英语悠选脱口秀 第59期:一块饼干的逆袭

 　　讲解

　　Today’s key word is Biscuit

　　Biscuit 饼干

　　A biscuit is a small flat cake that is crisp and usually sweet.

　　Actually, there are different ways to say 饼干。

　　Biscuit 是不列颠人民对饼干的称呼。我们更常用的是美国的叫法cookies。Cracker¹也可以用来说饼干。

　　今天，我们来讲一块“出身”困苦，逆袭成名的饼干。

　　Long long time ago, there is a cracker. It was on the same ship with famous Jack² and Rose the Titanic³.

　　我们都知道，泰坦尼克号邮轮在1912年处女航的时候撞冰山而沉没。

　　那这块Biscuit是怎么存活下来的呢？

　　话说，this plain biscuit was part of a survival kit(救生包) on one of the lifeboats.这块生来为救人命的饼干，并没有被当时获救的人们吃掉。

　　The biscuit was saved by James Fenwick, a passenger on the Carpathia(卡帕西亚号) which picked up Titanic survivors（幸存者）.He kept it in an envelope（信封） complete with original notation（原装说明）“Pilot biscuit from Titanic lifeboat April 1912”.

　　在经历了沉船的悲剧之后，这位饼干成功逆袭成史上最贵的biscuit。

　　It was sold for ?15,000。（折合成人民币将近15万。）And it was bought by a collector in Greece.拍卖者说：“It is incredible that this biscuit has survived such a dramatic event - the sinking of the world’s largest ocean liner - costing 1,500 lives.”

　　So Would you pay ?15,000 for a 100-year-old biscuit?

 

1 cracker   

n.（无甜味的）薄脆饼干

参考例句：

• Buy me some peanuts and cracker.给我买一些花生和饼干。
• There was a cracker beside every place at the table.桌上每个位置旁都有彩包爆竹。

2 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

3 titanic   

adj.巨人的，庞大的，强大的

参考例句：

• We have been making titanic effort to achieve our purpose.我们一直在作极大的努力，以达到我们的目的。
• The island was created by titanic powers and they are still at work today.台湾岛是由一个至今仍然在运作的巨大力量塑造出来的。