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邦妮：黛西，口水是什么？
黛西：比如说，他饿了，看见汉堡就流口水。口水是嘴里流出来的液体。
邦妮：啊，老板说晚上一起吃口水鸡。
Bonnie：Daisy, what is spit?
Daisy：For example, if a guy is hungry and he sees a hamburger, he will start to drool spit. Spit is a kind of liquid that flows out of the mouth.
Bonnie: Oh, our boss promised to treat us to steamed chicken with chili sauce tonight.


词语注释 Note

口水：（kǒu shuǐ）n. spit, saliva, slobber

饿：（è）adj. hungry

流：（líu）v. to flow

液体：（yè tǐ）n. liquid

晚上：（wǎn shang）n. tonight, in the evening, at night

一起：（yì qǐ）adv. together, in company with

吃：（chī）v. to eat

鸡：（jī）n. chicken

语言点 Language Point

1. 流口水
"流口水"指因想吃东西而分泌唾液，或者指任唾液等液体从嘴里流出。
"Drooling" means that one's mouth waters because of hunger, or when a liquid falls from one's mouth.
例如（for example）:
① 它们看起来真的很可口,让我流口水。
Those look so delicious that I'm drooling quite a bit.
② 你一看到美女就流口水。
You will drool as soon as you see a beautiful woman.
2.液体
在常温下，水、酒、水银等都是液体。
At room temperature, water, wine, and mercury are liquid.
比较：⑴液体：水，酒，水银
⑵固体：岩石、木材、玻璃
⑶气体：空气、氧气、沼气
Comparison: ⑴Liquid: water, wine, mercury
⑵Solid: rock, wood, glass
⑶Gas: air, oxygen, methane
3. 口水鸡
口水鸡是一道凉菜，以鸡、白糖、麻油等为主要食材。
Steamed chicken with chili sauce is a cold dish whose main ingredient contains chicken, sugar, oil, and so on. 




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• liquid [´likwid]   n.液体 a.流动的   (初中英语单词)
• hunger [´hʌŋgə]   n.饥饿；渴望   (初中英语单词)
• delicious [di´liʃəs]   a.美味的，可口的   (初中英语单词)
• mercury [´mə:kjuri]   n.汞；水银柱   (初中英语单词)
• oxygen [´ɔksidʒən]   n.氧，氧气   (初中英语单词)
• ingredient [in´gri:diənt]   n.(混合物的)成分   (高中英语单词)