小学综合英语4A--Unit 14

Unit 14
[00:50.18]Revision-Shellfish soup
[00:55.54]Clever Jack² was hungry but he did not have any money.
[01:02.41]There was only an empty,old shell¹ in his cupboard.'I can't eat this,'he thought.
[01:12.25]He knocked on his neighbour's door.
[01:16.23]She had more money than Clever Jack.
[01:20.67]She was also very mean 'How are you today?' he asked her.
[01:27.75]'I'm fine thank you,'she said.
[01:33.31]'What do you want?' 'Come and have dinner with me,'Clever Jack said.
[01:40.15]'I'm going to cook a very tasty³ shellfish soup.'
[01:45.93]The rich old woman liked shellfish.'Thank you,'she said.
[01:53.37]'I'm going to put this shellfish into a saucepan of water,
[02:00.84]'he said.'Then I'm going to put in some onions and cream.'
[02:08.00]He looked in his cupboard.'Oh,'he said.
[02:13.33]'I haven't got any onions or cream.' 'I've got some,'the rich old woman said.
[02:22.26]The rich old woman brought four onions and two jars⁴ of cream.
[02:29.52]Clever Jack made two bowls of tasty soup. The rich old woman said,
[02:37.96]'It's very good soup,but I can't taste the shellfish.'
[02:44.62]'No,'Clever Jack said. 'I'm sorry.I put in too many onions.'
[02:53.37]Moral:The clever one gets a free lunch.

1 shell   

n.贝壳，壳，外形；v.去壳，脱落；n.[计算机] DOS命令:安装备用的COMMAND.COM文件，并改变环境尺寸

参考例句：

• Please shell some peanuts for the cake.请为做点心剥点胡花生。
• This kind of beetles have hard shell.这类甲虫有坚硬的外壳。

2 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

3 tasty   

adj.好吃的，可口的

参考例句：

• What a tasty pie!多好吃的派啊！
• This fish is very tasty.这种鱼很好吃。

4 jars   

n.罐子( jar的名词复数 )；（啤酒）杯；缸；猛然震动

参考例句：

• He's going down to the bar for a few jars tomorrow. 他打算明天去酒吧喝几杯啤酒。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The paint of the house jars with the beautiful surroundings. 这所房子的颜色与它那美丽的周围环境很不协调。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》