实用口语： Susan stays home and bakes cookies

 　实用口语： Susan stays home and bakes cookies

　　LESSON 06 SUSAN STAYS HOME AND BAKES COOKIES

　　Susan decides to cheer up her husband. Bob loves her homemade cookies. Nicole suggests she start a cookie business.

　　Susan: Bob, I baked cookies for you.

　　Bob: That was so nice of you, dear. You've got a heart of gold!

　　Susan: Go ahead and pig out!

　　Bob: These are delicious!

　　Susan: I thought they might cheer you up. You've been in a bad mood lately.

　　Bob: I guess I have been a little on edge¹. But these cookies are just what the doctor ordered!

　　Nicole: Do I smell cookies?

　　Susan: Yes, Nicole. Help yourself.

　　Nicole: Yum-yum.* These are out of this world. You could go into business selling these!

　　Bob: You could call them Susan's Scrumptious Cookies. You'd make a bundle².

　　Susan: Good thinking!

　　Nicole: Don't forget to give me credit³ for the idea after you're rich and famous!

　　Susan: You know I always give credit where credit is due⁴!

　　* Yum-yum: this is said when something is delicious. You can also say "mmm, mmm" or "mmm-mmm, good."

1 edge   

n.边(缘)；刃；优势；v.侧着移动，徐徐移动

参考例句：

• Sight along the edge to see if it's straight.顺着边目测，看看直不直。
• She lived on the extreme edge of the forest.她住在森林的最边缘。

2 bundle   

n.捆，包，束；一堆，一批；v.把…扎成一捆

参考例句：

• My uncle sent me a large bundle on my birthday.我生日时叔父给我寄来一个大包裹。
• Dad found a bundle of spelling mistakes in my composition.爸爸在我作文里找出一大堆拼写错误。

3 credit   

n.信用，荣誉，贷款，学分；v.归功于，赞颂，信任

参考例句：

• I credit him with a certain amount of sense.我认为他有一定的见识。
• He got the credit,and we did the dirty work.他得荣誉，我们做不讨好的工作。

4 due   

n.应得物；adj.预定的，应付的，到期的，应有的

参考例句：

• I received nothing except what was due to me.除了我应得的东西，我并未接受任何东西。
• The rocket is due to lift off at noon on Friday.火箭定于星期五中午发射。