Day 12 你离开家时最想念的东西

1.今日话题

Describe an important thing that you miss the most when you are away from home. Explain why. Include reasons and details to support your response.

2.示范答案

The one thing that I readlly miss when I'm away from home is my mum's cooking. There's just something about it that tastes like home. I think many people who have stayed away from home for a long period  of time have had the same feeling at some point.

I once read an article on why people crave for food from home. It says food is deeply tied to memory. A lot of events and memoriesin our brain , especially emotionally significant  memories, are linked to smells of foods . I guess that provides a scientific explaination for this .

However , this may sound a bit cringy , but I think it's also the care and love that my mum puts in the cooking that make it so specical .

3.核心词句

（1）taste like .. 尝起来像。。

e.g.  You tried Kangaroo meat ? What does it taste like ? 你尝过袋鼠肉？尝起来怎么样？

（2）at some point 在某一个时间点，在某一个时刻

e.g. I'm  sure he said that at some point . 我确定他在某个时刻说过这句话。

（3）crave for .. 馋。。

e.g.  I always crave for chocolate when I'm sad . 每当我伤心地时候，我总是想吃巧克力。

（4）tied to ... 与。。绑。。在一起；与。。相关联。

（5） emotionally significant  有情感意义的

e.g. 其他一些副词+形容词搭配的例子：

extremely useful 极其有用的；

ridiculously cheap 便宜的离谱；

highly recommended  强烈推荐的；

badly injured 受伤严重的。

（6）scientific explanation  科学的解释

（7）sound  听起来。。。

e.g. That sounds like a great idea ! 这主意听起来棒极了！

（8）cringy   英式口语中非正式的单词，指什么事情让人不舒服或者尴尬，也可作“cringeworthy”，文中可以理解为“肉麻的”。

e.g. "Did you see the accident on Alan's show that night ?" 你看见昨晚Alan的节目上的事故了嘛？

“OMG  yeah ! It was so cringy”  天哪，是啊！ 真是太尴尬了！

（9）cooking  名词，指“烹饪”，或者"饭菜" 。 很多人会用错cook和cooker这两个单词。cooker并非“厨师”，而是“厨具”。 比如，电饭煲是rice cooker , 高压锅是pressure cooker. 而cook在作名词使用时才是“厨师”“厨子”的意思。 

e.g.  My dad is a great cook . 我爸爸是一个很棒的厨师。