Whether they have a sweet tooth or just want to celebrate an event, people around the world trun to cakes.

In recent years, though, the cupcake has wormed its way into people's hearts.

The rich flavor of the cake is combined with a frostinf that makes your taste buds tingle.

What's better, all of this comes in the perfect size for one person!

不論是愛吃甜食或只是想要慶祝活動，世上的人都用蛋糕

然而近年來，杯子蛋糕已經慢慢佔據人們的心

蛋糕濃郁的滋味融合著使你味蕾興奮的糖霜

更好的是，這些全都以完美的一人份尺寸供應！

The cupcake got ist start in the US in the early 1800s.

The name comes from the fact that it was originally baked in a ceramic cup.

Cupcake are easy to make, as you use the same basic ingredients that you do for a cake.

A classic cupcake features a vanilla cake topped with chocolate icing.

When bakeries started selling them, they got creative.

How does a chocolate cupcake with peanut butter frosting sound？

杯子蛋糕十九世紀初在美國開始出現

它的名字來自於它起初是在陶瓷杯中烘烤的

由於你使用與做蛋糕相同的基本材料，杯子蛋糕很容易製作

一個經典杯子蛋糕是覆有巧克力糖霜的香草蛋糕

麵包店開始銷售它們的時候，店家就變得創意十足

一個加上花生醬糖霜的巧克力杯子蛋糕聽起來怎麼樣？

There was a sudden explosion in cupcake popularity in 2000.

Perhaps it was from their appearance on the hit TV show Sex and the City.

Cupcake shops opened across the States, in Europe, and in Asia.

Each cupcake-conquered country added its own touch to the treat.

In Taiwan, you can find taro or red bean cupcakes, while some Hong Kong offer lychee and white peach as flavors.

在二○○○年，杯子蛋糕突然爆紅

也許是因為它在風行的電視影集《慾望城市》中出現的關係

杯子蛋糕店的開設遍及美國、歐洲及亞洲

每個被杯子蛋糕征服的國家都為這點心加上各自的風格

在台灣，你可以找到芋頭或紅豆口味的杯子蛋糕，而一些香港的麵包店則供應荔枝和白桃口味的

字彙

01. originally [əˋrɪdʒən!ɪ] adv. 起初；原本

02. ceramic [səˋræmɪk] n. 陶瓷的

03. ingredient [ɪnˋgridɪənt] n. 材料；成分

04. explosion [ɪkˋsploʒən] n. 突增；爆發

05. popularity [͵pɑpjəˋlærətɪ] n. 受歡迎；普及

06. tingle [ˋtɪŋg!] v. 興奮；激動

07. have a sweet tooth 指「喜好甜食」

08. worm one's way into + sth 指「漸漸滲入....；逐漸而巧妙地取得....」

09. taste bud 指「味蕾」，常用複數形

10. touch 此指「風格；特點」

11. vanilla [vəˋnɪlə] adj. 香草味的

12. icing [ˋaɪsɪŋ] n. 糖霜；糖衣

13. frosting [ˋfrɔstɪŋ] n. 糖霜

14. taro [ˋtɑro] n. 芋頭

15. lychee [ˋlaɪtʃi] n. 荔枝

關鍵解析

1. What's better　更好的是

What's + 形容詞比較級的片語，帶出逗點後的子句，以補充說明「更....的是.....」

其他類似用法如下：

What's better,  + S. + V. = 更好的是....

What's worse, + S. + V. = 更糟的是....

What's more,  + S. + V. = 此外；而且....

‧I missed the bus. What's worse, it was the last bus of the night.

　我錯過了公車。更糟的是，這是那晚最後一班公車

‧That was a delicious meal, What's more, it was very healthful.

　那是美味的一餐。而且，它也非常健康

2. as 作連接詞的意義

A. 表「因為；由於」，如文中用法

‧As Wallace wants to study this weekend, he told his friends that he couldn't see them.

　由於華勒斯這週末想要唸書，他告訴朋友說他無法見他們

B. 表「當.....的時候」

‧I was leaving the classroom as Rachel was coming is, so we stopped and talked for a minute.

　瑞秋進來教室時我正要離開，所以我們停下來聊了一會兒

C. 表「依照；如同.....的方式」

‧You need to told the paper here as the directions tell you to do.

　你必須依照說明告訴你的方式在這裡摺紙