luosteve的部落格

外站的超市對我來說通常是必逛的地方之一，因為它們是很棒的「殺時間」的地點，而且在裡頭也可發掘到許多新奇的玩意兒。 

The out-port supermarkets are one of the must-visit places to me since they are great “time-killing” spots, and where a number of novel stuff can be discovered.

**「must-」後頭可以加原形動詞形成一個複合形容詞(後頭通常接某事物或地點當所屬名詞)，表「一定要…的~，非…不可的~」。如：the must-visit restaurant：一定要去的餐廳；the must-eat seafood：非吃不可的海鮮；a must-see movie：不可錯過的電影。 
 

前一晚俺大概十一點多（當地時間，晚我們十五個小時）到達溫哥華的飯店。今天下午，和比我早些到溫哥華的一位台灣同事-珍妮花用完午餐後，我便進行了到外站會例行性做的事—到附近的超市買些食品雜貨。  

I arrived at the hotel in Vancouver at around 11 something (local time, 15 hours behind our time) last night. This afternoon, right after I had finished having lunch with my Taiwanese colleague—Jennifer, who had already come to Vancouver earlier than I, I went to a supermarket nearby to do some grocery shopping as the routine thing I do in out ports.

**第一句的時間單位後頭接「something」是口語的「…點多，如5 something指五點多」。  

**do some + Ving是口語用法，表「做點…事」。如：do some shopping：買點東西、do some reading：念點書、do some cooking：煮些吃的。 
 

就在我在SaveOnFoods這家超市「探險」的過程中，發現了一些有趣的東西，現在貼上來讓各位聞香一下，一起猜猜看它們是啥碗糕吧！  

During my exploration in the SaveOnFoods supermarket, I found something interesting and am posting them below for you to have a look. Let’s guess what they are.

 

圖一：在每一個那種塑膠盒裡裝有90個如姆指般大小的小東西，它們有不同顏色可以選擇且作用相同。那究竟是什麼呢？  

(提示：非食物。每個家庭每天都可能會用得到，不過形式就不一定是如圖所示的了)  

Picture 1: 90 thumb-sized small things are stored in each of that plastic container. They come in different colors and function the same. What exactly are they?  

(Hint: They are not food. They can be used everyday for every family, but are not necessarily in the form of the following.)

圖二：它是一種如掌般大小的東西，可以站立放置或掛在某些烹飪器具邊上。  

(提示：哈哈~應該很簡單，不需要提示)  

Picture 2: It’s something palm-sized, which can stand or be hung on the edge of some cooking utensils.  

(Hint: haha~should be very easy, no hint for this stuff)

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  說文解字  

Key Words  

1). time-killing：可讓人消磨時間的~ (to kill time則是消磨時間、殺時間的動詞用法)  

2). to discover：發現、發掘  

3). grocery shopping：食品雜貨的採購  

4). routine：例行性的  

5). to post：貼上 (post-it這一個複合名詞即指我們常用的隨意貼便條紙)  

6). thumb：姆指 (文中其後頭接-sized是個複合形容詞的用法，指姆指般大小的)  

7). to come in~：以…的形式呈現、包含…的類形  

8). function：起作用(V)  

9). palm：手掌 (文中其後頭接-sized是個複合形容詞的用法，指手掌般大小的)  

10). to hang：本文指掛起來之意(過去式及過去分詞為hung)，若指絞死或吊死時，它的過去式或過去分詞則為hanged 

11). cooking utensil：烹飪器具