
The freezing Northeast hasn’t been a terribly fun place to spend time this winter, so when the chance came for a weekend to Sarasota, Florida, my bags were packed before you could say “sunshine”. I left for the land of warmth and vitamin C(维生素C), thinking of beaches and orange trees. When we touched down to blue skies and warm air, I sent up a small prayer of gratefulness. Swimming pools, wine tasting, and pink sunsets(at normal evening hours, not 4 in the afternoon) filled the weekend, but the best part- particularly to my taste, dulled by months of cold- weather root vegetables- was a 7 a.m. adventure to the Sarasota farmers’ market that proved to be more than worth the early wake-up call.
The market, which was founded in 1979, sets up its tents every Saturday from 7:00 am to 1 p.m, rain or shine, along North Lemon and State streets. Baskets of perfect red strawberries, the red-painted sides of the Java Dawg coffee truck; and most of all, the tomatoes: amazing, large, soft and round red tomatoes.
Disappointed by many a broken, vine-ripened(蔓上成熟的) promise, I’ve refused to buy winter tomatoes for years. No matter how attractive they look in the store, once I get them home they’re unfailingly dry, hard, and tasteless. But I homed in, with uncertainty, on one particular table at the Brown’s Grove Farm’s stand, full of fresh and soft tomatoes the size of my fist. These were the real deal- and at that moment, I realized that the best part of Sarasota in winter was going to be eating things that back home in New York I wouldn’t be experiencing again for months.
Delighted as I was by the tomatoes in sight, my happiness deepened when I learned that Brown’s Grove Farm is one of the suppliers for Jack Dusty, a newly opened restaurant at the Sarasota Ritz Carlton, where- luckily for me- I was planning to have dinner that very night. Without even seeing the menu, I knew I’d be ordering every tomato on it.
今年冬天,寒冷的东北部并不是一个非常有趣的地方,所以当有机会去佛罗里达州的萨拉索塔度周末时,我的行李在你说“阳光”之前就打包好了。我去了温暖和维他命C的国度,想起了海滩和橘子树。当飞机降落到蓝天和温暖的空气时,我送上了一个小小的感恩祈祷。周末充满了游泳池、品酒和粉红色的日落(在正常的傍晚时间,而不是下午4点),但最精彩的部分是早上7点去萨拉索塔农贸市场的冒险,这对我来说尤其如此,因为几个月的寒冷天气使我的口味变淡了。
这个市场成立于1979年,每周六从早上7点到下午1点,无论晴雨,都在北柠檬街(North Lemon)和州街(State street)边搭起帐篷。一篮篮的红草莓,Java Dawg咖啡车漆成红色的车身;最重要的是西红柿:又大又软又圆的红西红柿。
对许多落空的、成熟的诺言感到失望,我已经好几年不买冬番茄了。不管它们在商店里看起来多么吸引人,一旦我把它们拿回家,它们总是又干又硬,而且没有味道。但我不确定地来到了布朗格罗夫农场(Brown 's Grove Farm)摊位上的一张特别的桌子上,桌上摆满了我拳头大小的新鲜柔软的西红柿。那一刻,我意识到萨拉索塔冬天最好的部分是吃到我在纽约的家几个月都不会再经历的东西。
当我得知布朗的格罗夫农场是萨拉索塔丽思卡尔顿酒店新开的餐厅Jack Dusty的供应商之一时,我的高兴加深了。幸运的是,那天晚上我正计划在那里吃晚饭。我连菜单都没看,我就知道我要把上面所有的番茄都点了。
句子成分分析:
When we touched down toblue skies and warm air, || I sent up a small prayer (of gratefulness).
句子语法结构详解:
(sent 为 send 的过去式。)
* when 为连词,引导时间状语从句。
* touched 为谓语,采用一般过去时。
* to blue 为不定式,作状语。
* I 开头为陈述句。
* sent 为谓语,采用一般过去时。
* we, I 为人称代词主格。a 为不定冠词。
句子相关词汇解释:
Phrase:
touch down | 1) (飞机等)着陆, 降落 2) (橄榄球)持球触地得分 |
send sb up | 取笑(某人), 挖苦(某人) |
Vocabulary:
blue [blu:] | vt. | 染成蓝色 |
sky [skai] | n. | 天空 |
and [ænd] | conj. | 1) 和, 与, 同, 并 2) 然后,接着 |
warm [wɔ:m] | a. | 1) 温暖的,暖和的 2) 保暖的,保温的 |
air [єә] | n. | 1) 空气 2) (the air)空中,天空 |
small [smɔ:l] | a. | 1) (尺寸、数量、程度等)小的 2) (服装、食品、家用设施等)小号的,小型的 |
prayer [prєә, 'preiә] | n. | 1) 祷告,祈祷(的内容) 2) 祈祷文,经文 |
句子成分分析:
No matter how attractive they look [in the store], || once I get them [home] || they're [unfailingly] dry, hard, and tasteless.
句子语法结构详解:
(they're = they are)
* no matter 引导让步状语从句。
* look 为谓语,采用一般现在时。
* once 引导状语从句。
* get 为谓语,采用一般现在时。
* 第2个 they 开头为陈述句。
* are 为系动词作谓语,采用一般现在时。
* dry 为形容词作表语。
* they, I 为人称代词主格。them 为人称代词宾格。the 为定冠词。
句子相关词汇解释:
Phrase:
no matter | 不管; 无论 |
Vocabulary:
attractive [ә'træktiv] | a. | 1) (物或地方)漂亮的,有吸引力的 2) 性感的,妩媚的,英俊的,诱人的 |
look [luk] | vt. | 看来好像,显得 |
store [stɔ:] | n. | 1) 商店,店铺 2) 储存物,备用物 |
once [wʌns] | conj. | 一旦, 一...就 |
get [get] | vt. | 1) 得到,获得 2) 去取,带来 |
home [hәum] | ad. | 1) 在家,在家乡,在国内 2) 回家,回家乡,回国内 |
dry [drai] | a. | 1) 干的,干燥的 2) 雨少的,干旱的,干燥的 |
hard [hɑ:d] | a. | 1) 困苦的,艰苦的,艰难的 2) 难做的,难懂的,难以回答的 3) 坚固的,坚硬的,结实的 4) 努力的,勤劳的 |
and [ænd] | conj. | 1) 和, 与, 同, 并 2) 然后,接着 |
tasteless ['teistlis] | a. | 1) 不雅的;粗俗的;不得体的;煞风景的 2) 无味的;不可口的 |
句子成分分析:
[Without even seeing the menu], I knew | I'd be ordering every tomato [on it].
句子语法结构详解:
(knew 为 know 的过去式。I'd = I would)
* even seeing 为动名词,作介词宾语。
* knew 为谓语,采用一般过去时。
* 第2个 I 开头为宾语从句,引导词 that 被省略。
* ordering 为谓语,采用过去将来进行时。
* would 为情态动词。I 为人称代词主格。be 为助动词。the 为定冠词。
句子相关词汇解释:
Vocabulary:
without [wi'ðaut] | prep. | 1) 没有, 如果没有 2) 不, 无, 没 |
even ['i:vәn] | ad. | 1) 甚至,即使 2) (用于加强比较)甚至更, 愈加 |
see [si:] | vt. | 1) 看见,见到,看出 2) 观看(比赛、电视节目、演出等) |
menu ['menju:] | n. | 1) (饭店等的)菜单 2) (计算机等荧光屏上显示的)菜单,选单 |
know [nәu] | vt. | 1) 知道,知悉,了解 2) 认识到,懂得,意识到 |
order ['ɔ:dә] | vt. | 1) 订购,订货 2) 命令,指挥,要求 |
every ['evri] | a. | 1) 每(个), 每一 2) 所有可能的 3) 每隔, 每逢, 每 |
tomato [tә'mɑ:tәu] | n. | 番茄,西红柿 |
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