Songs teach language. Consider a song like "Tom's Diner" by Suzanne Vega.

VOA: special.2011.01.06

It takes place in small rooms. If you begin to think about it, you can almost see the set changes: in the diner, on the train station. That's about the most open place, on the train platform. That's about the most open place we see.

在很小的空间里发生，如果你们开始思考它，你们几乎能看到场景的改变，晚饭，在火车站，那算是最室外了，在火车的月台上，那也算是最室外了。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

We found the diner on E-bay. We live in the neighborhood and there's no place for breakfast.

VOA: standard.2010.05.06

At Kuppy's Diner, a few miles from the plant, cook Don Doremus thinks nuclear power is going to be around for a while.

NPR: Despite Meltdown, Three Mile Island May Power On

However good the "He-Man breakfast" is, this will be the last time they can rely solely on the votes from Ma and Pa's diner.

BBC: Mitt Romney's dwindling 'diner' supporters

When local bad boy Ted and his gang decide to make Chuck's diner their local hangout, Chuck is forced to reveal his more sinister side.

BBC: Mid and north west Wales film-makers up for movie award