The delicious Diamond contest with Jubilee cakes as big as houses
Never has a Queen had a better reason to say “Let them eat cake”. Four engineering teams are preparing to do battle in a contest to make the tallest cake to mark the Diamond Jubilee.
從沒(méi)有一位女王能有更好的理由說(shuō)：“大家吃蛋糕吧?！币延兴募夜こ剃?duì)準(zhǔn)備開展一場(chǎng)競(jìng)賽，為紀(jì)念英國(guó)女王登基鉆石禧年，打造的蛋糕。
The rival companies will show off their engineering and baking prowess, equipped with a total of 66lb of flour, 408lb of butter, 990lb of sugar, four vats of golden syrup and 1,480lb of chocolate.
這幾家競(jìng)爭(zhēng)公司將展示各自的工藝水平和烘焙技術(shù)，預(yù)計(jì)將用掉66磅面粉、408磅奶油、990磅的糖，4大桶金黃色糖漿以及1480磅巧克力。
The contest will be held to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee on Sunday at the Battersea Park festival in London, near to the start of the river pageant.
這場(chǎng)蛋糕比賽將于周日在倫敦貝特西公園的慶祝活動(dòng)上舉行，以紀(jì)念英國(guó)女王登基鉆石禧年。這里臨近鉆石禧年慶典中皇家御舟航行的始發(fā)地。
It has emerged that Arup - the company who created the Gherkin skyscraper in London - will be producing a replica of the iconic towerblock.
據(jù)稱，負(fù)責(zé)設(shè)計(jì)倫敦“小黃瓜”摩天大樓的英國(guó)奧雅納工程顧問(wèn)公司將依照這一地標(biāo)性建筑的外觀設(shè)計(jì)蛋糕。
After weeks of planning, the team behind the project are set to build their cake to the height of a two-storey house.
在數(shù)周的計(jì)劃之后，該公司的設(shè)計(jì)團(tuán)隊(duì)打算打造一個(gè)兩層樓高的蛋糕。
Stephanie Black, an electrical engineer with Arup, said the team was used to working with concrete and steel, but less so with materials such as chocolate and fruit cake.
該公司的電子工程師斯蒂芬妮-布萊克說(shuō)，團(tuán)隊(duì)習(xí)慣于和鋼筋水泥打交道，但對(duì)巧克力和水果蛋糕等材料不太熟悉。
“We had to do a lot of testing on the new materials before we realised that diamond-shaped blocks of crispy cakes were the most sturdy,” she said.
她說(shuō)：“我們進(jìn)行了大量的試驗(yàn)，才發(fā)現(xiàn)鉆石型搭建的酥脆蛋糕是最牢固的?！?BR> The crown of the bullet-shaped building will be formed of delicate spun sugar.
這個(gè)子彈型“建筑”的“王冠”將由鮮美的棉花糖制成。
Also in the mix for the competition are Expedition Engineering, a team who are planning a cake made of ice cream cones; Buro Happold, who will create a cake tower topped with a Union Jack-shaped sponge; and the Young Structural Engineers team, who will bake a creation involve cupcakes and chocolate pillars.
參與競(jìng)爭(zhēng)的團(tuán)隊(duì)還有計(jì)劃制作冰淇淋甜筒蛋糕的遠(yuǎn)征工程公司；計(jì)劃制作頂部是英國(guó)國(guó)旗形狀松糕的蛋糕塔的標(biāo)赫工程顧問(wèn)公司；以及計(jì)劃烘焙一個(gè)包含紙杯蛋糕和巧克力棒的蛋糕的青年結(jié)構(gòu)工程公司。
The cakes will afterwards be fed to the crowds.
蛋糕最終將分發(fā)給民眾品嘗。
Vocabulary:
prowess: 超凡技術(shù)，威力
spun sugar: 棉花糖
Union Jack: 英國(guó)國(guó)旗
Never has a Queen had a better reason to say “Let them eat cake”. Four engineering teams are preparing to do battle in a contest to make the tallest cake to mark the Diamond Jubilee.
從沒(méi)有一位女王能有更好的理由說(shuō)：“大家吃蛋糕吧?！币延兴募夜こ剃?duì)準(zhǔn)備開展一場(chǎng)競(jìng)賽，為紀(jì)念英國(guó)女王登基鉆石禧年，打造的蛋糕。
The rival companies will show off their engineering and baking prowess, equipped with a total of 66lb of flour, 408lb of butter, 990lb of sugar, four vats of golden syrup and 1,480lb of chocolate.
這幾家競(jìng)爭(zhēng)公司將展示各自的工藝水平和烘焙技術(shù)，預(yù)計(jì)將用掉66磅面粉、408磅奶油、990磅的糖，4大桶金黃色糖漿以及1480磅巧克力。
The contest will be held to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee on Sunday at the Battersea Park festival in London, near to the start of the river pageant.
這場(chǎng)蛋糕比賽將于周日在倫敦貝特西公園的慶祝活動(dòng)上舉行，以紀(jì)念英國(guó)女王登基鉆石禧年。這里臨近鉆石禧年慶典中皇家御舟航行的始發(fā)地。
It has emerged that Arup - the company who created the Gherkin skyscraper in London - will be producing a replica of the iconic towerblock.
據(jù)稱，負(fù)責(zé)設(shè)計(jì)倫敦“小黃瓜”摩天大樓的英國(guó)奧雅納工程顧問(wèn)公司將依照這一地標(biāo)性建筑的外觀設(shè)計(jì)蛋糕。
After weeks of planning, the team behind the project are set to build their cake to the height of a two-storey house.
在數(shù)周的計(jì)劃之后，該公司的設(shè)計(jì)團(tuán)隊(duì)打算打造一個(gè)兩層樓高的蛋糕。
Stephanie Black, an electrical engineer with Arup, said the team was used to working with concrete and steel, but less so with materials such as chocolate and fruit cake.
該公司的電子工程師斯蒂芬妮-布萊克說(shuō)，團(tuán)隊(duì)習(xí)慣于和鋼筋水泥打交道，但對(duì)巧克力和水果蛋糕等材料不太熟悉。
“We had to do a lot of testing on the new materials before we realised that diamond-shaped blocks of crispy cakes were the most sturdy,” she said.
她說(shuō)：“我們進(jìn)行了大量的試驗(yàn)，才發(fā)現(xiàn)鉆石型搭建的酥脆蛋糕是最牢固的?！?BR> The crown of the bullet-shaped building will be formed of delicate spun sugar.
這個(gè)子彈型“建筑”的“王冠”將由鮮美的棉花糖制成。
Also in the mix for the competition are Expedition Engineering, a team who are planning a cake made of ice cream cones; Buro Happold, who will create a cake tower topped with a Union Jack-shaped sponge; and the Young Structural Engineers team, who will bake a creation involve cupcakes and chocolate pillars.
參與競(jìng)爭(zhēng)的團(tuán)隊(duì)還有計(jì)劃制作冰淇淋甜筒蛋糕的遠(yuǎn)征工程公司；計(jì)劃制作頂部是英國(guó)國(guó)旗形狀松糕的蛋糕塔的標(biāo)赫工程顧問(wèn)公司；以及計(jì)劃烘焙一個(gè)包含紙杯蛋糕和巧克力棒的蛋糕的青年結(jié)構(gòu)工程公司。
The cakes will afterwards be fed to the crowds.
蛋糕最終將分發(fā)給民眾品嘗。
Vocabulary:
prowess: 超凡技術(shù)，威力
spun sugar: 棉花糖
Union Jack: 英國(guó)國(guó)旗