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rumbaba朗姆蛋糕◆rumbaba朗姆蛋糕asponge-like(海綿狀的)cake,oftencontainingraisins/`rezn/葡萄干,andusuallysoakedinrumsyrup.起源于東歐的、歷史極為悠久的焙烤蛋糕之一。原版是一種用雞蛋和黃油來(lái)發(fā)酵的、制作成山頂造型的烤蛋糕，意大利和法國(guó)的版本則是外觀呈圓環(huán)狀、頂端常常裝飾著鮮奶油和馬拉斯奇諾櫻桃的偏干型發(fā)酵蛋糕。因?yàn)榭镜帽容^干，所以在準(zhǔn)備食用時(shí)，除了需要在圓環(huán)中間的空心部分內(nèi)填入裝飾用的淡奶油和新鮮水果之外，還得把整個(gè)蛋糕都澆上香氣撲鼻的朗姆酒（以甘蔗糖蜜為原料生產(chǎn)的蒸餾酒，口感甜潤(rùn)，芬芳馥郁），讓干干的蛋糕變得濕潤(rùn)可口才行。rumAstrongalcoholicdrinkmadefromsugar,oraglassofthisdrink.朗姆酒（一種由糖制成的烈酒）一杯朗姆酒2.Weareworkingonyou,aren’twe?Sharon?We’resloelymeltingyoudown,are’twe?(Para.24)

wearetryingtopersuaeyoutoloseweight,aren’twe?Wearetryingto

meltyoufatdown,aren’twe?.Workonsbtotrytopersuadesbtoagreetosthor

todosth.Workonsthtotryhardtoimproveorachievesthtorment/anguish/torturetorment&torture都含“身體或精神上受痛苦”的意思。torment—“精神上外于較長(zhǎng)期的痛苦或煩惱的狀態(tài)下”

eg:Hesufferedtormentsfromhisachingteeth.

他牙痛得難受。torture—“精神上或身體上所受到的撕裂般的巨大痛苦”,

eg:Thecriminalisundergoingtorture.

犯人在受嚴(yán)刑拷打。anguishn.(極度)痛苦,苦惱inanguish

極度痛苦eg：Hecriedoutforanguish.他悲痛得哭泣起來(lái)。Greatphysicalpainormentalanguish.折磨極大的身體上的痛苦或精神上的煩惱(undaunted）:simplybecausesheisashadeoverweight.(para27)undaunted(adj)resolutelycourgeous勇敢地，無(wú)畏的Eg.Undauntedbyhisfirstsetback,hedecidedtotryoncemore.ashade稍微，有點(diǎn)兒Eg.Thisbookisashadetoodiffcultforchildren.Isaid,mindyourownbloodybusiness.(Para28)bloody很，太，非常的adj./adv.

toemphasizeacommentoranangrystatementinarudewaye.g.Don’tbesuchabloodyfool!不要做這樣的傻瓜！Whatthebloodyhellareyoudoing?該死的，你到底在做些什么？stride，stroll，strut這些動(dòng)詞均有“行走，徒步”之意。

stride指疾步或有目的地行走，著重步子大而且節(jié)奏有力，流露出匆忙煩惱得意等情緒。

stroll強(qiáng)調(diào)緩慢、悠閑漫無(wú)目的地走動(dòng)，而且走走停停。

strut指大搖大擺地走，含過(guò)分自信或自高自大意味，貶義。

1.Theywerestrollingthroughtheparkwithmanyarestonanysecludedbenchtheycameacross.他們?cè)诠珗@溜達(dá)，每碰見(jiàn)僻靜處的長(zhǎng)椅他們都要坐下來(lái)休息。2.Westrodethroughthestationafewminutesbeforethetrain'sdeparture.在火車離站前幾分鐘我們疾步穿過(guò)車站3.Thecandidatewhostrutsabouttheroomislikealatter-dayNapoleon.那位候選人在房間里大搖大擺地走來(lái)走去，仿佛再世的拿破侖。1.Heonlylikespeoplewhoagreewithhimallthetime.Itcomesofbeingsurroundedbypeoplewhonodathimalldayatwork.(Para.36)sarcasmtone◆Whatissarcasm?

Sarcasm

isaformofironythatiswidelyusedinEnglishespeciallywhenpeoplearebeinghumorous.Generallythesarcasticspeakerorwritermeanstheexactoppositeofthewordtheyuse,oftenintendingtoberudeortolaughatthepersonthewordsareaddresse