Whether you choose concrete or real stone, a patio is expensive.(無論你選擇混凝土的或者是真的石頭，這樣的庭院都是很貴的。)

Rooms open onto the patio, where all kinds of domestic activities take place.(房間都通向天井，各種家庭活動都在這里進行。)

Are you crazy? If Dad finds you, he'll bury you under the patio!(你瘋的咯，我老子要是看到你，你就沒的命嘍！)

Among his artworks, you could find the ring dedicated to New York or Moscow, with Italian patio or Chinese pagoda, with gems or only from platinum.(在他的作品中，你可以找到獻給紐約或莫斯科的戒指，有意大利天井或中國寶塔，有寶石或僅來自鉑金。)

Maybe it's sipping lemonade on the patio before work or catching fireflies with your kids after dinner.(也許你可以在工作前到露臺上喝杯檸檬水，或者，在晚飯后陪孩子一起去抓螢火蟲。)

The last time I saw her, my mother was sitting with me on her patio.(上一次去見我媽的時候，我和她坐在門外的平臺上。)

Toward the back of the room there was a large patio, featuring a good view of the city at night.(在房間的后面，有一個大院，可以觀看城市的夜景。)

Suddenly, the thought of my beautiful patio came to mind. I can be quiet out there, I thought.(我又忽然想到家里漂亮的院子，我能夠在這里寧靜地呆會。)

Do you think it's just the way the street light is reflecting off the patio door?(你覺得那會不會只是路燈照著院門反射的影子呀？)

Was I too busy to even utter a simple word of thanks to God? Suddenly, the thought of my beautiful patio came to mind.(是不是太忙了，連一句簡短的謝意都沒有對上帝表達？)