A: What is necessary to bake this cake?
B: 2 eggs, milk, flour, sugar, shortening, and some cheese.
A: Is that all?
B: That's about all there is to it.
A: 烤这个蛋糕需要些什么材料?
B: 两个蛋、牛奶、面粉、糖、酥脆油和一些奶酪。
A: 就这些吗?
B: 全部大概就是这些。
重点解说:
★ bake「烤(面包等)」,面包店称为bakery,做面包的业者称为baker,"a baker's dozen"等于十三个,即买一打奉送一个。
★ shortening「用于使糕点酥脆的油脂」
★ Is that all?「就这些吗?」如: 上完课时教师常会说That's all for today.「今天上到这里。」陈述一段话后,加上That's all.一语作结尾,带有「我想讲的全部就是这些」的味道。另外,若说I didn't break the machine. I turned on the switch. That's all.目的在于强调自己除了启动开关外,并未做什么了不得或不恰当的事,机器坏了根本与自己无关。
★ That's about all there is to it.「全部大概就是这些。」此语用于表示必要的东西就是这些,或是有这些东西就够了。