1. As I was a Black, my job was to wait on tables, wash dishes, do the work of a mess-boy.
    因为我是黑人，就分派我当食堂服务员，端菜端饭，洗刷碗碟。

2. She washed the dishes and the soiled linen, she took down the refuse to the street every morning, and brought up the water, stopping at each landing to get her breath.
    她要洗锅刷碗，洗脏衣服，每天早上还把垃圾送到街上，再把水提上楼，在每段台阶都要停下来稍做喘息。

3. Many children would rather eat ice cream from cones than from dishes.
    许多小孩喜欢吃蛋卷冰淇淋胜过盘装冰淇淋。

4. If you tilt the table , the dishes will slide off onto the floor.
    如果你使桌子倾斜，碟子就会滑到地板上。

5. I admire the wedding dishes (once my grandmother's) that my mother has set on the table.
    我羡慕妈妈摆在桌上的婚宴菜碟（那曾经是外婆的）。