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Daily Translation: Burning a Finger on Toast

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Daily Translation
Author

Ryan Sun

Published

2026-10-20

中文原文

周末早上,你想烤几片吐司当早餐。你把面包放进烤面包机,定好时间。等烤好之后,你伸手去拿,不小心烫到了指尖。你马上打开冷水冲了一会儿。

My translation

On weekend morning, I wanted to have some toast for breakfast. I put the bread into the toast machine and set up the time. When it was ready, I was gonna take it out, but my fingers were burnt accidently. So I flushed my fingers with cold water right away.

Revised version

On a weekend morning, I felt like having toast for breakfast. I put a slice of bread in the toaster and set the timer. When it finished toasting, I reached in to take it out and accidentally burned my fingers. I immediately ran cold water over them.

Key phrases

  • on a weekend morning,要加介词,要不就是on Saturday morning
  • felt like doing,想做某事
  • a slice of bread
  • toaster,拷面包机
  • set the timer,设定时间,set up一般指搭建设备/系统
  • reached in to take it out,伸手去拿
  • burned my fingers or my fingers got burned
  • immediately
  • ran cold water over them,用冷水冲洗
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