ACT 1-1 開始制作我著名的感恩節蘋果派

【故事梗概】

Ellen和Philip在廚房里準備感恩節的晚餐。Philip要做他拿手的甜點蘋果派，他在準備材料的時候，發現他沒有準備一種很重要的原料。

Ellen: OK, Philip. This is your third cup of coffee. We should get to work, or we won’t be finished by dinner time.

Philip: I guess we must.

Ellen: We must.

Philip: OK. The beginning of my famous Thanksgiving apple pie. One apple. Two apples. Three apples. Four apples.

Ellen: Come on, Philip! Get busy with your famous apple pie. There’s much more to be done.

Philip: Now, the ingredients.

Philip: What goes into my apple pie besides apples? Ah, yes. Flour, sugar, butter. Butter, nice and cold and hard. OK, here are the walnuts. Last but not least, the reason my apple pie is famous - cinnamon. Cinnamon… Ellen, where’s the cinnamon?

Ellen: If there is any cinnamon, it’s in the cabinet with the salt and pepper.

Philip: Salt, pepper, dill weed, garlic powder, cinnamon. Ellen?

Ellen: Yes, Philip.

Philip: Is it possible that we forgot to buy cinnamon?

Ellen: Yes, it is possible that we forgot to buy cinnamon.

Philip: Well, how can I make my famous apple pie without cinnamon?

【語言點精講】

1. We should get to work, or we won’t be finished by dinner time.

咱們該著手干活了，不然到晚飯時候也干不完。

get to work，開始工作，著手干活。

2. The beginning of my famous Thanksgiving apple pie.

開始制作我著名的感恩節蘋果派。

感恩節(Thanksgiving Day)在每年11月的第4個星期四。不同宗教信仰的美國人都在這一天團聚，通常有一頓豐盛的感恩宴。人們見面時互相問候: Happy Thanksgiving to you (to your family)。火雞是感恩節宴會上最具有傳統特色的一道菜。感恩宴后，一家人一般圍坐下來看感恩節橄欖球賽。

3. Get busy with your famous apple pie.There’s much more to be done.

快點做你那著名的蘋果派吧。要干的事還多著呢。

get busy with...，快點做，忙于。

4. Ah, yes. Flour, sugar, butter.

啊，對了。有面粉、白糖、黃油。

在依次列舉一系列事物時，每個詞都用升調，到最后的詞用降調。

5. Last but not least, the reason my apple pie is famous - cinnamon.

最后，但也是很重要的一樣，使我的蘋果派著名的東西——桂皮粉。

last but not least，最后但也是很重要的。

cinnamon，桂皮粉。

6. Is it possible that we forgot to buy cinnamon?

有可能我們忘了買桂皮粉嗎？

It is possible that…, 有可能，大概。