与美国小学生一起学英文第6册 第13期:面粉

 　　Flour 面粉

　　Flour is a powder and it is made of grain. 面粉是粉末，由谷物制成。

　　If people say flour, they mean wheat flour. 人们提到的面粉，通常是指小麦粉。

　　Flour is very important for people. 面粉对人们来说非常重要。

　　It is because flour is used for making bread. 这是因为面粉可用于制作面包。

　　What else can be made from flour? 面粉还可以制作其他什么东西？

　　Pasta, crackers¹, cakes and many other foods are also made from flour. 意大利面、咸饼干、蛋糕和其他很多食物都是由面粉制作的。

　　There are many kinds of flour, such as cake flour, pastry² flour, bread flour, whole wheat flour and so on. 面粉的种类很多，包括低筋面粉、糕点粉、高筋面粉、全麦面粉等等。

1 crackers   

adj.精神错乱的，癫狂的n.爆竹( cracker的名词复数 )；薄脆饼干；（认为）十分愉快的事；迷人的姑娘

参考例句：

• That noise is driving me crackers. 那噪声闹得我简直要疯了。
• We served some crackers and cheese as an appetiser. 我们上了些饼干和奶酪作为开胃品。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 pastry   

n.油酥面团，酥皮糕点

参考例句：

• The cook pricked a few holes in the pastry.厨师在馅饼上戳了几个洞。
• The pastry crust was always underdone.馅饼的壳皮常常烤得不透。