Linguigo · No. 61A2幽默3 分钟
The Salty Birthday Cake
本篇内容
- – 读一篇关于“幽默”的短文
- – 学习 6 个单词
- – 练习 一般过去时 (Past simple)
candle, flour, jar, label, oven, salty
点一下不认识的单词。
Wang Hao wanted to make a birthday cake for his sister, Lili. He was not a good cook, so he watched a video online and bought everything he needed: flour, eggs, butter, sugar and milk.
On Saturday morning, he started early. His kitchen was small, and there were two white jars next to each other. He did not read the labels. He mixed everything carefully and put the cake in the oven. After forty minutes, it looked perfect.
In the evening, the family sat around the table. Lili blew out the candles, and everyone ate a big slice. Then the room went quiet. Lili looked surprised. “Hao,” she said slowly, “why is this cake so salty?”
Wang Hao looked at the two jars. One said “sugar”. The other said “salt”. Everyone laughed, and Lili laughed the loudest. In the end, they ate ice cream instead. Now, every year, Lili asks him the same question: “Are you making the cake again?”
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难句解析
- 1
He was not a good cook, so he watched a video online and bought everything he needed.
"cook" 在这里是名词，意思是“会做饭的人”。"so" 表示结果（所以）。"everything he needed" 是“他需要的所有东西”。
- 2
Then the room went quiet.
"go quiet" 意为“变得安静”，went 是 go 的过去式。这里的 go 不是“去”，而是“变得”。
- 3
In the end, they ate ice cream instead.
"in the end" 是“最后”，"instead" 是“作为替代”，表示没吃蛋糕，改吃了冰淇淋。
本篇语法
一般过去时 (Past simple)
一般过去时表示过去某个时间发生并已经结束的事：I visited Beijing last year. 规则动词加 -ed：walk → walked；很多常用动词是不规则的：go → went, see → saw, have → had。否定和疑问用 did + 动词原形：I didn't see him. Did you call her?
verb-ed / irregular form · did / didn't + base verb
故事中的例句
- He mixed everything carefully and put the cake in the oven.
- Lili blew out the candles, and everyone ate a big slice.
常见错误
说过去的事时动词不变（中文用“了”“昨天”表示时间）。
Yesterday I go to the park.
Yesterday I went to the park.
本篇单词
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6 道题，考考你对故事、单词和语法的理解。