情景英语:生活英语应用会话(六三)
Eating (2)
10) This restaurant serves spaghetti, but not pizza.这家餐厅做通心粉,但是没有比萨饼。
* serve 本是服务的意思,但要指餐厅、饮食店、酒吧做的东西时是说“serve pizza, coffee, brandy.”
11) What in the world are you eating?
你到底在吃什么?
* “What in the world……?”是“到底……?”的意思。
12) My mother can cook delicious Mexican food.我的母亲烧得一手墨西哥的美味佳肴。
* 常见用 dish 代替 food.
13) Don't you think you've eaten enough?
你不是吃的很多了吗?
* 含有“你好要吃呀?”的意思。
“我吃饱了。”是说“I've eaten enough.”或者“I've had enough.”
14) Please don't snack; you will ruin your dinner.请别吃点心了,你会对正餐失去胃口的。
* snack 是指清淡的点心。ruin 是糟踏的意思。
15) Switzerland is famous for its milk and cheese.瑞士的牛奶和奶酪是非常出名的。
* 酪制品是“dairy products”。
日常会话里以“well-known”、“famous”用得频繁。
16) Sometimes I miss home cooking.我有时想念家乡菜。
17) Hotels in America don't usually serve dinner in the rooms.在美国的旅店里,正餐通常是不送到房间里。
18) There are many wild blackberry bushes along the road.路旁有许多野生的黑浆果灌木。
* “gooseberry, raspberry, strawberry”等都会长成灌木。