20091217 Gingerbread Houses(2)

Gingerbread Houses

The world's largest
In 2006, Roger Pelcher constructed the world's largest gingerbread house in Bloomington, Minn. Measuring over 60 feet tall, the house took Pelcher's team 1,700 hours to complete. To capture the world record, Guinness World Records said 95 percent of the outside must be edible. So Pelcher used 14,250 pounds of gingerbread and over a ton of candy on the house!

Winning houses
At Christmastime, people from Sweden to Seattle enter their creations in gingerbread-house contests. Winners receive prizes for the most difficult to build, most creative, most beautiful and more. But winning contests isn't the main reason why making these houses is so popular. The wonderful smell as the gingerbread bakes and the joy of eating it are the real reasons!

DIY
Online directions and ready-to-assemble kits make creating gingerbread houses easier than ever before. You can make them as simple or as complex as you choose. Experience a "taste" of the holidays with your own gingerbread house this year!


-struct 建造
construct v. 建造/構成
=> build
eg: They have constructed a newer, wider bridge across the river.
eg: The engineers spent years constructing this building.
eg: Brenda is still constructing her speech.

construction n. 建造/構成
The construction of this bridge is almost an impossible mission.

ton n. 噸/公噸
eg: You'll need a ton of bricks to build a wall that long.

creative adj. 創造的/創造性的/有創造力(或想像力)的
eg: The teacher said my story was the most creative and interesting.

kit n. 工具箱
eg: The birthday party kit has everything you'll need for the party games and prizes.

edible n. 可以吃的/食用的
=> need to be able to be eaten
eg: The chef used some edible, flowers to decorate the dessert.
eg: The homeless men and women looked through the garbage trying to find something edible.

kit n. 成套的工具或配件
eg: Dad bought a tool kit but never once used it.
eg: I put a first-aid kit(急救箱) in the trunk of my car(後車箱).
eg: All the art kits are on sale for the beginning of the new semester.


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smell n. 聞到的氣味
eg: a wonderful smell 很好的味道

smell v. 有臭氣
eg: It smells. 很臭/很難聞

smell + adv 聞起來...
eg: The flowers smell nice.
eg: The cake smells delicious.
eg: It smells good. 聞起來不錯
eg: It smells bad. 聞起來很糟糕

smelly adv. 很臭地/很難聞地
eg: smelly socks
eg: smelly trash

stinky adj. 臭的/發惡臭的
eg: stinky tofu 臭豆腐

fragrant adj. 香的/芳香的
=> pleasing smell
eg: fragrant spices
eg: fragrant candles

scented adj. 灑有香水的
rose-scented lotion 玫瑰香的乳液

scent n. 氣味/香味
=> 通常只香味
=> 產品有添加某種味道，可以用scented這個形容詞
=> the thing it smells, usually a pleasant one

unscented n. 毫無味道
=> a product doesn't have any particular scent


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Just how delicious is gingerbread made with sweet molasses and ginger? Listen to the words of the famous William Shakespeare, who wrote in his comedy Love's Labor's Lost, "And I had but one penny in the world. Thou should'st have it to buy gingerbread." In other words, if you've got just one dollar left in your pocket use it to buy a piece of yummy gingerbread!



molasses n. 糖蜜/糖漿

yummy adj. 好吃的/美味的