Eztalk美语【288】fix me a cup of tea帮我泡杯茶

Steve leaves

Mom: Can you fix me a cup of tea, Johnny?
Johnny:Well...uh...how about a glass of juice instead?
Mom: No. I'd like tea. Can you put it in my favorite cup? You probably washed it...
Johnny:Oh, yeah. Well, uh, about your mug¹...
Mom: I'll find it.... Where are all the floral pattern plates? And dad's Yankee's mug?

fix (v.)
调制（餐饮）
Rachel's mother loves to fix things for her friends to eat.
瑞秋的妈妈喜欢煮东西给她的朋友吃。

Yankee (n.)
美国纽约洋基棒球队
The New York Yankees are my favorite baseball team.
纽约洋基队是我最喜欢的棒球队。

pattern (n.)
图案，floral pattern就是「花朵、花草图案」
A: The pattern on this shirt is quite nice.
这件衬衫上的图案真不错。
B: I agree. I like checkered² patterns, too.
我同意。我也喜欢方格图案。

史帝离开

妈妈：强尼，你能帮我泡杯茶吗？
强尼：呃……何不换成来杯果汁呢？
妈妈：不。我想喝茶。可以倒在我最喜欢的杯子里吗？你大概洗过了……
强尼：喔，是啊。呃，关于你的马克杯……
妈妈：我来找出来……。那些花草图案的餐盘都到哪去了？你爸爸的洋基队马克杯呢？

1 mug   

n.大杯(有柄的)

参考例句：

• What colour is the mug?这个杯子是什么颜色的？
• Place one tea bag in your favorite mug.把茶叶袋子放在你喜欢的杯子里。

2 checkered   

adj.有方格图案的

参考例句：

• The ground under the trees was checkered with sunlight and shade.林地光影交错。
• He’d had a checkered past in the government.他过去在政界浮沉。