日用品英语趣说之plate盘子

Plate 盘子，碟子 In western-style restaurants food is chiefly served on plates. There are all sorts of plates：dinner plates，soup plates，desert plates，and so forth. A man with a good appetite can eat several plates of meat and at a meal. In contrast, a woman who wants to lose weight may just have a vegetable plate for dinner. If you are handed something on a plate, you will be happy. This is because you do not have to work hard to get it. The other person gives it to you willingly. But you will not be very happy if you have too much on your plate. For that means you have too many things to do. 在西餐馆里主要用盘子端食品。有各式各样的盘子，菜盘，汤盘，点心盘等等。 胃口大的男人一顿可以吃几盘肉，反之一心想减肥的女士有可能主餐也只吃蔬菜拼盘。 如果你垂手而得某物，你总会感到高兴，那是因为你不费多大劲儿就能得到它，别人乐意奉送给你。不过要是你have too much on your plate（忙得不可开交），你就不会很高兴了，因为这意味着你要做很多事情。