1. Pot with fresh, cold water (enough to flood and half of bamboo) boil, will go to pot bamboo cook for 25 minutes after the big switch to low heat and simmer 90 minutes, season with salt. 大锅里注入清水（足够淹及竹筒的一半）烧开，将竹筒移至锅里以大火炖25分钟后转小火继续炖90分钟，加盐调味即可。
2. When I go into the kitchen for another cup of coffee, she empties the pot into my cup and says, "I was just about to have some myself." 当我走进厨房倒另一杯咖啡时，她把咖啡壶里的咖啡都倒进我的杯里，说，“我正要给我自己倒呢。”
3. It makes an enormous amount of difference how much sleep I have and how regularly: when I am unwell my sleep patterns go completely to pot and they can take months to stabilise after a bad episode. 对我来说，睡眠时间的多少和多久才能有正常的睡眠是两个完全不同的概念：当我发病时，睡眠全乱了套；经过一个糟糕的发病周期后又需要数个月的时间让睡眠恢复正常。
4. Remember to turn off the pot of steaming water when you leave your home or go to bed. 记住当你离家时或者睡觉时把有蒸汽的水壶拿走。
5. Early in the morning Grethel was obliged to go out and fill the great pot with water, and hang it over the fire to boil. 清晨格雷特被迫出去并且把这口大锅添满水，并把它放到火下面去煮。
