我要沖個(gè)澡。

　　I'm taking a shower.

　　I'm going to take a shower.

　　晚飯做好了嗎?

　　Is dinner ready?

　　Is dinner ready? (晚飯好了嗎?)

　　Not yet. (還沒(méi)呢。)

　　Is it time for dinner yet? (該吃晚飯了吧?)

　　Have you made dinner? (晚飯做好了嗎?)

　　媽媽?zhuān)�今天晚飯吃什�?

　　Mom, what's for dinner tonight?

　　Mom, what did you make for dinner?

　　Mom, what did you fix for dinner?

　　晚飯吃什么?

　　What's for dinner?

　　What's for dinner? (晚飯吃什么?)

　　Salisbury steak. (吃漢堡肉餅。)

　　Great! (太棒了。)

　　今天吃咖哩飯。

　　Today, we're having curry.

　　We're having curry today.

　　還要多久才能做好呀?

　　How soon can you get it ready?

　　How soon can you get it ready? (還要多久才能做好呀?)

　　In about five more minutes. (再有5分鐘吧。)

　　When will it be ready?

　　How soon will it be done?

　　我吃了啊。

　　Let's eat.

　　Shall we begin? (可以吃了嗎?)

　　請(qǐng)先吃吧。

　　Please go ahead.

　　Please help yourself.

　　這把刀真快呀!

　　This knife cuts well, doesn't it?

　　This knife cuts well, doesn't it? (這刀挺好使的，是不是?)

　　It sure does. (真挺快的。)

　　水開(kāi)啦!

　　The water is boiling!

　　The water is boiling! (水開(kāi)啦!)

　　O.K. (知道啦!)

　　開(kāi)飯啦!

　　Come and get it! *這句直譯為“來(lái)端菜!”it是指“做好了的飯菜”，全句的意思是“飯做好了，來(lái)吃吧!”。是母親常說(shuō)的話。

　　It's time for dinner! (該吃晚飯啦!)

　　Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner is ready! (早飯/午飯/晚飯好了啊!)

　　該吃飯啦!

　　It's time to eat.

　　It's time to eat. (該吃飯啦!)

　　Finally. (終于吃上飯嘍!)

　　這就來(lái)啦!

　　I'm coming.

　　I'll be right there. (我馬上就去。)

　　I'm on my way.

　　手洗干凈了嗎?

　　Did you wash your hands well?

　　Did you wash your hands well? (手洗干凈了嗎?)

　　Yes. (洗干凈了。)

　　別弄灑了。

　　Don't spill it!

　　Don't tip it over.

　　把碗里的菜吃光。

　　Eat all of your vegetables.

　　Finish your vegetables.

　　Finish up your vegetables.

　　把飯吃光。

　　Finish up your plate.

　　Finish up your plate. (把碗里的飯吃干凈。)

　　I'm trying to. (這不吃著呢嘛。)

　　我不喜歡吃蘆筍。

　　I don't like asparagus.

　　I don't like asparagus. (我不喜歡吃蘆筍。)

　　Don't be picky. (不許挑食。)

　　謝謝您的款待。

　　It was very delicious. Thank you.

　　It was a wonderful dinner. (謝謝您豐盛的晚餐。)

　　能幫我收拾盤(pán)子嗎?

　　Would you clear the table?

　　Would you put the dishes away?

　　把盤(pán)子洗了。

　　Do the dishes! *最好就這樣記住。

　　Do the dishes! (把盤(pán)子洗了。)

　　I will. (就去洗。)

　　Do the dishes! (把盤(pán)子洗了。)

　　It's not my turn. (今天不該我洗。)

　　Wash the dishes!

　　我擦盤(pán)子。

　　I'll dry the dishes. *dry是“使……干”、“除去水氣”和“擦”的意思。

　　你干什么呢?

　　What are you doing? *口語(yǔ)中一般發(fā)成“What're you doing?”

　　我看電視呢。

　　I'm watching TV. *注意在這種情況下，TV前不加the。