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　　It was a banquet to remember.All the soldiers from the barracks said this, even though the barometer read 40 degrees and a bandit had stolen the main dish, barbeque ribs.They were quite angry about this at first. But after the bandit was discovered to be the bastard son of the local river barge driver, the soldiers handed him over to his father who then banished the bastard son from the base to spend a week in the barren basement of their old river home. But all the excitement didnt spoil the banquet. It just got it started.

　　The food was wonderful. First came a large plate of bamboo, then a turkey with it's beak covered in sauce. Everyone was able to taste each dish. And, as the soldiers beckoned each other to taste other meals, such as barley bread and a large batch of batter-fried river bass, no one cared about the beads of sweat that were rolling down their faces due to the hot weather. They were just enjoying themselves and the good food.

　　When the escaped bastard son of the river barge driver barged in to eat some food before he had to again run away from his father, the soldiers only laughed. No one cared about the fresh bandage on the bastard's head or where it came from. And no one set up any barricade to slow down the bastard's escape from his father.

　　The only thing that temporarily stunned the soldiers was the appearance of a dish of fried beetles. They all looked in silence, not knowing if the dish was a joke or not. Then they decided that they didn't care, laughed even louder, and ate the beetle dish as heartily as the others.

　　Yep. That was a banquet to remember.

　　记单词

　　bamboo n.竹，竹子

　　bandage n.绷带vt.用绷带绑扎

　　bandit n.强盗，土匪，歹徒

　　banish vt.1.放逐，驱逐2.消除，排除

　　banquet n.宴会，盛宴

　　barbecue n.1.金属烤架2.烧烤野餐vt.在烤架上烧烤

　　barge n.驳船vi.(鲁莽而笨拙地)猛撞，冲，闯

　　barge in闯入，干预

　　barley n.大麦

　　barometer n.气压计，晴雨表

　　barrack v.起哄，喝倒彩n.[pl.]兵营，营房

　　barren a.1.(土地等)贫瘠的，荒芜的2.不结果实的，不(生)育的3.无益的，没有结果的

　　barricade n.路障，栅栏，障碍vt.设路障于，挡住

　　basement n.地下室

　　bass n.1.男低音，低声部，低音乐器2.鲈鱼

　　bastard n.1.坏蛋，混蛋

　　2.私生子

　　batch n.1.一批，一组，一群2.一批生产量

　　batter v.连续猛击n.(用鸡蛋、牛奶等调制的)面糊

　　bead n.1.小珠子2.(水、血、汗的)小滴

　　beak n.鸟喙，钩鼻

　　beckon v.示意，召唤

　　beetle n.甲虫

　　这是一次值得纪念的宴会。兵营里的士兵们都这么说。尽管气压计显示的是40度，而且一名歹徒还偷走了他们的主菜——供烧烤用的排骨。开始的时候他们对此还挺生气。但当他们发现这名歹徒就是当地河流上驳船驾驶员的混蛋儿子时，士兵们把他交给了他的父亲。父亲把他的混蛋儿子从基地赶回了河边的老家，让他在那空荡荡的地下室呆上一星期。不过所有这些令人心烦的事并没有把宴会搞砸。宴会就这样开始了。

　　吃的东西棒极了。首先端上来的是一大盆竹笋，然后是嘴上浇着汁的火鸡。大家都能尝到每一道菜。士兵们互相招呼着尝尝其他东西，如大麦面包和一大批裹着面糊的炸河鲈鱼，谁也没有在意由于天热脸上滚落的汗珠。他们只管开开心心、尽情享受着美味佳肴。

　　驳船驾驶员的混蛋儿子逃了出来，他猛冲进来吃了些东西，但很快又不得不跑掉以躲避他的父亲。这时士兵们只是笑了笑。谁也没有注意到那混蛋头上新绑的绷带，或者关心这绷带是怎么来的。谁也没有设置任何路障让那混蛋躲避他父亲时跑得慢一些。

　　一件让士兵们一时发愣的事是新添了一盘油炸甲虫。他们都静静地看着，不知道这道菜是否是在开玩笑。后来他们下定决心不去管它，他们的笑声甚至更加响亮，并且放开肚子像吃其他东西一样把甲虫吃了下去。

　　是的，这是一次值得纪念的宴会。