美语情景对话 第623期:Dinner 晚餐

Todd: So, Adrienne, we've been talking about food. It's late afternoon. What are you doing for dinner? What are you going to cook tonight?

托德：埃德里安娜，我们来谈谈食物吧 。现在已经是傍晚了。你晚上打算做什么饭？你今晚打算做什么吃？

Adrienne: I don't think I'll cook tonight.

埃德里安娜：我想我今晚可能不做饭了。

Todd: No, no cooking?

托德：什么，你不做饭吗？

Adrienne: No, I feel lazy today.

埃德里安娜：对，我今天有点懒洋洋的，没精神。

Todd: So you're going to eat out?

托德：那你要去外面吃吗？

Adrienne: Probably.

埃德里安娜：可能吧。

Todd: Yeah, what's on the agenda? What's for dinner?

托德：你有计划了吗？晚上打算吃什么？

Adrienne: I'm not sure yet. There's a couple nice restaurants in my neighborhood so I might go and grab something to eat near here.

埃德里安娜：我还没决定。我家附近有一些不错的餐厅，我可能就去附近吃了。

Todd: So, are you going to go and actually eat in the restaurant or are you just gonna bring it back?

托德：你是打算在餐厅里吃还是打包带走？

Adrienne: Maybe I'll go eat at the restaurant. I don't feel like doing dishes either.

埃德里安娜：我可能会在餐厅里吃。我也不喜欢洗碗。

Todd: Right, well, but it's disposable, you just throw it away, right?

托德：好，不过餐厅打包提供的都是一次性的餐具，吃完以后直接扔掉就行了，不是吗？

Adrienne: Not good for the environment, Todd.

埃德里安娜：托德，这样会污染环境。

Todd: Yeah, I know, but…. Yeah, I don't have any argument for that one.

托德：我知道，可是……对此我并没有异议。

Adrienne: No conscience.

埃德里安娜：这是不道德的做法。

Todd: Yeah, well, I look it this way, you know. You waste a little bit of paper, but you save water because you don't have to wash dishes.

托德：对，我是这样看的。外出吃饭可能会浪费纸，但是你不用洗碗，所以节省了水资源。

Adrienne: Interesting. I think the paper is more detrimental though.

埃德里安娜：这个观点很有意思。不过我认为废纸对环境更有害。

Todd: It's definitely not as renewable as water that's for sure.

托德：当然，因为纸不像水那样可再生。

Adrienne: Maybe. I don't know what environmentalist would argue about that.

埃德里安娜：也许吧。我不清楚环保人士会如何看待这件事。

Todd: So when you go to a restaurant, what things do you look for in a restaurant that you like?

托德：你去餐厅吃饭的话，你最注重的是餐厅的什么地方？

Adrienne: Well, number one, location. They're nearby. That makes it very handy for me. I like the convenience. Two, they have to be…have an interesting menu, a diverse menu, interesting food. I like that. And, also of course be clean and relatively inexpensive. Those are all important points for me to like a restaurant.

埃德里安娜：首先是餐厅的位置。我一般选择附近的餐厅，因为很方便。我喜欢便利。第二点，餐厅的菜单要新颖、丰富，要有一些有意思的食物。我喜欢这种感觉。当然餐厅还要干净，不要太贵。这是我选择餐厅的主要参照。

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重点讲解：
1. eat out 在外吃饭；
例句：Let's eat out today.
今天出去吃吧。
2. a couple 两个；几个；
例句：Give the bottle a couple of shakes before pouring the juice.
倒果汁前，先把瓶子摇几下。
3. throw away 扔掉，丢掉（废弃物）；
例句：I never throw anything away.
我什么东西都不舍得扔。
4. for sure 无疑；肯定；
例句：Even to this day we don't know what happened for sure.
即使到现在我们也不确定究竟发生了什么。