A: What in the world is that smell?
B: The aroma of roasting coffee beans.
A: Smells like you're baking something. What are those?
B: Green beans. They pop and turn brown when you roast them.
A: Cool! But isn't that a hot air popcorn popper?
B: This machine roasts the beans just right. If you roast them too long, or the temperature is too hot...
A: The beans will burn. I know. I've tasted burnt coffee before...yuck!
★ aroma (n.) 香味
★ roast (v.) 烘焙
He roasted a chicken for dinner.
他烤了一只雞作晚餐。
★bake (v.) 烤。這兩個(gè)字的差別在于bake是將食物放在烤箱中烘烤,而roast除了表示放在烤箱里烤,也可以是放在火上烤
The bread is baking in the oven.
烤箱里正在烤面包。
★ pop (v.) 爆開
It came out pop. 那東西砰的一聲就出來了.
★ popcorn popper 爆制爆米花的機(jī)器
★ temperature (n.) 溫度
A: 那究竟是什么味道?
B: 烘焙咖啡豆的香味。
A: 聞味道還以為是你在烤什么東西吃。這些是什么?
B: 生咖啡豆。當(dāng)你烘焙它們的時(shí)候,它們就會(huì)爆開,并變成棕色。
A: 酷!但那不是一臺(tái)爆米花機(jī)嗎?
B: 用這機(jī)器來烘焙咖啡豆正好。要是烘焙過久,或是溫度太高……
A: 那么咖啡豆就會(huì)燒焦。我知道。我喝過煮焦的咖啡……好難喝!