# English for Everyday Activities 25-27

# 25. Eating Dinner
### Pual and kate Set the Table
- Everyone sat down at the table.
- They put their napkins on their laps`膝部`.
- **Pual helped himself to some salad...** `普尔自己吃了一些沙拉……`
- ...and passed the serving dish to Kate.
- **Then they helped themselves to the food.** `然后他们自己去拿食物。`
- As they ate,they talked.
- Pual had a second helping of spaghetti.
- After the main course,they had some dessert`甜点`.

> - coffee cup
> - salad bowl
> - napkin **餐巾**(这里取餐巾之意),尿布
> - fork
> - plate
> - knife
> - spoon
> - glass
> - saucer 碟子

# 26. Clearing the Table
After everyone was done,Pual and Kate offered to clear the table.

- They stacked up the dirty dishes,...
- ...and carried them to the kitchen.
- They took the serving dishes off the table...
- ...and put the leftovers into containers,...
- ...which they put into the refrigerator.
- They scraped the scraps from the plates into the garbage.
- Then they wiped the table off...
- ...and threw the scraps and crumbs from the table into the garbage.

> - clean up
> - leftovers 剩菜
> - scraps 废料

# 27. Doing Dishes
- Pual put the plug into the drain in the sink. 将塞子插入水槽的排水管中。
- Then he filled the sink with water.
- He put some dish soap into the water.
- He washed the dirty dishes.
- He scrubbed`擦洗` some very dirty dishes.
- Then he rinsed the dishes.
- He put the wet dishes in the dish rack...
- ...where the water dripped off them.
- Then he pulled the plug from the sink...
- ...and the dirty water went down the drain`渠`.
- He dried the dishes with a towel`毛巾`...
- ...and then put the dishes away.




> - plug  塞子