to work, or we won't be finished by dinner time.
咱们该着手干活了，不然到晚饭时候也干不完。
get to work，开始工作，着手干活。

2. The beginning of my famous Thanksgiving apple pie.
开始制作我著名的感恩节苹果派。
感恩节(Thanksgiving Day)在每年11月的第4个星期四。不同宗教信仰的美国人都在这一天团聚，通常有一顿丰盛的感恩宴。人们见面时互相问候: Happy Thanksgiving to you (to your family)。火鸡是感恩节宴会上最具有传统特色的一道菜。感恩宴后，一家人一般围坐下来看感恩节橄榄球赛。

3. Get busy with your famous apple pie.There's much more to be done.
快点做你那著名的苹果派吧。要干的事还多着呢。
get busy with...，快点做，忙于。

4. Ah, yes. Flour, sugar, butter.
啊，对了。有面粉、白糖、黄油。
在依次列举一系列事物时，每个词都用升调，到最后的词用降调。

5. Last but not least, the reason my apple pie is famous - cinnamon.
最后，但也是很重要的一样，使我的苹果派著名的东西——桂皮粉。
last but not least，最后但也是很重要的。
cinnamon，桂皮粉。

6. Is it possible that we forgot to buy cinnamon?
有可能我们忘了买桂皮粉吗？
It is possible that…, 有可能，大概。