自考Unit2-TextB.ppt

Unit 2 Mistakes to Success Text B The Cake Glance glance at The man glanced nervously at his watch. I though I heard someone following me, and glancing around, I caught sight of a dark figure in the shadows. 怀亚特扫视了一下餐馆。 Wyatt glanced around the restaurant. Touch put the final/finishing touches to something Emma was putting the finishing touches to the cake. There was a vase of flowers in the room, which was a nice touch. Brass pans added a decorative touch to the plain brick wall. 房间里放些诸如鲜花之类的小点缀可以给家里带来生气。 Small touches to a room such as flowers can be what gives a house its vitality. Frost especially American English to cover a cake with a mixture of powdery sugar and liquid [= ice British English] Mother is frosting the strawberry cake. --frosting a sweet substance put on cakes and made from powdery sugar and butter [= icing British English] from scratch if you start something from scratch, you begin it without using anything that existed or was prepared before: We had to start again from scratch. He had built the business up from scratch. 建立一个全新的家庭既让人兴奋又富于挑战。 Building a home from scratch can be both exciting and challenging. Aesthetic From an esthetic point of view, its a nice design. a work of great aesthetic appeal 我的审美标准与他的大不相同。 My aesthetic standards are quite different from his. --Aesthetics Triumph Winning the championship is a great personal triumph. This cake is an aesthetic triumph 她的胜利是庆祝的理由。 Her triumph was a cause for celebration . Lumpy a lumpy mattress lumpy mashed potatoes 早餐是普通的、无味的、疙疙瘩瘩的炒蛋。 Breakfast was ordinary, tasteless and lumpy scrambled egg. run out of Run out to use all of something and not have any more left: Ive got money you can borrow if you run out. They ran out of money and had to abandon the project. Hed run out of ideas. 他家揭不开锅了，孩子们都等着吃饭。 He has run out of food; his children are hungry. Blender an electric machine that you use to mix liquids and soft foods together [= liquidizer British English] Fixings the