和老外聊天的地道口语第63期:我们还是AA制吧

J: waiter, a table for two please.
W: yes, this way please.
J: can we see the menu please?
W: here you are.
J: what's good today?
W: I recommend crisp beef and fried duck.
J: we don't want that. Well, perhaps we'll begin with mushroom soup and follow with some seafood and chips.
W: do you want any dessert?
J: no dessert, thanks, just coffee.
Gordon: can I have the check please?
W: OK.
J: let me pay for the bill today.
W: no, no. I think we should split the bill.
J: ok, if you really want to.
G: yes, I prefer to go Dutch when I'm on dates.


服务员,我们要一张两个人的桌子.
好吧,请随我来.
请把菜单拿过来吧.
给您.
今天有什么特色菜吗?
向您推荐香酥牛肉和锅烧鸭.
哦,不用了.先来点蘑菇汤,再来一些海鲜和薯条吧.
要点餐后甜点吗?
不用了,谢谢.来点咖啡就可以了.
可以把账单拿来吗?
好的.
今天我请客.
不用了,我们还是AA制吧.
好吧,如果你喜欢的话.
是的,约会时我喜欢AA制.

Dessert: sweet food eaten at the end of a meal （饭后）甜点，甜食
What's for dessert?
餐后甜点吃什么？
a rich chocolate dessert
腻人的巧克力甜点
a dessert wine
餐末甜酒

Mushroom: a fungus with a round flat head and short stem. Many mushrooms can be eaten. 蘑菇；蕈；伞菌
a field mushroom(= the most common type that is eaten, often just called a ‘mushroom’, and often grown to be sold) 洋蘑菇
fried mushrooms
油炸蘑菇
cream of mushroom soup
奶油蘑菇汤

Crisp: pleasantly hard and dry 脆的;酥脆的
Bake until the pastry is golden and crisp.
把油酥糕点烤至金黄酥脆。

Recommend: to tell sb that sth is good or useful, or that sb would be suitable for a particular job, etc. 推荐；举荐；介绍
Can you recommend a good hotel?
你能推荐一家好的饭店吗？
I recommend the book to all my students.
所有我的学生，我都向他们推荐这本书。
She was recommended for the post by a colleague.
她获得同事推荐到这个岗位。
The hotel's new restaurant comes highly recommended(= a lot of people have praised it).
这家酒店的新餐厅得到了人们的普遍赞扬。

Menu: a list of the food that is available at a restaurant or to be served at a meal 菜单
to ask for/look at the menu
要╱看菜单
What's on the menu(= for dinner)tonight?
今晚有什么菜？

On dates:约会

Pay for the bill:结账

Split the bill:AA制

Here you are.
给你.