对于雅思口语traditional product这个话题，之前我们推荐大家说过“饺子”这种传统食物，不过如果思路既然想到了“食物”，那么内容可多了去了。传统糕点应该算是中国美食特色了，再加上之前曾经分享过的“本地大公司”，再来渲染一下有历史年代感的故事，一篇“传统的产品”答案就出来了。
Well, there’s a restaurant in my hometown and it’s got about 200 years of history. All the pastries sold in the restaurant are traditional Chinese food, and that’s the traditional product I want to take about.
Different types of pastries are available here. There is this one called golden cloud, that’s invented in the Qing Dynasty, about 150 years ago. At that time, every city had to send gifts to the emperor on New Year’s Day, in order to please the emperor, our mayor hired the top pastry cook in that restaurant to come up with a new method to make cakes. After experimenting a long time, he finally got the recipe just right. The cakes he made was soft and fluffy as the cloud, I guess that’s where the name came from. It was not greasy or too sweet. And I heard it could melt in your mouth. The emperor raved about it, and all of a sudden, this restaurant became well known all over China.
Now, this kind of cake is still the best selling point in this restaurant. It used to be served as gifts for royals, but now everybody can afford it.
语言点解析：
pastry = a small cake made using pastry
this = used when you are telling a story or telling somebody about something
There was this strange man sitting next to me on the plane.
I've been getting these pains in my chest.
top = [usually before noun] highest in position, rank or degree例如：
He lives on the top floor.
She kept her passport in the top drawer.
He's one of the top players in the country.
She got the top job.
He finished top in the exam.
She got top marks for her essay.
They're top of the league.
The athletes are all on top form (= performing their best).
Welfare reform is a top priority for the government.
The car was travelling at top speed.
Prices at the top end of the market are coming down.
top quality silk
pastry cook = a professional cook whose main job is to make pastry, cakes, etc.
experiment = to try or test new ideas, methods, etc. to find out what effect they have例如：
I experimented until I got the recipe just right.
He wanted to experiment more with different textures in his paintings.
fluffy = (of food) soft, light and containing air例如：
Beat the butter and sugar until soft and fluffy.
greasy = (of food) cooked with too much oil例如：
greasy chips
melt in your mouth = (of food) to be soft and very good to eat 例如：
They serve steaks that just melt in your mouth.
rave about something = to talk or write about something in a very enthusiastic way例如：
The critics raved about his performance in ‘Hamlet’.
selling point = a feature of something that makes people want to buy or use it例如：
The price is obviously one of the main selling points.
Sales departments try to identify a product's USP or ‘unique selling point’.
royal = [usually pl.] (informal) a member of a royal family 例如：
The Queen will be joined by other royals at this evening's performance.
作者简介：
朱博，新东方吉林学校雅思口语美女讲师，毕业于985院校大连理工大学，硕士保送一等奖学金。在校期间曾游学美国，任出版社英语出版中心校对四年，工作严谨，活泼开朗，让大家快乐的学习英语。
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