【英语时差8,16】麦克和亚曼达正在聊烹饪

Mike and Amanda are talking about cooking Amanda:Hi Mike. What are you doing? Mike:I knew you were getting your cast off today, so I baked you a carrot cake with cream cheese icing. Amanda: That is so sweet. That's a side of you I have never seen before. Mike:Being sweet? Amanda: No, you nut. I mean I didn't know you could bake. Mike:It is one of my hobbies. The way a kitchen smells when something is in the oven¹ has always made me swoon. Amanda: I thought you were more into cars and hiking. Mike: Those are fun too. I just got into baking because it was something I could do with my mom. Amanda: My dad is actually a better cook than my mom. It is what he does at work all day. Mike: I didn't know your dad was a chef. Why does he let my dad do all the cooking when we have a barbeque? Amanda: He thinks the food is really good. Besides your dad is hysterical² when he barbeques. Mike: Yeah, he likes to clown around when he is cooking outside. He says you can taste the "fun" in the food. Amanda: My stomach is starting to growl³. Where is that cake you were talking about?

1 oven   

n.烤炉；烤箱

参考例句：

• You put food inside an oven to cook it.你把食物放进烤箱里热一下。
• She baked bread in an oven.她用烤炉烤面包。

2 hysterical   

adj.情绪异常激动的，歇斯底里般的

参考例句：

• He is hysterical at the sight of the photo.他一看到那张照片就异常激动。
• His hysterical laughter made everybody stunned.他那歇斯底里的笑声使所有的人不知所措。

3 growl   

v.（狗等）嗥叫，（炮等）轰鸣；n.嗥叫，轰鸣

参考例句：

• The dog was biting,growling and wagging its tail.那条狗在一边撕咬一边低声吼叫，尾巴也跟着摇摆。
• The car growls along rutted streets.汽车在车辙纵横的街上一路轰鸣。