和谐英语

VOA常速英语:DNA Tests Prove Worms in Sardine Cans are Kosher

2012-03-08来源:VOA
短语讲解:
1. Let's say one day you're opening up a can of sardines and you come across a worm.

open up打开
例句:The police had to get special permission to open up the grave.
警察必须在获得特准后, 才能打开这座坟墓。
come across偶然发现, 偶然遇见
例句:I came across him in the street yesterday.
昨天我在街上无意中碰到了他。

2. "Unfortunately, recently, it hasn't been unusual at all," noted Rabbi Chaim Loike with the Orthodox Union, an organization that certifies whether products conform to Jewish dietary law.

conform to符合,遵照
例句:Whatever we do should conform to the public interests.
我们所做的一切都应符合公众的利益。

3. Loikea says these worms were showing up in about one out of every six cans.

show up到场, 出席,如约赶到,出现,露面
例句:He showed up when we least expected him.
我们根本没有料到, 他竟然来了。

4. It says if the worm comes from the intestines, it is generally not kosher.

come from来自,源出;产自
例句:This word comes from Latin.
这个词源于拉丁语。

5. That's a big deal, because even many non-Jews look for that certification as a sign of quality.

look for寻找
例句:She is looking for her lost child.
她正在寻找失去的孩子。

6. To figure out what kind of parasites Loike's fish had, Siddall used a technique called DNA barcoding.

figure out弄明白,理解
例句:I can't figure out what he was hinting at.
我想不出他在暗示什么。