听写训练 Test 9 Bread-making

 Bread-making

 

People make bread in different ways, / but the bread that’s made in Britain contains five ingredients. / There’s water, flour of course, / and then there's salt, sugar and something called yeast¹. / A long time ago，people made bread just from flour and water, / and their bread looked and tasted very different from the bread we make today. / It was a different shape—like large flat biscuits, / and it was dark brown in colour. / But it was too heavy to digest. / Then the Egyptians discovered that yeast, / which is a kind of fungus², will make bread rise. / Well, in fact，if you look at a modern loaf of bread through a microscope, / it looks a bit like a sponge, doesn't it? / Full of little holes. / Well, the holes make the bread lighter³, of course，and easier to digest. /

1 yeast   

n.酵母；酵母片；泡沫；v.发酵；起泡沫

参考例句：

• Yeast can be used in making beer and bread.酵母可用于酿啤酒和发面包。
• The yeast began to work.酵母开始发酵。

2 fungus   

n.真菌，真菌类植物

参考例句：

• Mushrooms are a type of fungus.蘑菇是一种真菌。
• This fungus can just be detected by the unaided eye.这种真菌只用肉眼就能检查出。

3 lighter   

n.打火机，点火器；驳船；v.用驳船运送；light的比较级

参考例句：

• The portrait was touched up so as to make it lighter.这张画经过润色，色调明朗了一些。
• The lighter works off the car battery.引燃器利用汽车蓄电池打火。