在新加坡人均GDP只有500美元的上世纪60年代中期，他记得有一项学校食品供应计划，可以让自己和其他孩子一起用一个长柄勺子从桶里舀牛奶喝。

In the mid-1960s, when its per capita gross domestic product was$ 500, he remembers a school feeding programme where he drank milk from a pail using a ladle shared with other children.

嗨，我想借个勺子，你有吗？

I need a ladle. You got a ladle?

他吹了吹勺子里的汤，然后啧啧地喝了下去。

He blew on his soup before slurping it off the spoon

打开盖子，用勺子盛些调味汁到碗里。

Remove the cover and spoon some of the sauce into a bowl

用勺子抄起薄饼，把它们转盛到盘子里。

Remove the wafers with a spoon and transfer them to a plate

别忘了，这东西具有腐蚀性；戴上手套或用勺子。

Remember that this is caustic; use gloves or a spoon.

他用勺子把速溶咖啡舀入两个杯子中。

He spooned instant coffee into two of the mugs.

他用勺子把冰激凌舀进杯子，喂给她吃。

He spooned the ice cream into a cup and fed it to her.

如果她再扔勺子会怎么样?

What will happen if she throws the spoon again?

 四级真题- 2015年 12月 3卷 短文填空

当你的孩子在你喂饭时第六次把勺子扔在地上时，你说，“够了！我不会再捡起你的勺子了！”

When your child throws her spoon on the floor for the sixth time as you try to feed her, and you say, "That's enough! I will not pick up your spoon again!"

 四级真题- 2015年 12月 3卷 短文填空

她用勺子舀着土豆泥,看上去很高兴。

She was spooning mashed potatoes and looking happy ．

 高考真题- 2017 浙江 阅读A

当我们选择一个大勺子而不是一个小勺子时,总摄入量增加了14%。

When we choose a large spoon over a smaller one, total intake jumps by 14 percent.

 高考真题- 2015 全国2卷 阅读B

把盘子、勺子和叉子放在桌子上

"Put plates, spoons and forks on the table."