时间:2019-01-25 作者:英语课 分类:英语听力精选进阶版


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As summertime begins in Britain, people start to feel the urge to go outside to eat. People love to have a picnic whenever the weather is good enough, especially people with children. It’s a great way to spend a sunny afternoon.


Even in the centre of London, on a sunny day, the parks are full of office workers eating their lunch outside on the grass. That might be a pretty basic picnic – a shop-bought sandwich and a bottle of water.


But if people are planning a picnic on the beach or at the park, they would probably pack a cool bag with a whole variety of home-made sandwiches, snacks, cake, fruit and soft drinks. They might have a picnic rug to sit on, and paper plates and cups. Another item which is useful is a thermos 1 flask 2 which keeps hot drinks like tea or coffee hot, or cold ones icy.


University students enjoy having picnics, and usually take along some kind of sports equipment, such as a Frisbee 3 or ball in order to burn off some energy after lunch. British student picnics usually involve drinking beer or wine too!


For small children the idea of a teddy bear’s picnic is popular – each child brings their teddy bear along to ‘enjoy’ the fun as well.


Some people love to have a very elaborate picnic, and really go all out to make it an occasion. For a very posh picnic you’d need a proper picnic hamper 4 to hold the food complete with china crockery, metal cutlery and real wine glasses. A picnic could be a romantic occasion, but only if it’s in a quiet attractive spot, not in a busy park with lots of children playing nearby!


In that case there might be champagne 5 or chilled 6 wine to drink, and gourmet 7 picnic fare, either home-made, or bought from a local delicatessen. Crusty bread, dips, paté, and strawberries with cream for dessert make for a more sophisticated 8 al fresco 9 experience.


Of course, you can never reply on the British summer weather, so taking an umbrella along might be a good idea just in case!


GLOSSARY 词汇表


to feel the urge to 迫切


picnic 野餐  


shop-bought 从商店买的


cool bag 保温袋子  


home-made 自制的


thermos flask 暖水瓶 


Frisbee 飞碟


teddy bear 绒毛熊  


elaborate 复杂讲究的


hamper 有盖提篮    


posh 考究的  


cutlery 餐具(刀叉等)  


crockery 陶(瓷)器(碗碟等)


gourmet 美味佳肴   


champagne 香槟酒


delicatessen 熟食店 


fare 饱餐;进食 


sophisticated 复杂的


al fresco 户外的



n.保湿瓶,热水瓶
  • Can I borrow your thermos?我可以借用你的暖水瓶吗?
  • It's handy to have the thermos here.暖瓶放在这儿好拿。
n.瓶,火药筒,砂箱
  • There is some deposit in the bottom of the flask.这只烧杯的底部有些沉淀物。
  • He took out a metal flask from a canvas bag.他从帆布包里拿出一个金属瓶子。
n.飞盘(塑料玩具)
  • We always go to the park on weekends and play Frisbee.我们每个周末都会到公园玩飞盘。
  • The frisbee is a light plastic disc,shaped like a plate.飞盘是一种碟形塑料盘。
vt.妨碍,束缚,限制;n.(有盖的)大篮子
  • There are some apples in a picnic hamper.在野餐用的大篮子里有许多苹果。
  • The emergence of such problems seriously hamper the development of enterprises.这些问题的出现严重阻碍了企业的发展。
n.香槟酒;微黄色
  • There were two glasses of champagne on the tray.托盘里有两杯香槟酒。
  • They sat there swilling champagne.他们坐在那里大喝香槟酒。
n.食物品尝家;adj.出于美食家之手的
  • What does a gourmet writer do? 美食评论家做什么?
  • A gourmet like him always eats in expensive restaurants.像他这样的美食家总是到豪华的餐馆用餐。
adj.老练的,精密的,尖端的,高雅的
  • She has become very sophisticated since she went to live in London.移居伦敦后她变得世故多了。
  • This is a very sophisticated machine.这是一台非常精密的机器。
n.壁画;vt.作壁画于
  • This huge fresco is extremely clear and just like nature itself.It is very harmonious.这一巨幅壁画,清晰有致且又浑然天成,十分和谐。
  • So it is quite necessary to study the influence of visual thinking over fresco.因此,研究视觉思维对壁画的影响和作用是十分必要的。
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