那对夫妇总是为鸡毛蒜皮的小事争吵不休，比如轮到谁洗碗这样的事。

The couple kept ___bickering about trivial things like whose turn it was to do the dishes.

雨点噼里啪啦地打在铁皮屋顶上。

Raindrops ___pattered against the tin roof.