作者:小雅和英美友人

棒棒糖英语读音发音(宝宝吃各种糖果时)(1)

★ 如何用英文告诉宝宝,不要叼着棒棒糖乱跑?

★ 两种不同的糖果都叫“棉花糖”,英文分别怎么说?

★ 如何用英文教宝宝用泡泡糖吹泡泡?

棒棒糖英语读音发音(宝宝吃各种糖果时)(2)

Candy 糖果

Gummies 橡皮糖;小软糖

Mom: Grandma gave you some gummy bears and gummy worms.

妈妈:奶奶送给你一些小熊软糖虫虫软糖

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If you eat all your vegetables,

你要是把蔬菜都吃完,

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you can eat them as a treat.

就可以吃它们作为小奖励

Child: They're good!

宝宝:真好吃!

I like how chewy they are.

我很喜欢,因为很有嚼头

They taste fruity too.

还有水果味

中文都叫“棉花糖”,英文里,棉花软糖叫marshmallow,棉絮棉花糖叫cotton candy。

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Marshmallows 棉花软糖

Child: Marshmallows are my favorite.

宝宝:我最喜欢棉花糖了。

美式英语中,marshmallow重音在第一个音节,英式英语重音在第二个音节。

Mom: Can I try one?

妈妈:我能尝尝吗?

Child: Yes.

宝宝:好的。

Mom: They taste amazing,

妈妈:真好吃

and they're light and puffy.

轻轻的、膨膨的

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Cotton Candy 棉絮棉花糖

Mom: Do you want me to buy some cotton candy for you?

妈妈:你想让我给你买点棉花糖吗?

Cotton candy是美式英语的说法,英式英语叫candy floss。

Child: Yes! It looks like cotton.

宝宝:想!它看起来像棉花一样。

Mom: Look, it's so fluffy!

妈妈:看,它多么的松软

Feel how it kind of melts on your tongue?

感觉一下它是怎么在你舌头上融化的?

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Child: I do!

宝宝:感觉到了!

It's very sticky,

有点粘牙

but I like it.

但是我很喜欢。

Pop Rocks 跳跳糖

Child: What are Pop Rocks?

宝宝:什么是跳跳糖啊?

Pop Rocks是一种用品牌名泛指某类产品的用法,是美式英语的说法,英式英语用popping candy。

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Mom: They pop and fizz in your mouth.

妈妈:它们会在你嘴里爆炸噼啪作响

Try them and tell me what you think.

尝一尝,告诉我你觉得如何。

Child: Weird, but they're kind of fun to eat.

宝宝:有点奇怪,但是吃起来挺好玩的。

Lollipops 棒棒糖

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Mom: Don't run with that lollipop in your mouth!

妈妈:别叼着棒棒糖跑!

英文里没有“叼”这个动词,可以用in your mouth表达在嘴里的状态。

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Child: Why?

宝宝:为什么呀?

I'm about to finish it!

马上就吃完了!

Mom: If you fall,

妈妈:你要是摔倒了,

the lollipop stick could hurt you!

棒棒糖的棍儿会扎到你的。

将扎直译为poke也是可以的,但是hurt在这里更常用。

Stop running and bring it to me.

别跑了,我。

Child: Okay.

宝宝:好的。

Bubblegum 泡泡糖

Child: Can you show me how to blow bubbles with bubblegum?

宝宝:你能教我怎么用泡泡糖吹泡泡吗?

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Mom: Sure.

妈妈:当然。

You use your tongue to flatten it a little.

用舌头弄平点儿。

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Then you place it on the back of your front teeth,

然后把它放到前牙后面

and then you blow air into it.

然后往里面吹气

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See?

看明白了吗?

Child: I can't do it.

宝宝:我吹不起来。

Mom: It takes time,

妈妈:多练练就好了,

but you'll get the hang of it.

你会掌握的。

When it loses its flavor

什么时候它要是没味了,

or you're tired of chewing it,

或者你不愿意了,

Make sure to spit it out

一定要吐掉

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and throw it away in a trashcan.

扔到垃圾桶

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