夏说英语新闻晨读 第235期:丹麦生蚝与中国吃货

 本期内容：
Around 500 tons of the oysters¹ are clogging² parts of the Scandinavian coast, threatening native species. In jest, Denmark's embassy in China turned to social media, inviting³ Chinese tourists to eat the shellfish. The post has received more than 15,000 responses to date, including offers to "eat them to extinction⁴". Following the ravenous⁵ response from netizens, companies like internet giant Alibaba offered to help out.

Oyster：生蚝
Clog：堵塞
Species：物种
In jest: 开玩笑地
Embassy：大使馆
Extinction：灭绝
Ravenous：饿极了的

1 oysters   

牡蛎( oyster的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• We don't have oysters tonight, but the crayfish are very good. 我们今晚没有牡蛎供应。但小龙虾是非常好。
• She carried a piping hot grill of oysters and bacon. 她端出一盘滚烫的烤牡蛎和咸肉。

2 clogging   

堵塞，闭合

参考例句：

• This process suffers mainly from clogging the membrane. 这种过程的主要问题是滤膜的堵塞。
• And you know that eyewitness that's been clogging up the airwaves? 你知道那个充斥着电视广播的目击证人？

3 inviting   

adj.诱人的，引人注目的

参考例句：

• An inviting smell of coffee wafted into the room.一股诱人的咖啡香味飘进了房间。
• The kitchen smelled warm and inviting and blessedly familiar.这间厨房的味道温暖诱人，使人感到亲切温馨。

4 extinction   

n.熄灭，消亡，消灭，灭绝，绝种

参考例句：

• The plant is now in danger of extinction.这种植物现在有绝种的危险。
• The island's way of life is doomed to extinction.这个岛上的生活方式注定要消失。

5 ravenous   

adj.极饿的，贪婪的

参考例句：

• The ravenous children ate everything on the table.饿极了的孩子把桌上所有东西吃掉了。
• Most infants have a ravenous appetite.大多数婴儿胃口极好。