Linguigo · No. 62B1美食4 分钟
Grandma’s Dumplings
本篇内容
- – 读一篇关于“美食”的短文
- – 学习 6 个单词
- – 练习 过去进行时 (Past continuous)
disaster, dough, fold, hometown, neighbor, recipe
点一下不认识的单词。
When Lin Na moved to Shanghai for her first job, she missed many things about her hometown, but most of all she missed her grandmother’s dumplings. Every Spring Festival, the whole family used to sit around Grandma’s big kitchen table, folding dumplings and telling stories.
One rainy Sunday, she decided to make them herself. She called her grandmother on video. While Grandma was explaining the recipe, Lin Na was writing everything down: pork, cabbage, a little ginger and “just enough” salt. “How much is just enough?” Lin Na asked. Grandma laughed. “You will know,” she said.
Her first try was a disaster. The dough was too dry, and half of the dumplings opened while they were boiling. She was standing in her tiny kitchen, looking sadly at the broken dumplings, when her neighbor, an old woman from the third floor, knocked on the door. She had smelled the ginger and wanted to know what Lin Na was cooking.
Together they tried again. The neighbor showed her how to add water to the dough little by little, and how to close each dumpling with three small folds. This time, they were perfect. Lin Na sent a photo to her grandmother, who replied with three red hearts. Now the two neighbors cook together every Sunday.
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难句解析
- 1
Every Spring Festival, the whole family used to sit around Grandma’s big kitchen table, folding dumplings and telling stories.
"used to + 动词原形" 表示“过去常常（现在不再）”。后面的 "folding ... and telling ..." 说明他们坐着时在做什么：一边包饺子，一边讲故事。
- 2
She was standing in her tiny kitchen, looking sadly at the broken dumplings, when her neighbor, an old woman from the third floor, knocked on the door.
"was standing ... when ... knocked" 是常见句型：一件事正在进行（过去进行时）时，另一件事突然发生（一般过去时）。两个逗号之间的 "an old woman from the third floor" 补充说明 neighbor 是谁。
- 3
Lin Na sent a photo to her grandmother, who replied with three red hearts.
"who replied ..." 补充说明奶奶做了什么：奶奶回了三颗红心。逗号后的 who 指前面的 her grandmother。
本篇语法
过去进行时 (Past continuous)
过去进行时表示过去某一时刻正在进行的事：At eight o'clock I was having dinner. 常和一般过去时一起用：较长的背景动作用过去进行时，突然发生的短动作用一般过去时：I was walking home when it started to rain.
was / were + verb-ing (… when + past simple)
故事中的例句
- While Grandma was explaining the recipe, Lin Na was writing everything down.
- She was standing in her tiny kitchen, looking sadly at the broken dumplings
常见错误
两个动作都用一般过去时，背景不清楚。
When he called, I cooked.
When he called, I was cooking.
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。