英打造巨型蛋糕庆女王登基60年

时间：2012-06-03 07:34:49

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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 Jubilee1.

从没有一位女王能有更好的理由说：“大家吃蛋糕吧。”已有四家工程队准备开展一场竞赛，为纪念英国女王登基钻石禧年，打造最高的蛋糕。

The rival companies will show off their engineering and baking prowess（英勇，超凡技术） , equipped with a total of 66lb of flour, 408lb of butter, 990lb of sugar, four vats2 of golden syrup3（糖浆） and 1,480lb of chocolate.

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 pageant4（盛会，游行） .

It has emerged that Arup - the company who created the Gherkin skyscraper5 in London - will be producing a replica6 of the iconic towerblock.

After weeks of planning, the team behind the project are set to build their cake to the height of a two-storey house.

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.

"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.

The crown of the bullet-shaped building will be formed of delicate spun7 sugar.

Also in the mix for the competition are Expedition Engineering, a team who are planning a cake made of ice cream cones8; Buro Happold, who will create a cake tower topped with a Union Jack-shaped sponge; and the Young Structural9 Engineers team, who will bake a creation involve cupcakes and chocolate pillars.

The cakes will afterwards be fed to the crowds.


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1 jubilee 9aLzJ     
n.周年纪念；欢乐
参考例句：
  • They had a big jubilee to celebrate the victory.他们举行盛大的周年纪念活动以祝贺胜利。
  • Every Jubilee,to take the opposite case,has served a function.反过来说，历次君主巡幸，都曾起到某种作用。
2 vats 3cf7466f161beb5cb241053041e2077e     
varieties 变化，多样性，种类
参考例句：
  • Fixed rare issue with getting stuck in VATS mode. 修正了极少出现的VATS模式卡住的问题。
  • Objective To summarize the experience of VATS clinic application. 目的总结电视胸腔镜手术(vats)胸外科疾病治疗中的临床应用经验。
3 syrup hguzup     
n.糖浆，糖水
参考例句：
  • I skimmed the foam from the boiling syrup.我撇去了煮沸糖浆上的泡沫。
  • Tinned fruit usually has a lot of syrup with it.罐头水果通常都有许多糖浆。
4 pageant fvnyN     
n.壮观的游行；露天历史剧
参考例句：
  • Our pageant represented scenes from history.我们的露天历史剧上演一幕幕的历史事件。
  • The inauguration ceremony of the new President was a splendid pageant.新主席的就职典礼的开始是极其壮观的。
5 skyscraper vxzwd     
n.摩天大楼
参考例句：
  • The skyscraper towers into the clouds.那幢摩天大楼高耸入云。
  • The skyscraper was wrapped in fog.摩天楼为雾所笼罩。
6 replica 9VoxN     
n.复制品
参考例句：
  • The original conservatory has been rebuilt in replica.温室已按原样重建。
  • The young artist made a replica of the famous painting.这位年轻的画家临摹了这幅著名的作品。
7 spun kvjwT     
v.纺，杜撰，急转身
参考例句：
  • His grandmother spun him a yarn at the fire.他奶奶在火炉边给他讲故事。
  • Her skilful fingers spun the wool out to a fine thread.她那灵巧的手指把羊毛纺成了细毛线。
8 cones 1928ec03844308f65ae62221b11e81e3     
n.（人眼）圆锥细胞；圆锥体( cone的名词复数 )；球果；圆锥形东西；（盛冰淇淋的）锥形蛋卷筒
参考例句：
  • In the pines squirrels commonly chew off and drop entire cones. 松树上的松鼠通常咬掉和弄落整个球果。 来自辞典例句
  • Many children would rather eat ice cream from cones than from dishes. 许多小孩喜欢吃蛋卷冰淇淋胜过盘装冰淇淋。 来自辞典例句
9 structural itXw5     
adj.构造的，组织的，建筑（用）的
参考例句：
  • The storm caused no structural damage.风暴没有造成建筑结构方面的破坏。
  • The North American continent is made up of three great structural entities.北美大陆是由三个构造单元组成的。

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