aHi, welcome to Happy Buddah! Can I get you anything to drink?
大家好,欢迎来到Happy Buddah!想喝点什么饮料?
bA Coke for me, please.
给我来杯可乐。
aI'll have a Sprite.
我喝雪碧。
bOkay, I'll go get that for you. Are there any questions with the menu?
好的,我去给你们拿饮料。对菜单有疑问吗?
aDo you use MSG?
你们用味精吗?
bNo ma'am, we are MSG-free.
不,女士,我们不用味精。
aOh man, I haven't had Chinese food in so long! I want everything! This place has the BEST sesame chicken.
我很长时间都没吃中国菜了。我什么都想吃,这个地方做的芝麻鸡最好吃了。
bYeah, I've been craving Chinese for such a long time. I used to get take-out all the time. It's definitely been a while. Let's start off with some crab rangoon.
我很想吃中国菜。我过去总是点分外卖。那已经是很长时间的事了。我们先吃点炸蟹角吧。
aOoh yeah, that sounds good. I think I'm going to get the sesame chicken with fried rice, a spring roll, and egg drop soup.
听起来不错。我想我会吃芝麻鸡和炒饭,一个春卷,和鸡蛋汤。
bIt's so tempting to order everything on the menu, it all looks so appetizing! I think I'll get General Tso's chicken, hot and sour soup, fried wontons, and white rice.
点菜单上的菜很吸引人,看起来都很有食欲。我想我要吃左宗棠鸡,酸辣汤,炸馄饨,和白米饭。
aAren't you supposed to be on a diet? You should at least get brown rice.
你们不是该节食吗?至少应该吃点糙米饭。
bI don't think so! I hate brown rice, and I'm so sick of eating healthy all the time. I've been eating so much salad I swear I've forgotten what meat tastes like! There's no better remedy than some nice, greasy, calorie-laden Chinese food. I might even get an order of broccoli beef!
1. question with... 对……有疑问,对……有问题
例句:
Do you have any questions with this lesson today?
关于今天的课,大家还有什么疑问吗?
2. MSG-free 不含味精的
-free表示“不含……的,无……的”。
例句:
Last month the united states suspended duty-free access for some argentine exports.
上个月美国中止了部分阿根廷出口产品的免税准入。
3. in so long 很长时间
例句:
And for the first time in so long, I feel my heart move with emotion.
这么久以来,我第一次感觉到心里流动着温情。
4. crave sth 渴望某物
例句:
Or they simply crave professional interaction.
或者说他们仅仅是渴望工作上的互动。
5. start off with 先吃点,从……开始
例句:
We may start off with 20 to 30 candidates. We narrow it down to 10 or so.
我们一开始可能有20至30个候选人,接着会把人数减少到10个左右。
6. It's tempting to do... ……很吸引人,很容易……
例句:
In the face of such withering criticism, it's tempting to ignore the whole profession.
面对这样使人哑口无言的批评,人们很容易会有忽视整个职业的倾向的。
7. be on a diet 减肥
例句:
The irish used to live on a diet of potatoes.
爱尔兰人过去用马铃薯作为主食。
8. call... over 叫……过来
例句:
Call vice over, they going to agree?
叫风化组过来看看他们同意不?