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2024.09.08 08:15
第九部 第八課: from scratch , all set
- 李華正在為朋友的生日 party 做準備，她生平第一次烤了一個蛋糕．今天李華會學到兩個常用語： from scratch 和 all set.
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- Larry，這是我烤的蛋糕，你嚐嚐．這可是啊我生平第一次烤蛋糕，不一定會好吃啦！
- Mmmm! This is delicious! Did you make this from scratch or did you use a cake mix?
- 你覺得好吃呀？太好了！疑？你剛才問我是不是 make it from scratch? 那是什麼意思啊？我是照因特網（綱際網路）上一個食譜做的啊。
- Then you did make it from scratch. To make something from scratch is to make it yourself using all of the basic ingredients.
- 原來 to make something from scratch 就是自己用基本材料，從頭做起．是呀，我用雞蛋、麵粉、牛奶和黃油做的．疑？還有別的做蛋糕的方法啊？
- A lot of people nowadays use a pre-packaged cake mix with all the ingredients in it already, so it's easier to make.
- 用事先調好的蛋糕粉？那當然簡單多了．那多沒意思啊！自己把所有的材料準備好，從頭開始做，其實很好玩呢！
- Well, you should be proud of yourself. This cake is great!
- 謝謝，你說好吃啊我就放心了！哎，對了， Larry，你有沒有自己烤過蛋糕呢？
- No, but I tried making chocolate chip cookies from scratch once.
- 自己做巧克力餅乾啊？好吃嗎？
- They were awful because I forgot to put oil in them. After that, I decided that it was best if I didn't try to make things from scratch anymore.
- 忘了放油啊！那餅乾啊肯定會太硬．你一次沒做成功就決定下回不做啦！你知道，做這種東西啊是試驗好多次才行的。
- I know, but I'm not that patient.
- 嗨，要做好就得要有耐心嘛！
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- All right, Li Hua. The cake is ready, the drinks are prepared, and the decorations look great. I think we are all set.
- We are all set? 這是什麼意思啊？蛋糕、飲料都準備好了，一切都佈置好了．哦～，你的意思是一切準備就緒了，對不對？
- That's right. To be "all set" is to be ready for whatever it is you're going to do. In this case, we are all set to have a party.
- 對，要舉行 party 的各個方面似乎都準備好了．哎，那我是不是可以說 we're all set to have fun at the party?
- If you're ready to have fun, then of course you can say that. Hey, what about the music - is that all set?
- 音樂啊？沒問題！我把激光唱機和幾片激光盤全放桌上了． So it's all set.
- Great! Now, I'm all set to eat more of that cake you made. It's really delicious.
- 不行，你現在還不能吃蛋糕，要等做生日的人吹完蠟燭以後才能吃的！
- I know. I was just kidding. Hey, do you have a place for people to put presents?
- 放禮物的地方啊？早準備好了！我在進門的地方有張桌子．大家可以把禮物和生日卡放在那兒。
- Okay, since everything is all set, we can relax until the guests start arriving.
- 我啊，早就準備好在客人來以前先休息一下了．籌辦一個生日 party 啊可真是夠累人的！
- Preparing a party isn't that bad; it's cleaning up afterwards that's a lot of work.
- 嗯～ Party 結束後，我想你一定會幫我收拾的．對不對？
- Of course!
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- 今天李華學到了兩個常用語，第一個是： from scratch，意思就是「從頭做起」；第二個常用語是： all set，就是「一切就緒、準備好了」的意思。
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