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- 发布时间 2007-10-07
Barbecue Tips
Barbecue Tips
During the summer months, I often have a barbecue with my friends. I first put charcoal in the grill, pour some lighter fluid over the charcoal, and then light the grill with a match. It usually takes a few minutes for the grill to get going, and I don't put the meat on until the coals are really hot. When the coals are ready, I put on the meat. Sometimes, I grill hamburgers, steak, or chicken. If I'm grilling steak, I lightly season the meat with salt and pepper, grill it on one side, and then turn over the meat and cook it on the other side. I generally like the meat medium rare(完全生的才能用raw）, but most of my friends like their meat medium well. My brother likes his meat well-done. Sometimes, I also grill vegetables to add variety to the meal. Of course, some people use gas grills to barbecue their meal, but I prefer meat that is cooked over an open fire using charcoal.
Barbecue Tips
During the summer months, I often have a barbecue with my friends. I first put charcoal in the grill, pour some lighter fluid over the charcoal, and then light the grill with a match. It usually takes a few minutes for the grill to get going, and I don't put the meat on until the coals are really hot. When the coals are ready, I put on the meat. Sometimes, I grill hamburgers, steak, or chicken. If I'm grilling steak, I lightly season the meat with salt and pepper, grill it on one side, and then turn over the meat and cook it on the other side. I generally like the meat medium rare(完全生的才能用raw）, but most of my friends like their meat medium well. My brother likes his meat well-done. Sometimes, I also grill vegetables to add variety to the meal. Of course, some people use gas grills to barbecue their meal, but I prefer meat that is cooked over an open fire using charcoal.
关于barbecue
barbecue指得是美味的户外烧烤，也泛指朋友间的露天聚会，是一个大家可以聚在一起闲聊、野餐的好机会。
那么，这个听起来、吃起来都很不错的barbecue的背后会有怎样的故事呢？
据说，曾经有个农场主把他的牛都打上了Bar-B-Q字样的烙印，后来人们烧烤那些牛肉时发现了这个标志，从此barbecue就流传开了。
还有一种比较可信的说法是，barbecue源于海地单词barbacoa，可能是泰诺人（西印度群岛一支已绝种的印地安人）使用的语言。这个词起初仅仅表示由树桩支撑起来的木制平台，通常被西印度群岛人用做睡觉的床和烤大块肉时用的烤架。
barbecue于1697年首次出现在英国，表示“床”和“烤架”的意思。到了十八世纪中期，发展为今天我们常用的含义，即“社交野餐会”和“烧烤设备、烤肉”。
顺便提一句，如果自家后院的烧烤聚会演变为一场混乱的浩劫，你可能会想到buccaneer这个词。对了，buccaneer就是海盗，和barbecue有很深的渊源。在加勒比海图皮人的印地安语里，mukem和barbecue意思相同，而法国殖民者将其转化为boucanier，表示在户外火堆上弄食物的流浪者。这些boucaniers 也经常抢劫或进行其他违法活动。到大约十七世纪末， buccaneer最后成为英语词汇，表示在加勒比海出没的海盗。
barbecue指得是美味的户外烧烤，也泛指朋友间的露天聚会，是一个大家可以聚在一起闲聊、野餐的好机会。
那么，这个听起来、吃起来都很不错的barbecue的背后会有怎样的故事呢？
据说，曾经有个农场主把他的牛都打上了Bar-B-Q字样的烙印，后来人们烧烤那些牛肉时发现了这个标志，从此barbecue就流传开了。
还有一种比较可信的说法是，barbecue源于海地单词barbacoa，可能是泰诺人（西印度群岛一支已绝种的印地安人）使用的语言。这个词起初仅仅表示由树桩支撑起来的木制平台，通常被西印度群岛人用做睡觉的床和烤大块肉时用的烤架。
barbecue于1697年首次出现在英国，表示“床”和“烤架”的意思。到了十八世纪中期，发展为今天我们常用的含义，即“社交野餐会”和“烧烤设备、烤肉”。
顺便提一句，如果自家后院的烧烤聚会演变为一场混乱的浩劫，你可能会想到buccaneer这个词。对了，buccaneer就是海盗，和barbecue有很深的渊源。在加勒比海图皮人的印地安语里，mukem和barbecue意思相同，而法国殖民者将其转化为boucanier，表示在户外火堆上弄食物的流浪者。这些boucaniers 也经常抢劫或进行其他违法活动。到大约十七世纪末， buccaneer最后成为英语词汇，表示在加勒比海出没的海盗。
Planning a Picnic 准备一次野餐
Planning a Picnic 准备一次野餐
A: You know, let's do something we haven't done for a long time. I'd like to go on a picnic. Where could we go? Over to the park?
B: No. I want to drive out into the country, find a little creek someplace away from the highway, and have a real old-fashioned picnic lunch with fried chicken, and potato salad, and dill pickles, and lemonade.
A: Sounds like a good idea. Why don't we go this Sunday?
B: I can't make it. I'm busy all weekend, but next Sunday I'm free.
A: It's a date. You furnish the lunch and I'll provide the
transportation.
Notes
Real old-fashioned ――typical
Sound like 像是
A：喂，让我们搞一点长时间没搞过的活动。我想去野餐。我们去哪儿？到公园那边？
B：不，我想开车到乡下去，在离开公路的地方找一条小溪，搞一次真正的老式野餐，有炸鸡、土豆色拉、泡菜和柠檬水。
A：听起来是个好主意。我们在这个星期日去好吗？
B：我没法去，整个周末我都有事，但下个星期日我有空。
A：就定这天。你负责野餐的食物，我提供交通工具
Planning a Picnic 准备一次野餐
A: You know, let's do something we haven't done for a long time. I'd like to go on a picnic. Where could we go? Over to the park?
B: No. I want to drive out into the country, find a little creek someplace away from the highway, and have a real old-fashioned picnic lunch with fried chicken, and potato salad, and dill pickles, and lemonade.
A: Sounds like a good idea. Why don't we go this Sunday?
B: I can't make it. I'm busy all weekend, but next Sunday I'm free.
A: It's a date. You furnish the lunch and I'll provide the
transportation.
Notes
Real old-fashioned ――typical
Sound like 像是
A：喂，让我们搞一点长时间没搞过的活动。我想去野餐。我们去哪儿？到公园那边？
B：不，我想开车到乡下去，在离开公路的地方找一条小溪，搞一次真正的老式野餐，有炸鸡、土豆色拉、泡菜和柠檬水。
A：听起来是个好主意。我们在这个星期日去好吗？
B：我没法去，整个周末我都有事，但下个星期日我有空。
A：就定这天。你负责野餐的食物，我提供交通工具
回复: Daily ESL: 三个月粗通英语
As summertime begins in Britain, people start to feel the urge to go outside to eat. People love to have a picnic whenever the weather is good enough, especially people with children. It’s a great way to spend a sunny afternoon.
Even in the centre of London, on a sunny day, the parks are full of office workers eating their lunch outside on the grass. That might be a pretty basic picnic ? a shop-bought sandwich and a bottle of water.
But if people are planning a picnic on the beach or at the park, they would probably pack a cool bag with a whole variety of home-made sandwiches, snacks, cake, fruit and soft drinks. They might have a picnic rug to sit on, and paper plates and cups. Another item which is useful is a thermos flask which keeps hot drinks like tea or coffee hot, or cold ones icy. (来源：英语电影下载 http://bt.englishcn.com)
University students enjoy having picnics, and usually take along some kind of sports equipment, such as a Frisbee or ball in order to burn off some energy after lunch. British student picnics usually involve drinking beer or wine too!
For small children the idea of a teddy bear’s picnic is popular ? each child brings their teddy bear along to ‘enjoy’ the fun as well.
Some people love to have a very elaborate picnic, and really go all out to make it an occasion. For a very posh picnic you’d need a proper picnic hamper to hold the food complete with china crockery, metal cutlery and real wine glasses. A picnic could be a romantic occasion, but only if it’s in a quiet attractive spot, not in a busy park with lots of children playing nearby! (来源：英语e问e答 http://ask.englishcn.com)
In that case there might be champagne or chilled wine to drink, and gourmet picnic fare, either home-made, or bought from a local delicatessen. Crusty bread, dips, paté, and strawberries with cream for dessert make for a more sophisticated al fresco experience. (来源：英语电影下载 http://bt.englishcn.com)
Of course, you can never reply on the British summer weather, so taking an umbrella along might be a good idea just in case! (来源：英语分类信息 http://fl.englishcn.com)
As summertime begins in Britain, people start to feel the urge to go outside to eat. People love to have a picnic whenever the weather is good enough, especially people with children. It’s a great way to spend a sunny afternoon.
Even in the centre of London, on a sunny day, the parks are full of office workers eating their lunch outside on the grass. That might be a pretty basic picnic ? a shop-bought sandwich and a bottle of water.
But if people are planning a picnic on the beach or at the park, they would probably pack a cool bag with a whole variety of home-made sandwiches, snacks, cake, fruit and soft drinks. They might have a picnic rug to sit on, and paper plates and cups. Another item which is useful is a thermos flask which keeps hot drinks like tea or coffee hot, or cold ones icy. (来源：英语电影下载 http://bt.englishcn.com)
University students enjoy having picnics, and usually take along some kind of sports equipment, such as a Frisbee or ball in order to burn off some energy after lunch. British student picnics usually involve drinking beer or wine too!
For small children the idea of a teddy bear’s picnic is popular ? each child brings their teddy bear along to ‘enjoy’ the fun as well.
Some people love to have a very elaborate picnic, and really go all out to make it an occasion. For a very posh picnic you’d need a proper picnic hamper to hold the food complete with china crockery, metal cutlery and real wine glasses. A picnic could be a romantic occasion, but only if it’s in a quiet attractive spot, not in a busy park with lots of children playing nearby! (来源：英语e问e答 http://ask.englishcn.com)
In that case there might be champagne or chilled wine to drink, and gourmet picnic fare, either home-made, or bought from a local delicatessen. Crusty bread, dips, paté, and strawberries with cream for dessert make for a more sophisticated al fresco experience. (来源：英语电影下载 http://bt.englishcn.com)
Of course, you can never reply on the British summer weather, so taking an umbrella along might be a good idea just in case! (来源：英语分类信息 http://fl.englishcn.com)
相关词汇
to feel the urge to
迫切
shop-bought
从商店买的
home-made
自制的
Frisbee
飞碟
elaborate
复杂讲究的
posh (来源：英语图片 http://photo.englishcn.com)
考究的
crockery
陶(瓷)器（碗碟等）
champagne
香槟酒
fare
饱餐;进食
sophisticated
复杂的
picnic
野餐
cool bag
保温袋子
thermos flask
暖水瓶
teddy bear (来源：英语图片 http://photo.englishcn.com)
绒毛熊
go all out
全力以赴
hamper
有盖提篮
cutlery
餐具（刀叉等）
gourmet
美味佳肴
delicatessen
熟食店
al fresco
户外的
to feel the urge to
迫切
shop-bought
从商店买的
home-made
自制的
Frisbee
飞碟
elaborate
复杂讲究的
posh (来源：英语图片 http://photo.englishcn.com)
考究的
crockery
陶(瓷)器（碗碟等）
champagne
香槟酒
fare
饱餐;进食
sophisticated
复杂的
picnic
野餐
cool bag
保温袋子
thermos flask
暖水瓶
teddy bear (来源：英语图片 http://photo.englishcn.com)
绒毛熊
go all out
全力以赴
hamper
有盖提篮
cutlery
餐具（刀叉等）
gourmet
美味佳肴
delicatessen
熟食店
al fresco
户外的
Is that your phone or your imagination?
Is that your phone or your imagination?
[FONT=宋体] [/FONT][FONT=宋体]是手机响了还是你的想象？[/FONT]
If your hipbone is connected to your BlackBerry or your thighbone is connected to your cell phone, those vibrations(1) you're feeling in the car, in your pajamas(2), in the shower, may be coming from your headbone.
Many mobile phone addicts and Black Berry junkies(3) report feeling vibrations when there are none, or feeling as if they're wearing a cell phone when they're not.
The first time it happened to Jonathan Zaback, a manager at the public relations company Burson-Marsteller, he was out with friends and showing off his new BlackBerry Curve.
"While they were looking at it, I felt this vibration on my side. I reached down to grab it and realized there was no BlackBerry there."
Zaback, who said he keeps his BlackBerry by his bed while he sleeps, checks it if he gets up in the middle of the night and wakes to an alarm on the BlackBerry each day, said this didn't worry him.
"As long as it doesn't mean a tumor(4) is growing on my leg because of my BlackBerry, I'm fine with it," he said. "Some people have biological clocks, I might have a biological BlackBerry."
Some users compare the feeling to a phantom(5) limb(6), which Merriam-Webster's medical dictionary defines as "an often painful sensation of the presence of a limb that has been amputated(7)."
"Even when I don't have the BlackBerry physically on my person, I do find myself adjusting my posture when I sit to accommodate(8) it," said Dawn Mena, an independent technology consultant(9) based Calif. "I also laugh at myself as I reach to unclip it (I swear it's there) and find out I don't even have it on."
Research in the area is scant(10), but theories abound about the phenomenon, which has been termed "ringxiety" or "fauxcellarm."
Anecdotal(11) evidence suggests "people feel the phone is part of them" and "they're not whole" without their phones, since the phones connect them to the world, said B.J. Fogg, director of research and design at Stanford University's Persuasive Technology Lab.
"As human beings, we're so tapped into(12) our community, responsiveness to what's going on, we're so attuned(13) to the threat of isolation and rejection, we'd rather make a mistake than miss a call," he said. "Our brain is going to be scanning and scanning and scanning to see if we have to respond socially to someone."
[FONT=宋体]如果将你的臀骨与你的黑莓相连，将大腿骨与手机相连，当你在开车时、睡觉时、洗澡时所感觉到的震动也许并非来自它们，而是你自己的头骨。[/FONT]
[FONT=宋体]很多手机、黑莓依赖者说即便它们不在身边也能感到震动，或者总是感觉它们就在身上。[/FONT]
[FONT=宋体]公共关系公司[/FONT]Burson-Marsteller[FONT=宋体]经理[/FONT]Jonathan Zaback[FONT=宋体]在向朋友们显摆新黑莓时第一次发现这种现象。[/FONT] ([FONT=宋体]来源：英语麦当劳－英语杂志[/FONT] www.EnglishCN.com)
[FONT=宋体]“朋友们正把玩的时候，我突然感觉体侧有震动。我伸手去掏手机，意识到它并不在那里。”[/FONT]
Zaback[FONT=宋体]睡觉时也把黑莓放在枕边，起夜的时候用它看看时间，早上也依靠黑莓内置的闹钟起床。他认为这种错觉能够接受。[/FONT]
[FONT=宋体]他说：“只要不是因为它长什么瘤就行，震动无所谓。有些人有生物钟，我多半是有生物黑莓。”[/FONT] ([FONT=宋体]来源：英语问答中心[/FONT] http://ask.englishcn.com)
[FONT=宋体]有些手机使用者认为这种错觉比较像医学上所说的“幻肢痛”，韦氏字典解释说这是一种“经常感到已经被切除的肢体还存在并伴有疼痛的错觉。”[/FONT]
[FONT=宋体]加利福尼亚独立技术顾问[/FONT]Dawn Mena[FONT=宋体]说：“即便黑莓没在身上，我也会在坐下的时候注意别压坏它。有时候我伸手去拿它，发现根本没带，觉得自己很好笑。”[/FONT] ([FONT=宋体]来源：英语麦当劳－英语杂志[/FONT] www.EnglishCN.com)
[FONT=宋体]此领域的研究还很匮乏，但是相关现象的理论已经十分丰富了。例如被称为“手机综合症”和“铃声错觉”的现象。[/FONT] ([FONT=宋体]来源：英语聊天室[/FONT] http://chat.EnglishCN.com)
[FONT=宋体]斯坦福大学劝诱技术实验室研究设计主管[/FONT]B.J. Fogg[FONT=宋体]说：一些现象显示，人们似乎感觉手机是他们身体的一部分，没有手机他们就不完整，因为手机是他们与世界相连的方式之一。[/FONT] ([FONT=宋体]来源：英语交友[/FONT] http://friends.englishcn.com)
[FONT=宋体]他说：“现在的人们和社区紧密相连，需要知道并回应正在发生的事情，我们都害怕被孤立和拒绝，我们宁愿犯一个错误也不愿错过一个电话。我们的大脑不断监检测啊，检测啊，检测啊，来看看我们是否需要进行社交回应。”[/FONT]
[FONT=宋体]中国国际广播电台[/FONT][FONT=宋体]译[/FONT]
1. Vibration[FONT=宋体]：震动[/FONT]
2. Pajamas[FONT=宋体]：睡衣[/FONT]
3. Junky[FONT=宋体]：吸毒者[/FONT]
4. Tumor[FONT=宋体]：瘤[/FONT]
5. Phantom[FONT=宋体]：幻影[/FONT]
6. Limb[FONT=宋体]：肢[/FONT]
7. Amputate[FONT=宋体]：切除[/FONT]
8. Accommodate[FONT=宋体]：适应[/FONT]
9. Consultant[FONT=宋体]：顾问[/FONT]
10. Scant[FONT=宋体]：缺乏的[/FONT]
11. Anecdotal[FONT=宋体]：轶闻趣事的[/FONT]
12. Tap into[FONT=宋体]：接进[/FONT]
13. Attune[FONT=宋体]：使合调[/FONT]
Is that your phone or your imagination?
[FONT=宋体] [/FONT][FONT=宋体]是手机响了还是你的想象？[/FONT]
If your hipbone is connected to your BlackBerry or your thighbone is connected to your cell phone, those vibrations(1) you're feeling in the car, in your pajamas(2), in the shower, may be coming from your headbone.
Many mobile phone addicts and Black Berry junkies(3) report feeling vibrations when there are none, or feeling as if they're wearing a cell phone when they're not.
The first time it happened to Jonathan Zaback, a manager at the public relations company Burson-Marsteller, he was out with friends and showing off his new BlackBerry Curve.
"While they were looking at it, I felt this vibration on my side. I reached down to grab it and realized there was no BlackBerry there."
Zaback, who said he keeps his BlackBerry by his bed while he sleeps, checks it if he gets up in the middle of the night and wakes to an alarm on the BlackBerry each day, said this didn't worry him.
"As long as it doesn't mean a tumor(4) is growing on my leg because of my BlackBerry, I'm fine with it," he said. "Some people have biological clocks, I might have a biological BlackBerry."
Some users compare the feeling to a phantom(5) limb(6), which Merriam-Webster's medical dictionary defines as "an often painful sensation of the presence of a limb that has been amputated(7)."
"Even when I don't have the BlackBerry physically on my person, I do find myself adjusting my posture when I sit to accommodate(8) it," said Dawn Mena, an independent technology consultant(9) based Calif. "I also laugh at myself as I reach to unclip it (I swear it's there) and find out I don't even have it on."
Research in the area is scant(10), but theories abound about the phenomenon, which has been termed "ringxiety" or "fauxcellarm."
Anecdotal(11) evidence suggests "people feel the phone is part of them" and "they're not whole" without their phones, since the phones connect them to the world, said B.J. Fogg, director of research and design at Stanford University's Persuasive Technology Lab.
"As human beings, we're so tapped into(12) our community, responsiveness to what's going on, we're so attuned(13) to the threat of isolation and rejection, we'd rather make a mistake than miss a call," he said. "Our brain is going to be scanning and scanning and scanning to see if we have to respond socially to someone."
[FONT=宋体]如果将你的臀骨与你的黑莓相连，将大腿骨与手机相连，当你在开车时、睡觉时、洗澡时所感觉到的震动也许并非来自它们，而是你自己的头骨。[/FONT]
[FONT=宋体]很多手机、黑莓依赖者说即便它们不在身边也能感到震动，或者总是感觉它们就在身上。[/FONT]
[FONT=宋体]公共关系公司[/FONT]Burson-Marsteller[FONT=宋体]经理[/FONT]Jonathan Zaback[FONT=宋体]在向朋友们显摆新黑莓时第一次发现这种现象。[/FONT] ([FONT=宋体]来源：英语麦当劳－英语杂志[/FONT] www.EnglishCN.com)
[FONT=宋体]“朋友们正把玩的时候，我突然感觉体侧有震动。我伸手去掏手机，意识到它并不在那里。”[/FONT]
Zaback[FONT=宋体]睡觉时也把黑莓放在枕边，起夜的时候用它看看时间，早上也依靠黑莓内置的闹钟起床。他认为这种错觉能够接受。[/FONT]
[FONT=宋体]他说：“只要不是因为它长什么瘤就行，震动无所谓。有些人有生物钟，我多半是有生物黑莓。”[/FONT] ([FONT=宋体]来源：英语问答中心[/FONT] http://ask.englishcn.com)
[FONT=宋体]有些手机使用者认为这种错觉比较像医学上所说的“幻肢痛”，韦氏字典解释说这是一种“经常感到已经被切除的肢体还存在并伴有疼痛的错觉。”[/FONT]
[FONT=宋体]加利福尼亚独立技术顾问[/FONT]Dawn Mena[FONT=宋体]说：“即便黑莓没在身上，我也会在坐下的时候注意别压坏它。有时候我伸手去拿它，发现根本没带，觉得自己很好笑。”[/FONT] ([FONT=宋体]来源：英语麦当劳－英语杂志[/FONT] www.EnglishCN.com)
[FONT=宋体]此领域的研究还很匮乏，但是相关现象的理论已经十分丰富了。例如被称为“手机综合症”和“铃声错觉”的现象。[/FONT] ([FONT=宋体]来源：英语聊天室[/FONT] http://chat.EnglishCN.com)
[FONT=宋体]斯坦福大学劝诱技术实验室研究设计主管[/FONT]B.J. Fogg[FONT=宋体]说：一些现象显示，人们似乎感觉手机是他们身体的一部分，没有手机他们就不完整，因为手机是他们与世界相连的方式之一。[/FONT] ([FONT=宋体]来源：英语交友[/FONT] http://friends.englishcn.com)
[FONT=宋体]他说：“现在的人们和社区紧密相连，需要知道并回应正在发生的事情，我们都害怕被孤立和拒绝，我们宁愿犯一个错误也不愿错过一个电话。我们的大脑不断监检测啊，检测啊，检测啊，来看看我们是否需要进行社交回应。”[/FONT]
[FONT=宋体]中国国际广播电台[/FONT][FONT=宋体]译[/FONT]
1. Vibration[FONT=宋体]：震动[/FONT]
2. Pajamas[FONT=宋体]：睡衣[/FONT]
3. Junky[FONT=宋体]：吸毒者[/FONT]
4. Tumor[FONT=宋体]：瘤[/FONT]
5. Phantom[FONT=宋体]：幻影[/FONT]
6. Limb[FONT=宋体]：肢[/FONT]
7. Amputate[FONT=宋体]：切除[/FONT]
8. Accommodate[FONT=宋体]：适应[/FONT]
9. Consultant[FONT=宋体]：顾问[/FONT]
10. Scant[FONT=宋体]：缺乏的[/FONT]
11. Anecdotal[FONT=宋体]：轶闻趣事的[/FONT]
12. Tap into[FONT=宋体]：接进[/FONT]
13. Attune[FONT=宋体]：使合调[/FONT]
Lawn Care:
Lawn Care:
Mowing, Fertilizing, and Trimming Your Grass
We just bought a house with a great lawn, but I want to be sure to take care of it so it looks nice in the neighborhood. At the beginning of each spring, I aerate the lawn so the water can better penetrate the soil. Then, I mow the lawn once a week to a good height, and I check the sprinkler system to make sure the grass is completely watered. Otherwise, we'll see dry brown spots in the lawn after a while. Next, I fertilize the lawn twice a year with a weed and feed mixture（没理解，是除草剂和肥料的混合液？） which helps green up the grass and kill broad leaf weeds like dandelions. I sometimes have to use an insecticide to kill bugs that are eating the roots of the grass. Finally, I trim the edges of the lawn along the fence and the sidewalk to make everything look really sharp and tidy.
Lawn Care:
Mowing, Fertilizing, and Trimming Your Grass
We just bought a house with a great lawn, but I want to be sure to take care of it so it looks nice in the neighborhood. At the beginning of each spring, I aerate the lawn so the water can better penetrate the soil. Then, I mow the lawn once a week to a good height, and I check the sprinkler system to make sure the grass is completely watered. Otherwise, we'll see dry brown spots in the lawn after a while. Next, I fertilize the lawn twice a year with a weed and feed mixture（没理解，是除草剂和肥料的混合液？） which helps green up the grass and kill broad leaf weeds like dandelions. I sometimes have to use an insecticide to kill bugs that are eating the roots of the grass. Finally, I trim the edges of the lawn along the fence and the sidewalk to make everything look really sharp and tidy.
Making Breakfast Meals
As a general rule, I prepare breakfast for my family using an old pancake recipe that my grandma taught me years ago. I mix together the ingredients including flour, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl. In the meantime, I heat up a non-stick pan on medium heat on the stove. I pour some batter（什么东东？？） in the hot pan, cook it on one side until golden brown, and then cook the other side the same way. At the dining room table, the family often spreads butter on the pancakes and pours syrup on them. I also cook up some scrambled eggs and bacon to go with the pancakes, and throw some bread in the toaster（烤箱）. Finally, I mix up some cold orange juice to go with the entire meal.
As a general rule, I prepare breakfast for my family using an old pancake recipe that my grandma taught me years ago. I mix together the ingredients including flour, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl. In the meantime, I heat up a non-stick pan on medium heat on the stove. I pour some batter（什么东东？？） in the hot pan, cook it on one side until golden brown, and then cook the other side the same way. At the dining room table, the family often spreads butter on the pancakes and pours syrup on them. I also cook up some scrambled eggs and bacon to go with the pancakes, and throw some bread in the toaster（烤箱）. Finally, I mix up some cold orange juice to go with the entire meal.
回复: Daily ESL: 三个月粗通英语
Cooking breakfast can be fun if you enjoy it , and making food for someone else is even better. I usually cook eggs and bacon. First, I warm up the stove and then beat the eggs in a bowl. I prefer scrambled eggs, but I can make just about any type. I warm up the burner on the stove, and I pour the eggs in a frying pan. I use a spatula to mix and turn over the eggs. Once the eggs are done, I remove them from the pan and serve them to the family. If the eggs aren't salty enough, the kids can add more salt or pepper.
Cooking breakfast can be fun if you enjoy it , and making food for someone else is even better. I usually cook eggs and bacon. First, I warm up the stove and then beat the eggs in a bowl. I prefer scrambled eggs, but I can make just about any type. I warm up the burner on the stove, and I pour the eggs in a frying pan. I use a spatula to mix and turn over the eggs. Once the eggs are done, I remove them from the pan and serve them to the family. If the eggs aren't salty enough, the kids can add more salt or pepper.
回复: Daily ESL: 三个月粗通英语
在这里"batter"应该指打好的面糊，如下面：
Pour the batter into a greased 9 x 5 inch loaf pan and bake in a preheated 350ºF oven for 45 to 50 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted into the bread.
在这里"batter"应该指打好的面糊，如下面：
Pour the batter into a greased 9 x 5 inch loaf pan and bake in a preheated 350ºF oven for 45 to 50 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted into the bread.
Home Improvements:
Home Improvements:
Fixing Your Place Up I recently bought an old house, and new（是不是应该为now）, I'm trying to fix it up. I'd like to make a few home improvements before I move in. First of all, I'm pulling out all of the old carpet and laying down some new carpet throughout the house. I'm also putting in new light fixtures灯具. The old ones don't light up the rooms very well. Next, I'm remodeling the entire kitchen by putting in new kitchen cabinets橱柜, a new counter top, a new sink and faucet, and new linoleum. I'm also going to buy new appliances for the kitchen. I'm also thinking about adding a new addition to the house, which would include a new family room and dining room area. Outside our back door, I going to build a deck where we can sit, relax, and have barbecues. We will also do some landscaping to the yard to beautify things a little. One final thing I need to do is shingle the roof. The old shingles are falling off in places, and if I don't replace them, I might start having leaks in the house. By the time I'm finished with these home improvement projects, the place should look as good as new.
Home Improvements:
Fixing Your Place Up I recently bought an old house, and new（是不是应该为now）, I'm trying to fix it up. I'd like to make a few home improvements before I move in. First of all, I'm pulling out all of the old carpet and laying down some new carpet throughout the house. I'm also putting in new light fixtures灯具. The old ones don't light up the rooms very well. Next, I'm remodeling the entire kitchen by putting in new kitchen cabinets橱柜, a new counter top, a new sink and faucet, and new linoleum. I'm also going to buy new appliances for the kitchen. I'm also thinking about adding a new addition to the house, which would include a new family room and dining room area. Outside our back door, I going to build a deck where we can sit, relax, and have barbecues. We will also do some landscaping to the yard to beautify things a little. One final thing I need to do is shingle the roof. The old shingles are falling off in places, and if I don't replace them, I might start having leaks in the house. By the time I'm finished with these home improvement projects, the place should look as good as new.
