During a radio programme, a company of biscuit manufacturers once asked listeners to bake biscuits and send them to their factory.
bake 用烤炉、烤箱去烤
- baker 面包师
- baker's / bakery 面包店、面包房
- roast turkey 在烤炉、烤箱里去烤其它食物“土豆、肉类”
- Peking roast duck 北京烤鸭
- grill / broil 烧烤（用明火）
- grilled / broiled chicken 在明火上烤鸡
- barbecue (BBQ) 在户外的烧烤（后院也是）
They offered to pay $10 a pound for the biggest biscuit baked by a listener.
for 等价交换、付款, 赔偿; 付出代价
- She paid me $30 for my bike.
- She bought my bike for $30. 等价交换
- Advertisers discovered years ago that all of us love to get something for nothing.
- The manufacturers had to pay more money than they had anticipated, for they bought the biscuit from the student for $24,000.
The response to this competition was tremendous.
the response to ... is / was tremendous / lukewarm 对…的反应是巨大的/不温不火的
造句：The university offered a prize of $1,000 to the first student who would find a solution to the problem. The response to the competition was tremendous / lukewarm. 学校提供了一笔1000美元的奖金给第一个能解决这个问题的学生。大家对这次比赛的反应很热烈/很平淡。
Before long, biscuits of all shapes and sizes began arriving at the factory.
before (very / too) long 不久之后
- before much longer 不久之后
- shortly afterwards
- a little later 过了一小会儿
- after a little / short time / while
all sorts / kinds / types of sth. 各种各类
造句：She has to deal with all kinds of complaints every day. 她每天必须要处理各种各样的投诉。
One lady brought in a biscuit on a wheelbarrow.
It weighed nearly 500 pounds. 主系表
| weigh ... v.称，称…的重量；有...重 | The boy weighs 50 kilos. |
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| be ... (in weight) 有...重 | The boy is 50 kilos (in weight). |
| be / stand ... high / tall 有...高 |
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| rise to a height of ... 高度、高达 | Above the surface of the water, the towers rise to a height of nearly 700 feet. |
| be ... deep / in depth 深度 | The hole is 2 feet deep / in depth. |
| extend to a depth of ... 深达... | The platforms extend to a depth of over 100 feet under the sea. |
| be ... long / in length 长度 | The bed is 2 meters long / in length. |
| be ... wide / across / in width 宽度 | The river is 20 meters wide / across / in width. |
A little later, a man came along with a biscuit which occupied the whole boot of his car.
| along with ... 与...在一起 | Mr. Taylor, along with two assistants, is trying to stop the thieves. |
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| together with ... 与主语一起(不算做主语) | One day, together with Leela, Jenny went to visit an orphanage. 一天，珍妮和里拉一起去参观一家孤儿院。 |
| coupled with .. 替换 | This, coupled with a good tool, makes first steps in refactoring a breeze. 再加上一个好的工具，迈开重构的第一步简直就是轻而易举。 |
| accompanied by ... 替换 | Children, when accompanied by their parents, are allowed to enter the stadium. 孩子们在父母的陪同下可以进入体育场。 |
| followed by ... 后面跟着(不算做主语) | He gasped, and bounded away, followed by his bo'sun. 他喘着气，跳开了，后面跟着他的水手长。 |
| besides ... 除了后者以外还有前者 | What other sports do you play besides hockey? 除了玩曲棍球你还做哪些运动？ |
| as well as ... 后面的这个也... | He plays classical music, as well as pop and jazz. 他演奏流行音乐和爵士乐，同时也演奏古典音乐。 |
| no less than ... 后面这个也... | Briefly, no less than nine of our agents have passed information to us. 简言之,至少已经有9位我们的代理商将信息传递给了我们。 |
| including ... 还包括了... | He was fully dressed, including shoes. 他已穿戴好了，包括鞋子。 |
The largest was 713 pounds.
The largest was 713 pounds (in weight).
The largest weighed 713 pounds.
But just before the competition closed, a lorry arrived at the factory with a truly colossal biscuit which weighed 2,400 pounds.
It was so heavy that a crane had to be used to remove it from the lorry.
造句：The box was so heavy that a lorry had to be used to carry it to the destination. 箱子太沉了，用了一辆卡车才把它运到目的地。
造句：In the past two years many shops have been set up in the street.两年多来这条街上新开了很多商店。
- A new government was organized after the war. 战后成立了新政府(英语中很多的被动翻译为无主语的主动结构)
The manufacturers had to pay more money than they had anticipated, for they bought the biscuit from the student for $24,000.
buy from 从某处购买
- Buy from local organic farmers. 购买当地的有机农场的食品。
- How to bargain when you buy something from a vendor? 如何在讨价还价时，你可以从一个供应商买到这个东西呢？