每日一句口语 151

Never has a Queen had a better reason to say“Let them

eat cake”. Four engineering teams are preparing to do

battle in a contest to make the tallest cake to mark

the Diamond Jubilee¹.

从没有一位女王能有更好的理由说：“大家吃蛋糕吧。”已有

四家工程队准备开展一场竞赛，为纪念英国女王登基钻石禧年，

打造最高的蛋糕。

【Vocabulary】

1. battle:战斗，争斗

Example: A soldier's courage is put to the proof in battle.士兵的勇气在战斗中得到考验

2. contest:精彩，比赛

Example: He got the best of it in the contest.他在比赛中获胜了。

3. diamond jubilee：第六十或第七十五周年纪念

1 jubilee   

n.周年纪念；欢乐

参考例句：

• They had a big jubilee to celebrate the victory.他们举行盛大的周年纪念活动以祝贺胜利。
• Every Jubilee,to take the opposite case,has served a function.反过来说，历次君主巡幸，都曾起到某种作用。