0004 Eating Breakfast

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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 4: Eating Breakfast

This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode number four. I’m your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in beautiful Los Angeles, California.

In this episode, the third of our 10-part special series on daily English, I’ll talk about eating breakfast in the morning.

Let’s get started!

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I walk into my kitchen and turn on the coffeemaker. I always put the coffee, filter, and water in the night before so it’s ready to go. Next, I open the door of the cupboard where the cereal is stored. I would love to have ham and eggs for breakfast every morning, or maybe a stack of waffles, but the truth is that I just don’t have the time to cook.

So, I pour myself a bowl of cereal and put in a glass of skim milk, making sure I take a spoon out of the silverware tray. I go outside and pick up my newspaper, and sit down at the kitchen table. I love reading the paper in the morning, though usually I just have time to read a few of the stories. When I’ve finished my cereal, I grab a banana and maybe make a slice of toast with jam. I rinse off my breakfast dishes in the sink and put them in the dishwasher. By that time, my coffee is ready so I pour myself a cup and put the rest in a Thermos for work.

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In this episode, we are eating our breakfast. I begin by walking into my kitchen and turning on the coffeemaker. Notice these verbs, “to walk into” or “to walk in,” “to turn on.” Those two-word verbs are very common in English. So, I don't just walk to my kitchen, “I walk into my kitchen and I turn on the coffeemaker.”

The “coffeemaker,” (coffeemaker) – all one word – is the machine that, you can guess, makes the coffee; that's the coffeemaker. Usually, a coffeemaker has water on the top—place where you put the water—and then, it has a place for the actual coffee. Now, you take the coffee and you put it into a piece of paper or a piece of plastic called a filter. The “filter” (filter) is something that allows the water to go through it, but doesn't allow the coffee to go through it.

So, you put the coffee into the filter and the hot water goes through the coffee, it goes out of the filter and goes into the “coffee pot” (pot) the coffee pot is on the bottom. So, you have the coffee, the coffee filter, and the coffee pot. After the water goes through the coffee, what you have to throw out—what you have to remove when you are done—are called the “coffee grounds” (grounds)

Well, “I put in the coffee, the filter, and the water the night before,” meaning, in this case, last night, “so that it is ready to go,” meaning when I walk into the kitchen, it is already ready, I just have to turn it on. Some coffeemakers have clocks that will automatically turn your coffeemaker on in the morning.

“Next, I open the door of the cupboard where the cereal is stored.” The “cupboard” – cupboard – which looks like the word “cup” and the word “board” put together, but is pronounced cupboard — a cupboard is like a cabinet. It's a place where you store things — a place where you keep things. “To store” (store) – as a verb, means to keep something in a place — to keep something in a cupboard, or cabinet, or a box. Well, the cupboard is what we call the cabinets that are in the kitchen. They're the like wooden boxes that have doors on them that you can put things in. Usually, if it's a big cupboard, you have different “shelves” (shelves) the singular is “shelf” (shelf).

Well, I go into the cupboard and I get the cereal out. The “cereal” (cereal) is a very popular breakfast in the United States. It's usually dry and you put milk in a bowl, with the cereal, and eat the cereal and the milk together. I love cereal in the morning. I really do; I have cereal every morning. Since I was, I think, five years old, I've been eating cereal.

I take the cereal out — where it is stored in the cupboard — and I prepare my breakfast. I say in the story that “I would love to have ham and eggs for breakfast every morning.” “Ham” is a type of meat that comes from a pig; it usually has a lot of salt in it. Another kind of meat that's popular in the morning for breakfast is “bacon” (bacon) which is also meat that comes from a pig. It is long and thin usually; it's cut to be long and thin. Eggs are the things that come from chickens — or does the chicken come from the egg? I'm not sure.

Anyway, we have ham and eggs, which is a very popular American breakfast. Many people in the United States eat what we would call a very heavy breakfast, meaning there's lots of fat and there's lots of food. In some countries, this is not done, but in the United States it's very common for people to have eggs and ham for breakfast. My father used to have eggs every morning for breakfast before he went to work.

Well, I say, “I would love to have ham and eggs for breakfast every morning, or maybe a stack of waffles.” A “waffle” (waffle) is something that is made from batter. “Batter” (batter) when we talk about cooking is a liquid, made usually with eggs, and flower, and perhaps milk, and you combine these things together and you get a thick liquid, which we call batter, and you take the batter and you put it into a special cooking machine, which we call a “waffle iron” (iron) And, a waffle iron has a certain shape, usually it's square, and when you put the batter in, you close the top of it and you cook it from both sides. And, when you take it out, it has little squares in it, and this is called a waffle. It's a kind of almost like a bread. And, after you make the waffle, you usually put some special type of liquid sugar, which we call “syrup” (syrup). Often, this comes from trees; the best syrup comes from maple leaf trees. It's called maple syrup; it's very good. And, you put that thick sugar liquid on top of the waffle. You can also put some sort of fruit on top of the waffle also; I just like the sugar, myself.

Something similar to a waffle is a “pancake” (pancake) – all one word – and a pancake is also made from this batter — this liquid — thick liquid — except it goes into a flat pan on your stove and you flip it over. So, it's completely flat, there are no squares in it, usually it's round, and that's called a pancake.

Both waffles and pancakes can be in stacks. A “stack” (stack) is when you have one long, thin thing on top of another. So, you can have a stack of paper, pieces of paper one on top of the other. The same is true with a waffle or with pancakes. You can have a stack of waffles, one waffle on top of another, or a stack of pancakes. Usually, we talk about a stack of pancakes. If you go to a restaurant and you order breakfast and you want pancakes, sometimes they will ask you if want a “short stack,” meaning just one or two, or you might have a regular stack, which could be four or five. Remember, Americans eat a big breakfast, that's why there's so many big Americans.

Getting back to our story, I am not having ham, eggs or waffles; I'm having a bowl of cereal. And, to prepare my cereal, I put it into a bowl and I pour skim milk on top. “Skim (skim) milk” is milk with no or very little fat in it. Milk comes in four different types: you have whole milk, which has the most fat; you have two percent milk, which has somewhat less fat; you can have one percent, which is even less fat; or you can have fat free, or skim, milk, which has little or no fat at all. Well, because I don't want to be a big American, I have skim milk.

In order to eat my cereal, I have to take a spoon out of the silverware tray. The
“silverware” (silverware) – all one word – is the name we give the knife, the fork, and the spoon together. Sometimes those are called silverware even though they are not made of silver. Other people in a restaurant may call them utensils. “Utensils” (utensils). If you go to a restaurant and you sit down and you don't have a spoon or a fork or a knife, you would ask the waiter or waitress for some utensils, or you could just say, “I need some silverware.”

A “silverware tray” (tray) is a place where you put the silverware — you put the utensils, the forks, the spoons, the knives — in a drawer. And, usually a tray is like a little box that has holes in it for specific things. That word, tray, can also be used to describe a small, flat piece of plastic or wood that you use to carry things on, like your dishes.

Well, I get my spoon, and I go out and I get my newspaper, which, of course, is what has the news, the sports, and the international and national news. Many Americans like to read a newspaper in the morning, just like people all over the world do. “I “sit down at the kitchen table and I read the paper.” Sometimes we call a newspaper just the paper. Someone says, “I read it in the paper this morning,” they mean the newspaper.

Usually I just have time to read a couple of stories, a few of the stories. When I’ve finished my cereal, I grab a banana and maybe make a slice of toast with jam.” “To grab” (grab) means to take something, usually with your hand. “To grab something with your hand” means to pick it up — to take it with your hand. “I grab a banana,” which I like to eat, and “a slice of toast with jam.”

“Toast” (toast) is bread that you put in something called a “toaster” (toaster) and the toaster heats up the bread until the bread is brown on the outside. “A slice of toast” (slice) is a piece of toast. We use the words slice when we are talking about one piece of bread, or one piece of cake. You can have a slice of cake; you can also have a slice of pie.

This is a slice of toast, which is bread that we put in a toaster, and we toast the bread. We can use toast as a verb as well. And, after I toast the bread, I can put butter on it or I can put “jam” (jam). And, jam is made from fruit — such as strawberries — and sugar, and they put them together and it makes a thick liquid that you can put on a piece of toast. We would say we spread the jam on the toast. We use that verb “spread” (spread) to talk about putting butter or putting jam on a piece of toast, usually with a knife.

When I am done with my breakfast, “I rinse off my breakfast dishes.” “To rinse” means to clean something with water. To rinse off is the verb. You could just say, “I rinse my breakfast dishes,” but we like those two-word verbs in English and so we would probably say, “rinse off my breakfast dishes.”

I rinse them off in the sink, and I put them in the dishwasher. The “dishwasher” (dishwasher) is a machine that cleans the dishes. Some families have dishwashers. The joke that we make sometimes in English is that someone —when someone says, “Oh, do you have a dishwasher?” and you say, “Yes, I am the dishwasher,” which means you don't have a machine that washes your dishes; you wash your dishes by yourself. We would say you wash them by hand.

But the time I'm finished rinsing off my breakfast dishes, my coffee is ready and so, I pour myself a cup. Notice the use of that verb, “pour.” We use that verb when we are removing liquid from a bottle and putting it into a cup or a glass. We also used that verb, “pour,” when I said, “I pour myself a bowl of cereal.” Now, cereal isn't liquid, but it is something that you can put into another container, in this case, into a bowl, and it comes out of the bigger container and into the smaller container. So, it comes out of the cereal box and goes into the bowl. So, we use that verb usually when we talk about liquid things like water or milk, but you can also use it when we talk about cereal.

Well, “I pour myself a cup” of coffee and I “put the rest in a Thermos for work.” A Thermos, which is “Thermos,” is a bottle that keeps hot liquid hot and cold liquid cold. So, if you have hot coffee and you put it into a Thermos, the Thermos—this bottle—will keep it hot for a long time.

Now let's listen to the story, this time at a regular speed.

[Start of story]

I walk into my kitchen and turn on the coffeemaker. I always put the coffee, filter, and water in the night before so it’s ready to go. Next, I open the door of the cupboard where the cereal is stored. I would love to have ham and eggs for breakfast every morning, or maybe a stack of waffles, but the truth is that I just don’t have the time to cook.

So, I pour myself a bowl of cereal and put in a glass of skim milk, making sure I take a spoon out of the silverware tray. I go outside and pick up my newspaper, and sit down at the kitchen table. I love reading the paper in the morning, though usually I just have time to read a few of the stories. When I’ve finished my cereal, I grab a banana and maybe make a slice of toast with jam. I rinse off my breakfast dishes in the sink and put them in the dishwasher. By that time, my coffee is ready so I pour myself a cup and put the rest in a Thermos for work.

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You’ll want to grab a copy of anything written by our scriptwriter, Dr. Lucy Tse. It is sure to help you with your English.

From Los Angeles, California, I’m Jeff McQuillan, thank you for listening. Come back and listen to us again right here on ESL Podcast.

Glossary
coffeemaker – a machine that makes coffee by passing hot water through ground coffee beans

• Scott has a very small coffeemaker that makes only two cups of coffee each time.

filter – a thin piece of paper that allows liquid to pass though, but prevents the ground coffee beans from getting through

• This morning, his cup of coffee had a lot of small pieces of coffee beans in it because he forgot to put the filter in his coffeemaker.

the night before – the previous night; yesterday night

• I always choose my clothes the night before, so that I can get dressed more quickly the next morning.

cupboard – a wooden box with shelves and a door that hangs on a kitchen wall and is used to store plates, glasses, and other things

• Please dry the plates and put them back in the kitchen cupboard above the stove.

cereal – a food made from grains (wheat, oats, barley) that is eaten with cold milk for breakfast

• I’ve never known anyone who liked to eat cereal as much as he does. He eats it for breakfast and dinner!

to store – to keep; to put something in a place to use later

• Where should we store these bicycles? Do you have room in the garage?

ham and eggs – a traditional American breakfast of fried, salted pork and eggs

• I’m like to order some toast to go with my ham and eggs.

stack – a pile of objects resting on each other that goes up

• When her boyfriend saw that she was carrying a huge stack of books to her class, he offered to help her.

waffle – a square piece of thick, sweet bread with small square shapes on each side, usually eaten for breakfast with syrup, honey, or jam

• To make waffles, you will need flour, sugar, salt, eggs, and milk.

skim milk – milk that has no fat

• She asked her assistant to get her a cup of coffee with a little skim milk and no sugar.

silverware tray – a container that holds forks, knives, and spoons

• Once the forks are dry, please put them in the silverware tray.

newspaper – large pieces of paper printed with news and advertisements, usually produced daily or weekly

• We get the Sunday newspaper delivered to our house so we don’t need to go to the store to buy it.

to grab – to quickly take something with one’s hand

• He grabbed the child’s hand and pulled her away from the busy street.

slice of toast with jam – a crispy, heated piece of bread covered with sweet, mashed fruit

• I usually have a slice of toast with jam for breakfast, but today I didn’t have time.

to rinse off – to use water to remove dirt or small pieces of food from an object

• She didn’t have time to wash the dishes this morning, but she rinsed them off so that it wouldn’t be too difficult to wash later.

dishwasher – a machine that washes dishes

• The dishwasher broke right before the party and we had to wash all of the dishes by hand.

thermos – a container that has a tight lid that keeps liquids warm or cold

• He always carries two thermoses to work, one for his coffee and the other one for his soup.

Culture Note
Dentists

Dentists “diagnose” (identify the source of a problem or illness) and treat problems with a patient’s teeth, “gums” (the soft, pink material that helps to hold teeth in place), and related parts of the mouth. They provide advice and instruction on taking care of teeth and gums and on “diet” (what one eats and drinks) choices that affect “oral” (mouth) health.

Dentists use a variety of materials and equipment. They wear “masks” (covering over the mouth or face), “gloves” (covering over the hands), and “safety glasses” (covering the eyes) to protect themselves and their patients from “infectious” (able to be transmitted or transferred from one person to another) diseases.

Dentists also use different types of equipment, including “x-ray machines,” which take pictures of the body under the skin, and “drills,” tools that turn very quickly to make holes in hard surfaces.

Most dental students need at least a bachelor's degree before entering dental school. All dental schools require applicants to have completed certain required science courses, such as “biology” (the study of living things) and “chemistry” (the study of the substances that matter or things are composed of). “Majoring in” (selecting as one’s main focus of university study) a science, such as biology, might increase the chances of being accepted, but no specific major is required to enter most dental programs.

College undergraduates who plan on applying to dental school must usually take the Dental Acceptance Test (DAT) during their “junior year” (third year) of college. Admission to dental school can be “competitive” (difficult to achieve or get). Dental schools use these tests, along with other factors such as “grade point average” (the average of one’s grades from individual courses) and recommendations, to admit students into their programs.

Dentists must be licensed in all states; requirements vary by state. In most states, a license requires a degree from an “accredited” (official, having met state or federal requirements) dental school and passing a written and “practical” (using one’s hands to complete tasks) exam.

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我走进厨房，打开咖啡机。我总是在前一天晚上把咖啡、过滤器和水放进去，这样就可以随时使用了。接下来，我打开存放麦片的橱柜门。我很想每天早上吃火腿和鸡蛋，或者是一叠华夫饼，但事实是，我就是没有时间做饭。

所以，我给自己倒了一碗麦片，放了一杯脱脂牛奶，确保从银器托盘中拿出一个勺子。我走到外面，拿起报纸，在厨房的桌子前坐下来。我喜欢在早上读报纸，尽管通常我只有时间读几个故事。当我吃完麦片后，我拿起一根香蕉，也许再做一片涂有果酱的吐司。我在水槽里冲洗掉早餐的餐具，然后把它们放进洗碗机。这时，我的咖啡已经准备好了，所以我给自己倒了一杯，把剩下的放在保温杯里，准备上班。

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在这一集里，我们正在吃早餐。我首先走进我的厨房，打开了咖啡机。注意这些动词，"走进 "或 "走入"，"打开"。这些两个字的动词在英语中非常常见。所以，我不只是走到我的厨房，"我走进我的厨房，我打开了咖啡机"。

"咖啡机，"（coffeemaker）--都是一个词--是指那个机器，你可以猜到，制作咖啡；那就是咖啡机。通常，咖啡机的顶部有水--你放水的地方--然后，它有一个放实际咖啡的地方。现在，你把咖啡放进一张纸或一块塑料中，称为过滤器。滤器"（过滤器）是允许水通过的东西，但不允许咖啡通过。

因此，你把咖啡放入过滤器，热水穿过咖啡，从过滤器出来，进入 "咖啡壶"（锅），咖啡壶在底部。因此，你有咖啡、咖啡过滤器和咖啡壶。在水通过咖啡之后，你必须扔掉的东西--当你完成后你必须移除的东西--被称为 "咖啡渣"（渣）。

好吧，"我前一天晚上就把咖啡、过滤器和水放进去了，"意思是，在这种情况下，昨天晚上，"这样它就准备好了，"意思是当我走进厨房的时候，它已经准备好了，我只需要把它打开。有些咖啡机有时钟，会在早上自动打开你的咖啡机。

"接下来，我打开存放麦片的橱柜的门。" "橱柜"--cupboard--看起来像 "杯 "字和 "板 "字放在一起，但读作cupboard--橱柜就像一个柜子。它是一个你储存东西的地方--一个你保存东西的地方。"储存"（store）--作为一个动词，意味着把东西放在一个地方--把东西放在柜子里，或橱柜，或盒子里。嗯，橱柜就是我们所说的厨房里的柜子。它们是那种有门的木箱，你可以把东西放进去。通常，如果是一个大橱柜，你有不同的 "架子"（shelves），单数是 "架子"（shelf）。

好吧，我走进柜子，把麦片拿出来。cereal"（麦片）是美国非常流行的早餐。它通常是干的，你把牛奶放在碗里，和麦片一起，把麦片和牛奶一起吃掉。我喜欢早上的麦片。我真的喜欢；我每天早上都吃麦片。我想，从我五岁开始，我就一直在吃麦片。

我把麦片拿出来--它存放在橱柜里--然后我准备我的早餐。我在故事中说，"我很想每天早上吃火腿和鸡蛋"。"火腿 "是一种来自猪的肉；它通常含有大量的盐。另一种在早上的早餐中很受欢迎的肉是 "培根"（bacon），这也是来自猪的肉。它通常又长又细；它被切得又长又细。鸡蛋是来自于鸡的东西--或者鸡来自于鸡蛋？我不太清楚。

总之，我们有火腿和鸡蛋，这是一个非常受欢迎的美国早餐。在美国，许多人吃我们称之为非常重的早餐，意思是有大量的脂肪，有大量的食物。在一些国家，不这样做，但在美国，人们早餐吃鸡蛋和火腿是非常普遍的。我父亲以前每天早上在上班前都会吃鸡蛋。

好吧，我说，"我很想每天早上吃火腿和鸡蛋，或者也许是一叠华夫饼"。"华夫饼"（waffle）是由面糊做成的东西。当我们谈论烹饪时，"面糊"（batter）是一种液体，通常用鸡蛋和花，也许还有牛奶，你把这些东西结合在一起，得到一种浓稠的液体，我们称之为面糊，你把面糊放进一个特殊的烹饪机器，我们称之为 "华夫饼铁"（iron），而且，华夫饼铁有一定的形状，通常是方形，当你把面糊放进去，你关闭它的顶部，从两面烹饪。当你把它拿出来时，里面有一些小方块，这就叫华夫饼。它是一种几乎像面包的东西。做完华夫饼后，你通常会放一些特殊类型的液体糖，我们称之为 "糖浆"（syrup）。通常，这来自于树木；最好的糖浆来自于枫叶树。它被称为枫叶糖浆；它非常好。而且，你把这种浓稠的糖液放在华夫饼的上面。你也可以在华夫饼上面放一些水果；我自己只是喜欢糖。

与华夫饼类似的是 "煎饼"（pancake）--都是一个词--而煎饼也是由这种面糊--这种液体--浓稠的液体--制成的，只不过它被放入炉子上的平底锅，然后你把它翻过来。所以，它是完全平的，里面没有方块，通常是圆的，这就叫煎饼。

华夫饼和薄饼都可以是堆叠的。堆叠"（stack）是指你有一个长的、薄的东西放在另一个上面。因此，你可以有一叠纸，纸片一个在另一个上面。华夫饼或煎饼也是如此。你可以有一叠华夫饼，一个华夫饼放在另一个上面，或一叠煎饼。通常情况下，我们谈论的是一叠煎饼。如果你去餐馆点早餐，你想吃煎饼，有时他们会问你是否要一个 "短叠"，意思是只有一个或两个，或者你可能要一个普通叠，可能是四个或五个。请记住，美国人吃的是大份量的早餐，这就是为什么有那么多美国大块头。

回到我们的故事，我没有吃火腿、鸡蛋或华夫饼；我在吃一碗麦片。而且，为了准备我的麦片，我把它放到一个碗里，然后把脱脂牛奶倒在上面。"脱脂（skim）牛奶 "是指没有脂肪或脂肪含量极少的牛奶。牛奶有四种不同的类型：你有全脂牛奶，它的脂肪最多；你有2%的牛奶，它的脂肪略少；你可以有1%的牛奶，它的脂肪更少；或者你可以有无脂，或脱脂牛奶，它的脂肪很少或根本没有。好吧，因为我不想成为一个大美国人，我喝脱脂牛奶。

为了吃麦片，我必须从银器托盘中拿出一个勺子。这
"银器"（silverware）--都是一个词--是我们给刀、叉和勺子一起起的名字。有时那些被称为银器，尽管它们并不是由银制成的。餐馆里的其他人可能会称它们为器皿。"Utensils"（器皿）。如果你去一家餐馆，坐下来后没有勺子或叉子或刀，你会向服务员或女服务员要一些餐具，或者你可以直接说，"我需要一些银器"。

"银器托盘"（tray）是一个放银器的地方--你把餐具、叉子、勺子、刀子--放在一个抽屉里。而且，通常情况下，托盘就像一个小盒子，上面有孔，可以放具体的东西。这个词，托盘，也可以用来描述一块小的、平的塑料或木头，你用它来装东西，比如你的餐具。

好吧，我拿着我的勺子，我出去拿我的报纸，当然，报纸上有新闻、体育、国际和国内新闻。许多美国人喜欢在早晨阅读报纸，就像世界各地的人们一样。"我 "坐在厨房的桌子旁，阅读报纸。有时我们把报纸仅仅称为报纸。有人说，"我今天早上在报纸上看到了，"他们指的是报纸。

通常，我只是有时间读几个故事，几个故事。当我吃完麦片后，我抓起一根香蕉，也许再做一片带果酱的土司。" "抓"（抓）是指拿东西，通常是用手。"用手抓东西 "是指拿起它--用手拿。"我抓起一根香蕉，"我喜欢吃香蕉，"一片带果酱的土司"。

"吐司"（toast）是指你把面包放在一个叫 "烤面包机"（toaster）的东西里，烤面包机把面包加热，直到面包外面变成棕色。"一片吐司"（slice）是一块吐司。当我们谈论一块面包，或一块蛋糕时，我们使用slice这个词。你可以吃一片蛋糕；你也可以吃一片馅饼。

这是一片吐司，也就是我们放在烤面包机里的面包，我们把面包烤熟。我们也可以把烤面包作为一个动词。而且，在我烤完面包后，我可以把黄油放在上面，或者我可以把 "果酱"（Jam）放在上面。而且，果酱是由水果--如草莓--和糖制成的，他们把它们放在一起，做成一种粘稠的液体，你可以把它放在一块吐司上。我们会说我们把果酱涂在吐司上。我们用这个动词 "传播"（spread）来谈论把黄油或把果酱涂在一块吐司上，通常是用刀。

当我吃完早餐后，"我冲洗掉我的早餐餐具"。"冲洗 "是指用水清洗东西。冲洗掉是动词。你可以直接说，"我冲洗我的早餐盘子"，但我们在英语中喜欢那些两个字的动词，所以我们可能会说，"冲洗掉我的早餐盘子"。

我在水槽里把它们冲洗干净，然后把它们放进洗碗机。"洗碗机"（dishwasher）是一种清洗餐具的机器。有些家庭有洗碗机。我们有时用英语开的玩笑是，有人--当有人说，"哦，你有洗碗机吗？"而你说，"是的，我是洗碗机。"这意味着你没有洗碗的机器；你自己洗碗。我们会说你用手洗它们。

但是，当我洗完早餐的餐具时，我的咖啡已经准备好了，所以，我给自己倒了一杯。注意这个动词的用法，"倒"。当我们从瓶子里取出液体并将其放入杯子或玻璃中时，我们使用这个动词。当我说 "我给自己倒了一碗麦片 "时，我们也使用了这个动词，"倒"。现在，麦片不是液体，但它是你可以放入另一个容器的东西，在这种情况下，放入一个碗里，它从大容器中出来，进入小容器。所以，它从麦片盒子里出来，进入碗里。所以，我们通常在谈论水或牛奶等液体事物时使用这个动词，但你也可以在谈论麦片时使用它。

好吧，"我给自己倒了一杯 "咖啡，我 "把剩下的放在一个保温杯里，以便工作"。膳魔师，也就是 "Thermos"，是一个可以保持热的液体和冷的液体的瓶子。因此，如果你有热咖啡，你把它放进保温瓶里，保温瓶--这个瓶子--会让它保持很长时间的温度。

Culture Note

牙医

牙医 "诊断"（确定问题或疾病的来源）并治疗病人的牙齿、"牙龈"（帮助固定牙齿的柔软的粉红色材料）以及口腔的相关部位的问题。他们提供关于护理牙齿和牙龈以及影响 "口腔"（口）健康的 "饮食"（吃什么和喝什么）选择的建议和指导。

牙医使用各种材料和设备。他们戴着 "口罩"（遮住嘴或脸）、"手套"（遮住手）和 "安全眼镜"（遮住眼睛），以保护自己和病人免受 "传染病"（能够从一个人传播或转移到另一个人）。

牙医还使用不同类型的设备，包括 "X光机 "和 "钻头"，前者可以快速转动，在坚硬的表面打洞。

大多数牙科学生在进入牙科学校之前至少需要一个学士学位。所有的牙科学校都要求申请者完成某些必要的科学课程，如 "生物学"（对生物的研究）和 "化学"（对物质或事物组成的研究）。"主修"（选择作为大学学习的主要重点）一门科学，如生物学，可能会增加被录取的机会，但进入大多数牙科课程不需要特定的专业。

计划申请牙科学校的大学本科生通常必须在大学的 "大三"（第三年）参加牙科入学考试（DAT）。牙科学校的录取可能具有 "竞争性"（难以实现或获得）。牙科学校使用这些测试以及其他因素，如 "平均分"（个人课程成绩的平均值）和推荐信，将学生录取到他们的课程。

牙医必须在所有州获得执照；各州的要求有所不同。在大多数州，执照要求从 "认可的"（正式的，符合州或联邦要求的）牙科学校获得学位，并通过笔试和 "实践"（用手来完成任务）考试。