第289期:火鸡身世大揭秘

 　　重点词汇

　　chow down 吃饭；大快朵颐

　　gobble vi. 贪食；咯咯叫

　　1. About 46 million turkeys are cooked for Thanksgiving each year.

　　每年感恩节大约要吃4600万只火鸡。

　　2. Not everyone eats turkey on Thanksgiving.

　　According to the National Turkey Federation¹, only 88% of Americans chow down on turkey.

　　不是每个人都在感恩节吃火鸡。

　　根据国家火鸡联合会的统计，只有88%的美国人吃火鸡。

　　3. The turkeys pardoned by the President go on to do some pretty cool things.

　　被总统赦免的火鸡做一些很酷的事情。

　　4. Only male turkeys actually gobble.

　　只有雄性火鸡才会咯咯叫。

　　5. There are four places in the U.S. named Turkey.

　　There are four places in the United States named Turkey. Louisiana's Turkey Creek² is the most populous³, with a whopping 435 residents. There's also Turkey, Texas; Turkey, North Carolina; and Turkey Creek, Arizona.

　　美国有四个地方叫Turkey。

1 federation   

n.同盟，联邦，联合，联盟，联合会

参考例句：

• It is a federation of 10 regional unions.它是由十个地方工会结合成的联合会。
• Mr.Putin was inaugurated as the President of the Russian Federation.普京正式就任俄罗斯联邦总统。

2 creek   

n.小溪，小河，小湾

参考例句：

• He sprang through the creek.他跳过小河。
• People sunbathe in the nude on the rocks above the creek.人们在露出小溪的岩石上裸体晒日光浴。

3 populous   

adj.人口稠密的，人口众多的

参考例句：

• London is the most populous area of Britain.伦敦是英国人口最稠密的地区。
• China is the most populous developing country in the world.中国是世界上人口最多的发展中国家。