VOA常速英语:Smart Turkeys 'Pop' When They're Cooked

短语讲解：

1. You’ve heard of “smart phones,” but what about smart turkeys?

hear of得悉, 听说
例句：We don't know the singer, but we have heard of her.
我们不认识那位歌唱家, 但我们听说过她。

2. In the wild, they’re fast, sociable and smart enough to hide from most humans.

hide from把…藏起来不让…发现; 躲避…
例句：His friends hid him from the police.
他的朋友把他藏了起来不让警察知道。

3. And the people who roast them don’t have to rely on guesswork and experience - or even juice-splattered meat thermometers - to determine when the golden-brown bird is done.

rely on信赖, 依赖,依靠
例句：Hong Kong's prosperity relies heavily on foreign businesses.
香港的繁荣在很大程度上依赖于外国商行。

4. A little metallic bead deep in the device held a spring in place, and the soft metal was supposed to liquefy when Tom Turkey reached 82 degrees Celsius - the temperature when fowl is safe to eat.

be supposed to应该,被期望
例句：The show is supposed to be good.
这场表演应当是相当好的。

5. So the plunger wouldn’t pop, birds came out overdone and dry, and many a Thanksgiving was ruined.

come out出来
例句：Why is it that you've come out against the proposal he put forward?
为什么你要反对他提出的建议呢?

6. That makes for a lot of smart turkeys, or turkey lovers, this Thanksgiving.

make for有利于, 致使
例句：Cleanliness makes for good health.
讲究卫生有助于增进健康。