Once that baby comes, her slate is wiped clean.

一旦孩子出生，她将一身轻松。

At once the slate is covered with thousands of tiny drops of liquid water.

很快, 石板上就会出现成千上万颗小水珠。

The slate is not at all like the lump of putty which we made.

板石, 跟我们以前做过的腻子块儿, 一点也不像。

So we say that the slate is brittle; it snaps or breaks easily.

所以我们说, 板石很" 脆" , 很容易就能折断、打碎。脆的英语叫brittle.

Tim, what you make of rumor is that Angela is slated to be the next CEO?

蒂姆，你怎么看待有留言说安吉拉被任命为下一任CEO？

The putty was soft; we could press it into any shape we pleased. But the slate is hard.

腻子是很软的, 我们想要什么形状, 就可以把它捏成什么形状。

A " slate" is a kind of writing surface, something you write on.

“石板”是一种书写表面，你可以在上面写字。

My pro bono slate is full.

公益手术已经排满。

A slate is given them, also a slate-pencil, so that they may write for diversion.

给了他们一块石板， 还有一支石板铅笔， 这样他们就可以写字消遣。