Let the teapot stand for a few minutes.
Frank: Teach me how to make a pot of tea.
Brian: Well, first of all you need a china teapot. Tea doesn't taste so good from a metal one.
Frank: What next?
Brian: Rinse out the teapot with very hot water to make it hot.
Frank: Then boil the kettle?
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.
Frank: Can you drink it straight away?
Brian: No, you have to let the teapot stand for a few minutes and then the tea will be ready to drink.
法郎克：教我怎樣沏茶吧。
布賴恩：啊，你首先要有個(gè)瓷茶壺。用金屬茶壺，茶的味道會(huì)差一點(diǎn)。
法郎克：然后呢？
布賴恩：用熱水涮茶壺一次，把茶壺?zé)釤帷?BR> 法郎克：然后煮一壺水？
布賴恩：不錯(cuò)。跟著，把兩三匙茶葉舀進(jìn)茶壺里，然后提起水壺到茶壺處，把沸水倒在茶葉上。
法郎克：可以馬上喝了嗎？
布賴恩：不可以。你得放著茶壺不動(dòng)幾分鐘，然后茶就可以喝了。
布賴恩說(shuō)，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(gè)意思，一是'把……沖洗掉'，一是'沖洗整個(gè)器皿/口腔'，例如：
（1） I rinsed the shampoo out of my hair（我洗去發(fā)上的洗發(fā)劑）。
（2） She rinsed out her mouth（她漱口）。
留意She rinsed her mouth也是說(shuō)'她漱口'，但rinsed out強(qiáng)調(diào)'把水或漱口藥水（mouthwash）含在口里滾動(dòng)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等于The water in the kettle is boiling（壺里的水開了）。英文有一句成語(yǔ)：A watched kettle never boils，直譯是'看著水壺，水永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)煮沸'.換言之，你要是心急等待結(jié)果，時(shí)間就似乎過(guò)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(shù)做了四小時(shí)，但對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)，時(shí)間似乎長(zhǎng)得多：你心急的時(shí)候，一分鐘都很難過(guò)）。
布賴恩最后說(shuō)：Let the teapot stand.Stand一字常見于食譜，指放著一些液體、制品等不動(dòng)，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）。
Frank: Teach me how to make a pot of tea.
Brian: Well, first of all you need a china teapot. Tea doesn't taste so good from a metal one.
Frank: What next?
Brian: Rinse out the teapot with very hot water to make it hot.
Frank: Then boil the kettle?
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.
Frank: Can you drink it straight away?
Brian: No, you have to let the teapot stand for a few minutes and then the tea will be ready to drink.
法郎克：教我怎樣沏茶吧。
布賴恩：啊，你首先要有個(gè)瓷茶壺。用金屬茶壺，茶的味道會(huì)差一點(diǎn)。
法郎克：然后呢？
布賴恩：用熱水涮茶壺一次，把茶壺?zé)釤帷?BR> 法郎克：然后煮一壺水？
布賴恩：不錯(cuò)。跟著，把兩三匙茶葉舀進(jìn)茶壺里，然后提起水壺到茶壺處，把沸水倒在茶葉上。
法郎克：可以馬上喝了嗎？
布賴恩：不可以。你得放著茶壺不動(dòng)幾分鐘，然后茶就可以喝了。
布賴恩說(shuō)，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(gè)意思，一是'把……沖洗掉'，一是'沖洗整個(gè)器皿/口腔'，例如：
（1） I rinsed the shampoo out of my hair（我洗去發(fā)上的洗發(fā)劑）。
（2） She rinsed out her mouth（她漱口）。
留意She rinsed her mouth也是說(shuō)'她漱口'，但rinsed out強(qiáng)調(diào)'把水或漱口藥水（mouthwash）含在口里滾動(dòng)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等于The water in the kettle is boiling（壺里的水開了）。英文有一句成語(yǔ)：A watched kettle never boils，直譯是'看著水壺，水永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)煮沸'.換言之，你要是心急等待結(jié)果，時(shí)間就似乎過(guò)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(shù)做了四小時(shí)，但對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)，時(shí)間似乎長(zhǎng)得多：你心急的時(shí)候，一分鐘都很難過(guò)）。
布賴恩最后說(shuō)：Let the teapot stand.Stand一字常見于食譜，指放著一些液體、制品等不動(dòng)，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）。