杰夫的一天 第93期：做晚飯 吃晚飯和清洗餐具講解(7)

So, "I get out the place mats and the napkins to set the table." 因此，“我取出餐具墊和餐巾擺在餐桌上。”

A napkin, "napkin," is like a little towel that you use. 餐巾(napkin)，是你使用的一種小毛巾。

In case you need to wipe your face while you are eating, you can use your napkin, 如果你在吃飯的時候需要擦臉，你就可以使用餐巾。

and it's common in American restaurants and in houses for people to put the napkin on their legs while they are sitting, on the top of their legs, 人們坐著的時候把餐巾放在腿上，這在美國的餐館和家庭是很普遍的現(xiàn)象，腿的上半部，

which we would call the lap — on your lap, "lap," you put the napkin while you are eating. 我們稱之為膝部(lap)——你在吃飯的時候把毛巾放在腿上。

To set, "set," the table means to put all of the things that you need on the table — plates, spoons, knives, forks, and so forth. 擺(set)餐桌是指把所有需要的東西都放在桌子上——盤子、調(diào)羹、刀、叉等等。

That is to set the table — to make the table ready so you can eat. 這就是擺餐桌——擺好桌子吃飯。

"About 15 minutes" after I set the table, my wife and I sit at the table — "we sit down at the table in the dining room and talk about our long day." 擺好餐桌后“大約15分鐘”，我妻子和我坐在餐桌旁——“我們坐在餐桌旁邊，聊著我們漫長的一天”。

The dining room, "dining," is a place where you eat. 餐廳是吃飯的地方。

To dine, as a verb, "dine," means to eat. 動詞“dine”是“吃飯”的意思。

So, the dining room is the room in your house where you eat your meals. 因此，餐廳就是你房子里吃飯的地方。