How Delicious the summer is!

又是吃吃吃的季節了！試想一下，夏天的晚上，吹著涼風，跟三五好友坐在路邊，吃著小龍蝦，啃著西瓜，喝著冰鎮的飲料……只有一個爽字可以形容！你知道小龍蝦已經沖出國門，走向世界了嗎？

1 A China-Europe freight train carrying 100,000 crayfish headed from central China's Wuhan Province to Russia , and was due toarrive inMoscow by the middle of the month.

The crayfish will reportedlybe used inmeals served during the 2018 World Cup.

"These crayfish have already been1)processed,so they can be eaten after being heated for just five minutes,"said the head of the China Agricultural Development Group.

Russia has not2)previouslybeen a major importer of crayfish from the Chinese mainland. But sellers in China are using the World Cup as a major marketing opportunity for the3)delicacy.

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一列載有10萬只小龍蝦的中歐貨運列車從中國中部的武漢市開往俄羅斯，并于6月中旬抵達莫斯科。

據報道，這種小龍蝦將在2018年世界杯期間供球迷們食用。

中國農業發展集團的負責人說：“這些小龍蝦已經加工過，只要加熱5分鐘即可食用。”

俄羅斯以前并不是中國大陸小龍蝦的主要進口國，但中國的商家現在正利用世界杯這個契機來宣傳營銷特產小龍蝦。

2) previously ['pri:v??sl?] adv. 以前，預先

名師考點小結

1.arrive in

辨析：arrive in arrive at

◆【arrive in】+ 比較大的地方,比如城市,國家。

[例]：They will arrive in Paris next Monday.他們將于下周一到達巴黎。

[例 ]：It is not long ago that they arrived in britain.他們是不久以前來英國的。

◆【arrive at】+ 比較小的地方,比如車站,個人居所。

[例]：We arrived at the station five minutes late.我們到車站晚了五分鐘。[例]：I arrive at my hotel late in the evening. 傍晚時分，我到達了預定的酒店。

2. be used in 被用于……方面（被動語態）

辨析：be used for as by

◆be used for doing sth.意思是“被用來做……

這是一個被動結構，介詞for表示“用途”,后面接動詞-ing形式。

[例]：Metal is used for making machines. Pens are used for writing.

金屬被用來造機器。鋼筆被用來寫字。

◆be used as意思是“把……當作……用?！?/p>

[例 ]：The computer can be used as a tool. English is used as a very useful working language.

計算機可以被當作工具用。英語被用作一種非常有用的工作語言。

◆be used by意思是“被(某人)使用”的意思,by后接動詞“use’的執行者。

[例]：The recorder is used in class bv teachers.錄音機被老師們上課時使用。

又到了吃瓜的季節，這個假期，坐在家里吹著空調吃著西瓜看著電視……如何挑選出最甜的西瓜呢？

2 But how to1)selectthe best of the2)batchmatermelons? Food blogger Emma Christensen recently offered some advice, and it3)involvesa little weight-training. When you examine watermelons in the produce section of your localgrocery［食雜店］, you want tolook forthe heaviest one for its size. The4)denserthe fruit, the more juice it has. That’s when it’s at its most ripe.

Next, check the underside of the watermelon for the“5)splotch”. That’s the yellow6)patchthe watermelon develops by resting on the ground. If it’s a creamy yellow, it’s also a goodindicator［標志］of being ripe.

Finally, give the underside a little7)smack— not8)aggressiveenough todraw attention fromgrocery workers, but enough so that you can determine whether the watermelon sounds hollow. If it does, that’s good. If it sounds dull, like you’re hitting a solid brick of material, it’s overripe; put the watermelon down and slowly back away from it.

If you’re not confident in your watermelon evaluation abilities, there’s another option: You can ask the merchant to pick one out for you.Pay attention towhat he’s doing and then try to9)emulateit the next time you’re forced to choose your own produce.

詞組加油站

look for尋找

draw attention from吸引某人注意

pay attention to注意

相關詞匯

2) batch [b?t?] n.一批

4) dense [dens] adj.濃厚的，稠密的

5) splotch [spl?t?] n.斑點，污點

6) patch [p?t?] n.斑點

7) smack [sm?k] vt.拍打

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如何挑選一批好的西瓜呢？美食博主艾瑪·克里斯滕森近日給出了一些建議，當然你還得有點兒力氣才能擔當此任。當你在當地食品雜貨店的農產品區挑西瓜時，你應該在同等大小的西瓜中挑最重的那一個。西瓜的密度越大，汁水就越多。這也意味著西瓜熟透了。

接下來，看西瓜的底部有沒有“斑”。西瓜在生長過程中接觸地面的地方會形成黃色的斑塊。如果斑塊呈乳黃色，那就說明西瓜熟了。

最后，輕輕拍一下西瓜底部，別太用力，以免引起賣家的注意，只要聽到西瓜聲音是否空洞就夠了。如果發出空空的聲音，那么就是好瓜。如果聲音沉悶，就像碰到一塊實心磚頭一樣，那就說明熟過頭了，把西瓜放下，慢慢地離開吧。

如果你對自己的挑瓜水平沒有信心，還有一個建議：你可以讓賣瓜的人幫你挑。不過你得注意他是怎么挑西瓜的，下次你不得不親自挑選西瓜的時候，可以模仿他的做法。

名師考點小結

The + 形容詞比較級，the+形容詞比較級

◆表示一種屬性或事物的量與另一個量有關聯，可用兩個前面加the的比較級。

[例]：The smaller it is, the cheaper it is to post.

東西越小，寄費就越便宜。

[例]：The more militant we became, the less con fident she became.

我們越是變得斗志昂揚，她就變得越沒有自信。

[例]：The larger the organization, the less scope there is for decision.

機構越大，決策的余地就越小。