# Toilet

## **Verb + toilet**

need the toilet - 要上厕所

go to the toilet

use the toilet

flush the toilet

Have you been to the …?

## **Toilet + noun**

toilet facilities - 卫浴设备

toilet paper

the toilet seat - 马桶座圈

## **Adjective + toilet**

ladies/gents toilet

public toilets

disabled toilet

## **Exercises**

1. Don’t forget to wash your hands after you’ve **gone** to the toilet.
2. I **need** the toilet, so can you stop the video for a few minutes?
3. We couldn’t use the **public** toilets in the park because they had been vandalized[^1].
4. Nobody could **use** the toilet because it was [out of order](#user-content-fn-2)[^2].
5. Excuse me, is there a **disabled** toilet? My friend is in a wheelchair.
6. There was a sign above the [**toilet bowl**](#user-content-fn-3)[^3] which said, ”Please **flush the** toilet when finished.”
7. There was a queue outside the **lady's** toilets. Why is there never one outside the gents?
8. Maria, we’re out of toilet **paper**. Could you get some when you’re out?
9. I wish your grandfather would remember to put the **toilet seat** up!
10. There was no wheelchair access and no disabled **toilet facilities** *at the concert*.

## **Note**

1. **The informal word 'loo' is often used for toilet:** *I’ll just go to the **loo** before the film starts.*
2. *In the UK public toilets are sometimes called **public conveniences**.*
3. *In the USA, the toilet in your home is the **bathroom**, and in a public place is the **restroom**.*

[^1]: 被肆意破坏了的

[^2]: 出故障了，坏了

[^3]: 马桶
