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Baking
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Baking
烘焙

Learn about Gerunds and Infinitives

Date: Jan 06 2012

Themes: Food, Hobbies

Grammar: Gerunds vs. Infinitives

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There’s nothing like freshly baked cookies to sweeten up your day and make your whole house smell delicious. But some people seem to have the magic touch when it comes to baking, while others struggle to get even the simplest recipe to turn out right.

Baking is different from cooking in that it’s not as easy to make changes to the recipe. If you don’t use the right amount of each ingredient, your brownies could fail to rise, or your cookies could come out of the oven hard as a rock. On the other hand, if you follow the recipe carefully, you should be OK. But as Ella explains to Marni, that isn’t true for everyone.

新鲜烘焙的曲奇能够让你整天都感到快乐,并使整个房间芳香四溢。在这方面,没有任何其它事物能够与之媲美。但是,某些人具有烘焙的天赋,而其他人则为一个最简单的正确配方而纠结不休。
烘焙与烹饪不同,改变配方绝非易事。如果每种原料使用的量不对,那么巧克力饼可能无法发酵,或者曲奇饼可能硬的像一块石头。相反,如果严格遵照配方,应该不会出问题。但是正如艾拉向玛尼说的那样,这并不适用于每个人。

Dialog

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Marni

Marni

Ella

Ella

Marni:  Ella, I just baked you a batch of chocolate chip cookies.

Ella:  Oh, thank you. I thought you were going to say I would have to help you bake, because it would be a disaster then.

Marni:  Oh, really? You don’t like to bake?

Ella:  I don’t like to bake. I don’t like to cook. I just don’t have the patience to wait, and baking is a lot of waiting and watching. And also, I don’t like to measure.

Marni:  Baking, you have to be really exact, whereas cooking, you can be a little more spontaneous. Throw in a little of this, a little of that. But baking, you have to follow the recipe to a T. But I love it. It’s just so relaxing to me. It’s so rewarding to have your house smell like fresh baked cookies or bread or cake or pastries.

Ella:  I can’t do it. I mean, I love the end results, so that’s why I love to go to a bakery after someone else has done the hard work. But I myself could never be a baker. I don’t have what it takes.

Marni:  Well, it’s a good thing you have friends who like to bake. You sure you don’t want me to show you sometime?

Ella:  I’m good. I’ll just eat this cookie instead.

Marni:  OK.

 

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Discussion

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Marni has baked some cookies. She offers them to Ella. Ella is relieved that she didn’t have to help make the cookies, because although she loves eating baked goods, she hates baking.

Ella says she is bad at baking because she is too impatient, and she doesn’t like measuring. To bake, you have to carefully measure out the ingredients. Unlike Ella, Marni thinks baking is relaxing and rewarding.

Do you like to bake? What is your favorite thing to bake?

 

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tamago

tamago

Japan

the whole house smell like a fresh bread,cookies…
that is like in a dream:)

10:01 AM Jan 06 2012 |

AUL

AUL

Azerbaijan

to bake is really interesting thing


i like to bake but not so much as eat :) if someone wants i can eat her cakes and etc :)


and i thing to bake and to cook help people distress


and if people bake sth with great love it’ll be more tasty


09:00 AM Jan 06 2012 |

foz12

foz12

Saudi Arabia

Yes I do like to bake especially cupcakes it’s my favorite
ones, but that when I have a time to do it (weekend only) and to be honest I’m moody to bake also,however the result it’s worth it when you do it to a family and friends .

08:30 AM Jan 06 2012 |

2 people like this

one wish , one love

Chad

intersting  

08:11 AM Jan 06 2012 |

one wish , one love

Chad

intersting  

08:10 AM Jan 06 2012 |

manu_wj

manu_wj

Italy

you’re simply great Butterfly, you’re the woman who every man would like to marry


 


http://www.englishbaby.com/findfriends/view_photo/701694

08:08 AM Jan 06 2012 |

manu_wj

manu_wj

Italy

kOTLESYA, I’m waiting to look your pics about your Easter Cakes. I’d like to see them, I get curious when the topic is food

07:19 AM Jan 06 2012 |

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kotlesya

kotlesya

Belarus

I like cooking and I like baking as well. I know BUTTAFLY, will write lots of comments about this topic, beause it is her hobby :) As for me, except of my ocassional baking I always do my special baking on the Easter. I bake the Easter cakes. I will put the photo of them later on, because I don’t have them on this computer :) If we cook we must do it with all our soul and good mood. As a result, the delicious meal we enjoy afterwards.

07:10 AM Jan 06 2012 |

manu_wj

manu_wj

Italy

I admit that I love cooking but a little less baking. I prefer doing food by stove. My favorite dishes are pasta, fish and meat, as I don’t like very much sweets I don’t like making them.


Just one more thing, the “intro” tells that ” it’s important to carefully follow the recipe. Well, I don’t agree with this, I tried to replace ingredients, put in more or less spices, add spicy and so on and the result was good. I guess that every recipe should be adapted according to peronally tastes

07:03 AM Jan 06 2012 |

JessieSuperkute

Viet Nam

well, i dont like to cookLaughing

06:38 AM Jan 06 2012 |

Wishion

Wishion

China

well ,i like cooking .

05:43 AM Jan 06 2012 |

i love life

Palestinian Territory, Occupied

Baking a grace from God.


my mother do for us day after day if you making baking at the home you will have a tasty delicious for me I preferably eating baking with my family.


our traditional baking is name the pastry.


05:30 AM Jan 06 2012 |

thomasnugroho

Indonesia

I like this dialog about baking. How can i download other dialogs easyly?

04:46 AM Jan 06 2012 |

lanimr

lanimr

Indonesia

i really like to bake but i can’t do it by my self. my aunt will help me for this. she always bake for my grandma my mom and the others:)

03:41 AM Jan 06 2012 |

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snowlover

snowlover

China

I like eating baked cookies,but who likes to bake it for me?Tongue out

03:36 AM Jan 06 2012 |

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sibby724

sibby724

Taiwan

Mm…Im hungry.

03:28 AM Jan 06 2012 |

ola33

ola33

Japan

I love baking too, not cakes though. Mostly pirogi— that’s Ukranian kind of  buns with stuffing. Although you can buy them in a store, but it won’t be the same taste, cost and plus,  it’s a wonderful experience to do something by yourself and keep the heritage.

03:02 AM Jan 06 2012 |

Kiricoquito

Mexico

Baking, in my early years i remembered i used to cook and baked, but now i’m absolutely a mess, i’m very clumsy as soon as i entered to the kitchen. I ope some day  those skills cameback to my hands if it’s possible.

02:59 AM Jan 06 2012 |

emi0808

emi0808

Philippines

I love to bake. I learned how to bake when I took Foods class in high school. Baking is really fun and easy specially for the people who love eating. hehe


My favorite thing to bake is cake and pastries such as chiffon sponge cake, black forest, leche flan, tarts, pies and more… :)

02:43 AM Jan 06 2012 |

jolefrancaisSuper Member!

France

SORRY I CAN’T BAKE, BUT WE SEE ALL TIME ON TV SHOW PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO BE A BAKER.IT’S PRETTY AMAZING EVERYONE’S WANTS COOKING, IT’S KIND OF TREND ON TV.

05:32 PM Jan 05 2012 |

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