美語情景對話 第1041期:You know a good place? 你知道哪裏有美味的餐廳嗎?
Shirley: Josh, I'm really hungry now. Do you know a good restaurant we could go to?
雪莉:喬什,我現在非常餓。你知道有哪家餐廳不錯嗎?我們可以去吃飯。Josh: Yes, there's a really great chicken restaurant near my house.
喬什:我知道,我家附近有一家非常棒的雞肉餐廳。Shirley: Chicken?
雪莉:雞肉?
Josh: Yeah, they have lots of different types of chicken. They have fried chicken, baked chicken, broiled chicken, and so on.
喬什:對,那家餐廳供應用多種方法烹飪的雞肉。他們有炸雞、焗雞、烤雞等。Shirley: Hmm, chicken. You know, I don't really like chicken that much. Do you know about somewhere else, somewhere that doesn't have chicken or beef?
雪莉:嗯,雞肉。不過我不太喜歡雞肉。除了雞肉和牛肉,你還有沒有其他推薦的餐廳?Josh: Yes, there's a vegetarian restaurant near my house, too. But it's in the opposite direction.
喬什:有,我家附近有一家素食餐廳。不過在相反的方向。Shirley: Great. Okay, what kind of food do they have?
雪莉:太好了。那家餐廳有什麼美食?Josh: They have lots of salads, fresh salads. And they also have some stirfry.
喬什:他們有很多沙拉,很多新鮮的沙拉。也有炒菜。Shirley: Okay, and what's the restaurant like?
雪莉:好,那家餐廳怎麼樣?Josh: The restaurant is really nice. It's pretty small, and there's not a lot people usually.
喬什:那家餐廳非常好。餐廳很小,人也不會太多。Shirley: Okay. Is it light or dark inside the restaurant?
雪莉:好。餐廳裏是燈光明亮還是偏暗一些?Josh: It's a little bit dark but the food is really good.
喬什:有些暗,不過食物很好吃。Shirley: Okay. What about the tables? Do they have tablecloths or do they not have tablecloths?
雪莉:好。那餐桌呢?上面有沒有桌布?Josh: There's no tablecloths and the tables are a little bit low.
喬什:沒有桌布,餐桌有些矮。Shirley: What about the price of the food? Is it expensive or is it cheap?
雪莉:那餐廳的價格呢?貴還是便宜?Josh: It's very cheap.
喬什:非常便宜。Shirley: Hmm, that's good.
雪莉:這很好。Josh: Yeah. For example, you can buy a salad for only 5 dollars.
喬什:嗯。一份沙拉只要5美元。Shirley: Wow. That is cheap.
雪莉:哇哦,好便宜。Josh: It is.
喬什:沒錯。Shirley: Okay. What about a soup?
雪莉:好。那湯呢?Josh: A soup is usually 6 dollars but they're really good.
喬什:一份湯要6美元,不過那家餐廳的湯非常好喝。Shirley: Okay. Well, I have my car today, so is there parking at the restaurant?
雪莉:好。我今天開車了,那家餐廳有停車場嗎?Josh: There's some parking but there's actually a lot nearby.
喬什:附近有停車場。Shirley: Okay, so no problem to park my car.
雪莉:好,那停車的問題就解決了。Josh: It's no problem.
喬什:對,解決了。Shirley: Great. Then, let's go for vegetarian.
雪莉:太好了。那我們去吃素食吧。Josh: Okay, sounds great.
喬什:好,聽起來好極了。
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重點講解:
1. and so on 及諸如此類;等等;
例句:People can take bus, subway, taxi, bike and so on.
人們可以搭巴士,坐地鐵,乘出租車或騎自行車等。
2. what about (用於引出與之前內容相關的新的話題或觀點)那麼…怎麼樣;
例句:What about you? What are your career plans?
你呢?你的事業計劃是什麼?
3. no problem 沒問題;
例句:Distance is no problem with modern telecommunications.
在電信發達的今天,相距遙遠已不再是什麼問題了。