Section 1: Starting the Day

Unit 8: Preparing Cold Cereal / Making Toast

冲麦片/烤面包片

Preparing Cold Cereal

pouring cereal from the box into the bowl
Pam pours some cereal from the box into her bowl.
pouring milk into the cereal
She pours in some milk...
sprinkling sugar on the cereal
...and sprinkles some sugar on her cereal.
peeling a banana
Then she peels a banana,...
slicing the banana
...slices it...
putting banana slices on the cereal
...and puts the slices on her cereal.

Making Toast

putting two slices of bread into the toaster
Dan puts two slices of bread into the toaster.
pressing the starter lever
By pressing the starter,...
lowering the bread into the toaster
...he lowers the bread into the toaster.
hot wires toasting the bread inside the toaster
Hot wires inside the toaster toast the bread.
the toast popping up
The toast pops up when it's done.
spreading butter and jam on the toast
Dan spreads some butter and jam on his toast.

For Special Attention

sprinkle = make small pieces of it fall over a wide area — 让细小的东西撒落在一片较大的区域上。
pop up = something that pops up comes up very quickly — pop up 指某物非常快速地弹起。
lower / raise = when you make something go down, you lower it; when you make something go up, you raise it — 让东西下去用 lower(降下);让东西上去用 raise(举起)。
peel = when you peel a fruit or vegetable, you take off its skin. Afterwards, the skin that has been taken off is called "a peel" or "peelings." Slices of bread are also called "pieces" of bread. — 给水果或蔬菜削皮就是去掉皮,削下的皮叫 peel 或 peelings。面包片也叫 pieces of bread。
slice = to slice something is to cut it into thin, flat pieces — slice 就是把某物切成薄而平的片。

Key Vocabulary

Verbs

单词音标中文
lower/loʊɚ/放下;降下
make/meɪk/制作
peel/pil/削皮;剥皮
pop up/pɑp əp/弹出;跳起
pour/pɔr/
prepare/priˈpɛr/准备
press/prɛs/
put on/pʊt ɔn/涂上;抹上
slice/slaɪs/切成薄片
spread/sprɛd/涂抹
sprinkle/ˈsprɪŋkəl/撒(糖等)
toast/toʊst/烤(面包)

Nouns

单词音标中文
banana/bəˈnænə/香蕉
bowl/boʊl/
box/bɑks/盒子
bread/brɛd/面包
butter/ˈbətɚ/黄油
cereal/ˈsɪriəl/麦片
jam/ʤæm/果酱
knife/naɪf/
milk/mɪlk/牛奶
piece/pis/块;片
slice/slaɪs/薄片
starter/ˈstɑrtɚ/(烤面包机的)启动键
sugar/ˈʃʊgɚ/
toast/toʊst/烤面包片
toaster/ˈtoʊstɚ/烤面包机
wire/waɪɚ/电热丝;金属丝

Adjectives

单词音标中文
cold/koʊld/冷的;凉的
done/dən/做好的;完成的
hot/hɑt/热的