1. Reward exceptional performance in public; correct and chew out inferior or slovenly performance in private. 要公开奖励表现特别好的;私下纠正和批评表现得差的或懒散马虎的。
2. Instead of eating hunched pleasurably over a book, I look out of the window and chew every mouthful thoroughly, aware of every single oat and nut and dried bit of apple as it goes down. 送孩子们去学校后,我不再放松地边吃早饭边看书,而是盯着窗外,仔细地嚼着嘴里的食物:每一粒燕麦、每一颗坚果、每一片苹果干。
3. After food, rinse your mouth out with water or chew sugar-free gum to encourage saliva, which neutralises the acid. 吃完后漱口或者嚼无糖口香糖促进唾液分泌,以助中和酸性。
4. If you try it, bite or clip off the rind of the nut, then chew it like gum — don't swallow it and be sure to spit out the juice, otherwise you're likely to get sick to your stomach. 如果你愿意尝尝的话,要先咬掉或者剪掉槟榔壳,然后像嚼口香糖一样咀嚼槟榔。别咽下去,而且一定要把槟榔汁吐出来,要不然你的胃可能会不舒服。
5. Sometimes, you are so polite, you don't spit out the bones, you chew them and try to swallow them. 通常,出于礼貌考虑,你不会吐出骨头,而是反复咀嚼试图将骨头咽下去。