中文原文
早上你打算煮咖啡，烧水的时候收到同事消息，处理工作消息分心。等你反应过来，水已经完全烧干，水壶还冒出白烟。
My translation
I was planning to make some coffee, but I received messages from my colleauge when heating up the water. I was distracted for dealing with them. Until I realized, the water has been boiled out, and the water tank spread white smoke.
Revised version
I’d planned to make some coffee, but I got messages from my colleague while I was boiling the water. I got distracted dealing with them. By the time I noticed, the water had boiled away, and the kettle was giving off white smoke.
Key phrases
- boil the water：烧水
- by the time I noticed：直到我反应过来
- boiled away：水烧干了
- kettle：水壶
- give off white smoke：冒出白烟