四六级必读美文系列世界最大纸杯蛋糕.docVIP

Worlds?Largest?Cupcake 【中英双语文本】 A?4?feet?cupcake?weighing?a?hefty?1,224?pounds?has?been?officially?recognized?as?the?worldslargest?by?the?Guinness?Book?of?Records.一个“身高”4英尺、“体重”达1224磅的杯蛋糕日前被《吉尼斯世界记录》正式认证为世界上最大的杯形蛋糕。 Unveiled?on?Monday,?in?Detroit,?Michigan,?US,?the?enormous?cake?-with?a?whopping?circumferenceof?11?feet-was?over?eight?times?bigger?than?the?previous?record?holder.这块巨型蛋糕于本周一在美国密歇根州的底特律市公布于众，它的“腰围”惊人，达到11英尺，比之前的记录保持者大8倍之多。 Baked?over?the?course?of?12?hours,?the?gigantic?cup?cake?was?made?from?200?pounds?of?flour, 200?pounds?of?sugar, 200?pounds?of?butter?and?800?eggs.这一庞大的杯形蛋糕经过12小时烘制而成，共用掉200磅面粉、200磅糖、200磅黄油与800个鸡蛋。 When?covered?with?frosting?and?custard,?the?one-of-a-kind?dessert?boasted?2,000,000?calories.The?brainchild?of?American?firm?Gourmet?Gift?Baskets,?the?cupcake?smashed?the?previous?record?of151?pounds?set?on?July?20.再加上糖霜与蛋奶沙司，这块独一无二的大蛋糕所含的热量高达200万卡路里。这块蛋糕的创意来自美国“美食礼品篮公司”，它打破了之前于7月20日创下的151磅的记录。 Appearing?at?the?Woodward?Avenue?Dream?Cruise?Classic?Car?Show?in?Detroit,?proceeds?from?thesale?of?the?cupcake?went?to?cancer?charity?Passionately?Pink?for?the?Cure.这块蛋糕在底特律的伍德沃得大街梦想之航经典车展上亮相，它的销售收益将捐献给“粉色激情治疗”癌症慈善组织。 (1)Ryan?Abood,?CEO?of?GourmetGiftB,?assembled?a?cupcake?dream?team?includingmaster-baker?George?Algarin?to?begin?making?the?cake?on?August?12,?five?days?before?thescheduled?unveiling.“美食礼品篮”网站的首席执行官莱恩·阿布德组建了一支制作杯蛋糕的“梦之队”，其中还包括特级面包师乔治·阿尔加林。这块蛋糕于8月12日开始制作，当时据计划展出还有5天的时间。 We?started?off?with?a?goal?of?a?7,000?pounds?cupcake?but?fate?intervened?on?Friday?morningwhen?the?baking?was?supposed?to?be?complete,?said?Mr?Abood.阿布德说：“我们一开始的目标是一个7000磅的蛋糕，但就在周五早上快完工时，命运跟我们开了个玩笑。” (2)The?huge?8x8?feet?oven?was?opened?and?we?found?that?the?weight?of?the?expanding?battercrushed?one?of?the?main?convection?mbes?blowing?hot?air?into?the?heart?of?the?cupcake?causingcup-cake?to?collapse.“当我们打开8乘8英尺的巨型烤箱时，发现面糊膨胀的重量把其中一根主对流管压坏了，结果热空气吹到杯形蛋糕的中心部位，导致蛋糕坍塌。” Luckily,?the?team?managed?to?avert?disaster?by?rustling?up?a?cake?with?only?half?a?day?to?go,?stillm