No, say the American: our fowl are fine, we simply clean them in a different way.
不，美国人说，我们的家禽很好，只是我们使用了另一种清洗方式。
新概念英语第四册 Lesson 8 Trading standards

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

fine [faɪn] 词频1 词根: fin
adj. 好的，上等的;纤细的，精致的;健康的;晴朗的; n. 罚款;[音乐]终止;晴天;地租; vt. 罚款;澄清; adv. 很好地;巧妙地;
💡 fin =end,boundary,表示”结束,范围”#词根助记：拉丁语 finis 边界 -> 顶点 -> fin 法语 最好的 -> 好的
"That's a fine horse, I couldn't get a better in a hurry."
这是一匹骏马, 我一时难以找到比它更好的.
近义：subtle, elaborate, perfect, purify, refine, assess 反义：abrasive, asperous, rasping, raspy, rough, rugose
simply ['sɪmpli] 词频1
adv. 简单地，朴素地;（引出概括或解释）不过，仅仅;简直;<非正>实在;
💡 sim一次 + ply 折叠 →折一次 → ad.简单地；朴素地
"The clock is simply for ornament; it doesn't work any more."
这架时钟纯属摆设，它再也不走了。
近义：just, merely, only, purely, solely, but 反义：elaborately, painfully, wearisomely, challengingly, hardly
different ['dɪfrənt] 词频1 词根: di
adj. 不同的;各式各样的;个别的;不平常;
💡 differ相异+ent...的 →不同的
"a vast array of bottles of different shapes and sizes"
一大批形状大小不一的瓶子
近义：heterogeneous, inharmonious, irregular, assorted, asymmetric, asymmetrical 反义：identical, indistinct, kindred, like, resembling, same
American [ə'merikən] 词频1
n. 美国人;美洲人; 美国英语; adj. 美国的 ;美洲的;地道美国式的;
"a clean-cut all-American boy"
整洁体面的典型美国男孩
近义：us
fowl [faʊl] 词频2
n. 鸡;家禽; v. 捕鸟;打鸟;捕野禽;
"fowl such as turkeys and ducks"
诸如火鸡和鸭之类的家禽
近义：bird, birds, fowls

📚 更多「新概念英语第四册」例句

that is something like 6,000,000 spiders of different kinds on a football pitch.
这就是说，在一个足球场上约有600万只不同种类的蜘蛛。
and it spread to Britain where wild rabbits are regarded as a pest but where domesticated rabbits,equally susceptible to the disease, are the basis of a profitable fur industry.
这种疾病又蔓延到了英国。在英国，野兔被当作有害的动物，可是家兔是赚钱的毛皮工业的基础，然而家兔同样易感染这种疾病。
The makers of the nerve poison include the mambas and the cobras and their venom is called neurotoxic.
产生神经毒液的蛇有一种非洲树眼镜蛇和眼镜蛇，它们的毒液称为神经毒素。
As a shipbuilder, Cockerell was trying to find a solution to the problem of the wave resistance which wastes a good deal of a surface ship's power and limits its speed.
作为一个船舶技帅，科克雷尔在寻找解决波浪阻力的方法，因为波浪阻力浪费掉了船在水面行驶的大量动力，从而限制了船的速度。
This decline in vigour with the passing of time is called ageing.
生命力随时间的流失而衰退叫做衰老。
The former method simply consists of setting an elephant to work and beating him until he does what is expected of him.
强硬法就是驱使象去干活，把它打到顺从为止。