《英语口语训练课程》：教授技能（附原文+词汇解析）
Describe an experience that you taught someone something?You should say:When it happened and how it was: one weekendWho was with you: my grandfatherWhat you did in this event: I taught him how to make pizzaAnd how you felt about it: I felt glad he enjoyed my companyLet me tell you about one time I taught, my happy and relaxed grandfather how to make pizza.I love spending weekends at my grandparents’ house to make sure that they were both excellent and also to accompany（陪伴） them in their twilight years（晚年）.When I do, my grandfather is always delighted since I am his favorite grandson.解析：spend time (in) doing sth. 做某事花费时间spend time on sth. 在某事上花费时间accompany 陪伴twilight years晚年One weekend, I went there and brought some pizza as there are no pizza houses in the countryside.Grandpa relished（喜爱）it with gusto（爱好） that I smiled looking at how he devoured（吞食）every slice（薄片，部分）with delight.He was like a child who hasn’t eaten his favorite food for a long time, and he asked me to buy some again when I came back the next weekend.However, I told him that it was as easy as pie to make pizza so long as he had the ingredients（材料） for it.解析：因为as / since / because / due to / because of ／result from ／caused bydevour 大口吃 / sip 小口啜as easy as pie = a piece of cake 小菜一碟He smiled from ear-to-ear and told me to teach him right then and there, so we headed to the kitchen to check for cheese, flour（面粉）, yeast（酵母）, sausage（香肠）, and meat.Then, we went to his vegetable garden to check out and take his harvest of pepper, olives（橄榄）, onions（洋葱）, tomato, and mushroom.When all was set, we started making the dough（生面团）by mixing flour, yeast, and water, then we waited for a few minutes for the dough to rise and then we put all the toppings（调味品） we wanted to put.Grandpa’s pizza was laden with（装满）a lot of cheese, and he was beaming（喜气洋洋的）with joy with his creation.While waiting for the pizza to be cooked, we told antics（滑稽事）and stories to each other, so we were both on cloud nine.Finally, when we could smell the rich aroma（芳香）, we got the pizza out from the oven than called grandma to eat with us.I was glad to teach him how to make pizza.解析：smile from ear-to-ear 笑得合不拢嘴head to 直奔……be laden with装满on cloud nine = over the moon 非常高兴
