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為什麼麵包師傅總是數錯!? Why Can’t Bakers Count?

Why Can’t Bakers Count?
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為什麼麵包師傅總是數錯!? Why Can’t Bakers Count?
探究麵包師傅的一打的起源。
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Exploring the origins of the term baker’s dozen.

        When you go into a store and buy a dozen eggs, you go home with 12. When you are in a restaurant and order a dozen chicken wings, the waiter returns with 12 of them on a plate. So, why are there 13 items given out when people go to bakeries and order a baker’s dozen? Bakers can’t be that bad at counting, can they?

        The most widely accepted theory is that bakers had a bad reputation for cheating people in medieval times in England. When people went to the bakery to get loaves of bread, sometimes they would be normal, but other times, the bread was small. The problem was so common that laws were made that if bakers were found cheating their customers, they would get fined or whipped.

 

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Words in Use
bakery
[ˋbekərɪ]
n. 麵包店(= bakeshop)
baker
[ˋbekɚ]
n. 麵包師傅
reputation
[͵rɛpjəˋteʃən]
n. 名譽,名聲
medieval
[͵mɪdɪˋivəl]
a. . 中世紀的
dough
[do]
n. 麵糰 ; 錢(不可數)
content
[ˋkəntɛnt]
n. (書、演講的)內容(不可數);內容物(恆用複數);目錄(恆用複數)
origin
[ˋɔrədʒɪn]
n. 起源;出身(皆常用複數)
loaf
[lof]
n. (一條、一塊)麵包
vi. 閒混
whip
[hwɪp]
vt. 用鞭子抽打;攪打(食材)
n. 鞭子
scale
[skel]
n. 規模;等級;磅秤;鱗片
weigh
[we]
vt. 秤重量;重達……;衡量,仔細考慮
Practical Phrases
a baker’s dozen
 十三(麵包師傅的一打實為十二加一)
widely accepted
 被廣泛接受的
have a bad reputation for...
 因⋯⋯聲名狼藉
break the law
 犯法
= violate the law

Rebecca would never dream of breaking the law.
蕾貝嘉從沒想過要犯法

throw in...
 免費添加/額外奉送⋯⋯

Ron threw in a couple of tires when he sold Mindy his bicycle.
榮恩把他的自行車賣給明蒂時,附送了幾條輪胎。

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