【英音模仿秀】啤酒花价格飙升

模仿文本： But now beer makers¹ in the United States are hopping³ mad over the price of hops⁴. Hops are a major component⁵ of ice-cold to craft beers, which have become hugely popular in America. In fact it's become a 14-billion-dollar industry. They're made by small microbreweries that are finding the hop² prices rather hard to swallow.

 

译文：不过目前美国的啤酒厂商对啤酒花的价格表示非常愤怒。要制造凉沁心脾的啤酒，主要原料就是啤酒花。啤酒现在在美国非常受欢迎，事实上这已经是个价值140亿美元的行业了。而这些啤酒又都是由一些很难接受啤酒花价格的小啤酒厂生产的。

 

1 makers   

n.制造者，制造商（maker的复数形式）

参考例句：

• The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality. 这一产品的制造商向我们保证说他们没有牺牲质量。
• The makers are about to launch out a new product. 制造商们马上要生产一种新产品。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 hop   

n.单脚跳，跳跃；vi.单脚跳，跳跃；着手做某事；vt.跳跃，跃过

参考例句：

• The children had a competition to see who could hop the fastest.孩子们举行比赛，看谁单足跳跃最快。
• How long can you hop on your right foot?你用右脚能跳多远？

3 hopping   

n. 跳跃 动词hop的现在分词形式

参考例句：

• The clubs in town are really hopping. 城里的俱乐部真够热闹的。
• I'm hopping over to Paris for the weekend. 我要去巴黎度周末。

4 hops   

跳上[下]( hop的第三人称单数 )； 单足蹦跳； 齐足（或双足）跳行； 摘葎草花

参考例句：

• The sparrow crossed the lawn in a series of hops. 那麻雀一蹦一跳地穿过草坪。
• It is brewed from malt and hops. 它用麦精和蛇麻草酿成。

5 component   

n.组成部分，成分，元件；adj.组成的，合成的

参考例句：

• Each component is carefully checked before assembly.每个零件在装配前都经过仔细检查。
• Blade and handle are the component parts of a knife.刀身和刀柄是一把刀的组成部分。