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2010 Executive Editor: VAN ALLEN http://www.unsv.com U N S V An Elaborate Daily Magazine for English Learners 电子版 TM UNSV.COM 英语辅导杂志 Issue 366, Vol. 2010, September 6th ,

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1 第一部分、英语阅读理解 WORDS AND THEIR STORIES - Apple Pie Order 配套 MP3 声音文件下载链接 http://www.unsv.com/voanews/specialenglish/scripts/2010/09/05/0040/ Today we tell about the expression, apple pie order. It means in perfect order, very well organized. Nobody is sure where and when the expression apple pie order began. Some say that Scottish and English writers used the expression a long time ago. Others say it first was used in the northeastern American states known as New England. The housewives of New England cut their apples in even slices. Then they filled pie pans with them in an organized way, row upon row. As one writer said, the women of New England loved to have everything in its place. This perhaps explains why it generally is believed that the expression apple-pie order began in New England. Another old expression describes the opposite condition - wild disorder. That expression is apple of discord. It comes from ancient mythology. The myth says that all the gods and goddesses were sitting around the table to celebrate the marriage of Thetis and Peleus. One of the goddesses, Discord, was a troublemaker. She threw a golden apple on the table to be given as a prize to the most beautiful goddess. It was not an easy decision to make. How could they choose among Juno, Minerva and Venus. Paris was given the task of deciding. He decided to give the golden apple to Venus. Juno and Minerva were very angry and 学习建议:请在笔记本里记下阅读过程中遇到的生词,以及无法理解的短语和句子.文 章阅读完后,带着遇到的问题参考后面的词汇句型讲解和英汉翻译对照.之后的几天, 多抽时间复习留在笔记本里的生词和问题,并阅读文章,以最大化巩固学习成果. UNSV.COM 英语辅导杂志 Issue 366, Vol. 2010, September 6th ,

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2 threatened him. This, the myth says, began the long Trojan war. At one time, the tomato was called a love apple. That was a mistake. This is how the mistake happened. In the sixteenth century, Spain imported the tomato from South America after Spanish explorers had landed there. Spain then exported the tomato to Morocco. Italian traders carried it on to Italy. The Italian name for the tomato was pomo di Moro - apple of the Moors. When French growers imported it from Italy, they thought di Moro meant d'

amour, the French word for love. And so pomo di Moro became the apple of love. People believe many things about the apple. One belief is that it has great powers of keeping people healthy. A very common expression is An apple a day keeps the doctor away. Another belief is based on fact. The expression is One rotten apple spoils the barrel. When an apple begins to go bad, it ruins all the other apples around it in the container. The expression has come to mean that one bad person in a group can cause everyone to act bad. UNSV.COM 英语辅导杂志 Issue 366, Vol. 2010, September 6th ,

2010 http://www.unsv.com WORDS AND THEIR STORIES - Apple Pie Order Page

3 第二部分、英语词汇句型 『符号说明』在以下词汇讲解中 noun 表示名词,verb 表示动词,adj 表示形容词,adv 表示副词,pron 表示代词.[C]表示名词是可数的,[U]表示名词是不可数的.Oxford 表示 词汇解释引用自《牛津高阶英语词典》 .Longman 表示词汇解释引用自引《朗文高阶美语 词典》 .e.g.表示例句. apple pie - noun. 苹果派(苹果馅饼) 【知识百科】苹果派是代表美国的甜食,连美国的惯用语有说 As American as apple pie 如苹果派一样美国化 . Scottish【 】- adj. 苏格兰的 Longman>