我们开始做饭。

　　还能这样说：

　　We start to make dinner.

　　We get down preparing the meal.

　　应用解析：

　　make a meal of sth. 对某事做得太过分

　　ready-to-eat meal 即席膳食，快餐；

　　set meal 订餐；

　　square meal 丰富的一餐

　　14. Cooking the meals is your job.

　　做饭是你分内之事。

　　还能这样说：

　　Preparing for the dinner is what you should do.

　　It's your job to make dinner.

　　谚语：

　　Make the best of a bad job.

　　身处山穷水尽，力争柳暗花明。

　　15. Sichuan cooking is famous for its hot food.

　　四川烹饪以辣著称。

　　还能这样说：

　　Hot food is the characteristic of Sichuan cooking.

　　Sichuan food is really hot as its feature.

　　应用解析：

　　famous last words 后悔当初不该说那样的话

　　16. He took lessons in Japanese cuisine.

　　他上了日式料理的课程。

　　还能这样说：

　　He had learned how to make Japanese food.

　　He had classes of Japanese cookery.

　　17. My mother is economical in her use of salt when cooking.

　　我妈妈做饭时用盐很少。

　　还能这样说：

　　My mother likes less salt when she cooks.

　　My mother seasons the food with a little salt when cooking.

　　应用解析：

　　be out of use 不通用；作废；

　　come into use 开始被使用；

　　of no use 没有用，无用