帱[dào, chóu]
canopy
curtain
(Source: dict.cn)
在家里
马 丁:艾伦!艾伦!
艾 伦:什么?
马 丁:把音乐关掉,我不喜欢那音乐,我在工作。
艾 琳:马丁,你叫谁了吗?
马 丁:没有,我是说我叫艾伦来着,我没叫你。
艾 琳:你要找艾伦吗?
马 丁:不,我不找他。我要他关掉音乐。我在工作,我正在写报导,我不想听那音乐。
艾 琳:你经常放音乐听。
马 丁:我不放那种音乐,我不喜欢那种音乐。
艾 琳:好的,我去告诉他。
马 丁:我告诉过他了,他关掉了音乐。
艾 琳:噢,是的,他关掉了。我要去煮茶,你要些茶吗?
马 丁:不,谢谢。我可以喝些咖啡吗?我在上午不喜欢喝茶。
艾 琳:我去拿些咖啡。
马 丁:苏!苏!艾琳!
艾 琳:你叫谁了吗?
马 丁:苏在听电视吗?
艾 琳:是的,她经常在星期六上午听。
马 丁:我跟她谈谈好吗?
艾 琳:当然,我去叫她。
苏 :爸爸,你找我吗?
马 丁:是的,我找你。你在做什么?
苏 :我在看电视。
马 丁:你喜欢看电视吗?
苏 :当然,你不喜欢看电视吗?
马 丁:我不喜欢电视声音太大,我今天想工作,电视声音太大,我无法工作。
苏 :你要我关掉电视吗?
马 丁:不,我不是让你把电视关掉,你能把音量调小些吗? 电视声音太大,我无法写作。
苏 :你在写什么?
马 丁:我在写有关橄榄球的报导。
苏 :你写过有关棒球的报导,你写过有关网球的报导,你现在正在写橄榄球的报导。
马 丁:你不喜欢运动吗?
苏 :有些运动项目我不喜欢。
马 丁:你不喜欢什么运动?
苏 :我不喜欢球类运动。
马 丁:你喜欢什么运动?
苏 :我喜欢游泳,你不喜欢什么运动?
马 丁:我不喜欢赛车。
苏 :你喜不喜欢赛马?!
马 丁:我不喜欢的是赛车(不是赛马)。
苏 :噢。
马 丁:我还不喜欢电视声音太大。
苏 :电视播放的不是体育运动项目。
马 丁:我不喜欢。
苏 :好吧,现在声音还太大吗?
马 丁:不,不大。我想今天写完这篇报导。
苏 :咖啡来了,你要些蛋糕吗?
马 丁:不,谢谢。只要咖啡。
MARTIN: Alan! Alan!
ALAN: What?
MARTIN: Turn off that music. I don’t like that music. I’m working.
EILEEN: Did you call, Martin?
MARTIN: No, I didn’t. I mean I called Alan. I didn’t call you.
EILEEN: Do you want Alan?
MARTIN: No, I don’t want him. I wanted him to turn off the music. I’m working. I’m writing. I didn’t want that music.
EILEEN: You often play music.
MARTIN: I don’t play that music. I don’t like that music.
EILEEN: OK. I’m going to tell him.
MARTIN: I told him. He turned off the music.
EILEEN: Oh, yes, he did. I’m going to make some tea. Do you want some?
MARTIN: No, thanks. May I have some coffee? I don’t like tea in the morning.
EILEEN: I’m going to bring coffee.
MARTIN: Sue! Sue! Eileen!
EILEEN: Did you call?
MARTIN: Is Sue listening to television?
EILEEN: Yes. She often listens on Saturday morning.
MARTIN: May I speak to her?
EILEEN: Of course. I’m going to get her.
SUE: Did you want me, Daddy?
MARTIN: Yes, I did. What are you doing?
SUE: I’m watching TV.
MARTIN: Do you like TV.
SUE: Of course. Don’t you like TV?
MARTIN: I don’t like loud TV. I want to work today. I can’t work with loud TV.
SUE: Do you want me to turn off the TV?
MARTIN: No, I don’t want you to turn it off. Can you turn it down? I cant’ write with loud TV.
SUE: What are you writing?
MARTIN: I’m writing a story about football.
SUE: You wrote about baseball. You wrote about tennis. Now you’re writing about football.
MARTIN: Don’t you like sports?
SUE: I don’t like some sports.
MARTIN: What sports don’t you like?
SUE: I don’t like ball games.
MARTIN: What sports do you like?
SUE: I like swimming. What sports don’t you like?
MARTIN: I don’t like racing.
SUE: You don’t like horses?! Yes, you do.
MARTIN: I don’t like car racing.
SUE: Oh.
MARTIN: And I don’t like loud TV.
SUE: TV isn’t a sport!
MARTIN: I don’t like it.
SUE: OK. Is it too loud now?
MARTIN: No, it isn’t. I want to finish this story today.
EILEEN: Here’s the coffee. Do you want some cake?
MARTIN: No, thanks. Only coffee.
(Source: wwenglish.com)

Lettuce with Oyster SauceTaste: Salty and delicious.
Features: Crispy and tender.
Ingredients:
400 grams (0.88 lb) lettuce
25 grams (1 1/2 tsp) oyster sauce
1 gram (1/6 tsp)salt
1 gram (1/4 tsp) MSG
1/2 gram (1/8 tsp) sugar
10 grams (2 tsp)cooking wine
10 grams (2 tsp) mixture of cornstarch and water
50 grams (3 1/2 tbsp) salad oil
Directions:
1. Cut the lettuce into slices 3 cm (1.2 inches) wide and 7 cm (2.8 inches) long. Quickly boil in water.
2. Heat the oil until 180-220℃ (355-390℉). Put in the lettuce and quickly stir. Add the oyster sauce, salt, sugar, cookingwine and MSG and stir. Put in the mixture of cornstarch and water to thicken the soup. Take out and serve.
(Source: culture.chinese.cn)