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Let the teapot stand for a
few minutes.
放著茶壺不動幾分鐘。
| 對話 Frank:Teach me how to make a pot of tea. 法郎克:教我怎樣沏茶吧。 Brian:Well, first of all you need a china teapot. Tea doesn't taste so good from a metal one. 布賴恩:啊，你首先要有個瓷茶壺。用金屬茶壺，茶的味道會差一點。 Frank:What next? 法郎克:然後呢？ Brian:Rinse out the teapot with very hot water to make it hot. 布賴恩:用熱水涮茶壺一次，把茶壺熱熱。 Frank:Then boil the kettle? 法郎克:然後煮一壺水？ Brian:That's right. Then put two or three teaspoons of tea into the teapot,take the kettle to the pot and pour the boiling water over the tea. 布賴恩:不錯。跟著，把兩三匙茶葉舀進茶壺裡，然後提起水壺到茶壺處，把沸水倒在茶葉上。 Frank:Can you drink it straight away? 法郎克:可以馬上喝了嗎？ Brian:No, you have to let the teapot stand for a few minutes and then the tea will be ready to drink. 布賴恩:不可以。你得放著茶壺不動幾分鐘，然後茶就可以喝了。 |
| 多學一點點
沏茶三步驟 布賴恩說，沏茶的步驟之一，是Rinse out the teapot with very hot water。Rinse即「用清水沖洗」，常指洗去肥皂，例如：The dishes must be rinsed thoroughly（碗碟必須用清水徹底沖洗）。Rinse something out則有兩個意思，一是「把……沖洗掉」，一是「沖洗整個器皿/口腔」，例如：(1) I rinsed the shampoo out of my hair（我洗去髮上的洗髮劑）。(2) She rinsed out her mouth（她漱口）。留意She rinsed her mouth也是說「她漱口」，但rinsed out強調「把水或漱口藥水(mouthwash)含在口裡滾動沖洗」。沏茶的另一步，是Boil the kettle。Kettle或teakettle即「水壺」，put the kettle on是「把水壺放在爐子上，開始煮水」。The kettle is boiling等於The water in the kettle is boiling（壺裡的水開了）。英文有一句成語：A watched kettle never boils，直譯是「看著水壺，水永遠不會煮沸」。換言之，你要是心急等待結果，時間就似乎過得特別慢。例如：His heart operation took four hours, but to me it seemed much longer: a watched kettle never boils（他的心臟手術做了四小時，但對我來說，時間似乎長得多：你心急的時候，一分鐘都很難過）。布賴恩最後說：Let the teapot stand。Stand一字常見於食譜，指放著一些液體、製品等不動，例如：Let the cake stand and mature for two days before serving（在吃之前，把蛋糕放著兩天，待其成熟，滋味變得醇厚）。 |