How Delicious the summer is!

又是吃吃吃的季節(jié)了！試想一下，夏天的晚上，吹著涼風(fēng)，跟三五好友坐在路邊，吃著小龍蝦，啃著西瓜，喝著冰鎮(zhèn)的飲料……只有一個(gè)爽字可以形容！你知道小龍蝦已經(jīng)沖出國(guó)門(mén)，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(wàn)只小龍蝦的中歐貨運(yùn)列車從中國(guó)中部的武漢市開(kāi)往俄羅斯，并于6月中旬抵達(dá)莫斯科。

據(jù)報(bào)道，這種小龍蝦將在2018年世界杯期間供球迷們食用。

中國(guó)農(nóng)業(yè)發(fā)展集團(tuán)的負(fù)責(zé)人說(shuō)：“這些小龍蝦已經(jīng)加工過(guò)，只要加熱5分鐘即可食用。”

俄羅斯以前并不是中國(guó)大陸小龍蝦的主要進(jìn)口國(guó)，但中國(guó)的商家現(xiàn)在正利用世界杯這個(gè)契機(jī)來(lái)宣傳營(yíng)銷特產(chǎn)小龍蝦。

2) previously ['pri:v??sl?] adv. 以前，預(yù)先

名師考點(diǎn)小結(jié)

1.arrive in

辨析：arrive in arrive at

◆【arrive in】+ 比較大的地方,比如城市,國(guó)家。

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

[例 ]：It is not long ago that they arrived in britain.他們是不久以前來(lái)英國(guó)的。

◆【arrive at】+ 比較小的地方,比如車站,個(gè)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(shí)分，我到達(dá)了預(yù)定的酒店。

2. be used in 被用于……方面（被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)）

辨析：be used for as by

◆be used for doing sth.意思是“被用來(lái)做……

這是一個(gè)被動(dòng)結(jié)構(gòu)，介詞for表示“用途”,后面接動(dòng)詞-ing形式。

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

金屬被用來(lái)造機(jī)器。鋼筆被用來(lái)寫(xiě)字。

◆be used as意思是“把……當(dāng)作……用。”

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

計(jì)算機(jī)可以被當(dāng)作工具用。英語(yǔ)被用作一種非常有用的工作語(yǔ)言。

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

[例]：The recorder is used in class bv teachers.錄音機(jī)被老師們上課時(shí)使用。

又到了吃瓜的季節(jié)，這個(gè)假期，坐在家里吹著空調(diào)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(biāo)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(guān)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(diǎn)，污點(diǎn)

6) patch [p?t?] n.斑點(diǎn)

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(dāng)然你還得有點(diǎn)兒力氣才能擔(dān)當(dāng)此任。當(dāng)你在當(dāng)?shù)厥称冯s貨店的農(nóng)產(chǎn)品區(qū)挑西瓜時(shí)，你應(yīng)該在同等大小的西瓜中挑最重的那一個(gè)。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(lái)，看西瓜的底部有沒(méi)有“斑”。西瓜在生長(zhǎng)過(guò)程中接觸地面的地方會(huì)形成黃色的斑塊。如果斑塊呈乳黃色，那就說(shuō)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(tīng)到西瓜聲音是否空洞就夠了。如果發(fā)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(shí)心磚頭一樣，那就說(shuō)明熟過(guò)頭了，把西瓜放下，慢慢地離開(kāi)吧。

如果你對(duì)自己的挑瓜水平?jīng)]有信心，還有一個(gè)建議：你可以讓賣瓜的人幫你挑。不過(guò)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(shí)候，可以模仿他的做法。

名師考點(diǎn)小結(jié)

The + 形容詞比較級(jí)，the+形容詞比較級(jí)

◆表示一種屬性或事物的量與另一個(gè)量有關(guān)聯(lián)，可用兩個(gè)前面加the的比較級(jí)。

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

東西越小，寄費(fèi)就越便宜。

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

我們?cè)绞亲兊枚分景簱P(yáng)，她就變得越?jīng)]有自信。

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

機(jī)構(gòu)越大，決策的余地就越小。