时间:2019-02-23 作者:英语课 分类:英语听力精选进阶版


英语课

(In the office, people are discussing where they should go for a meal)


A: OK, everyone it's 6 o'clock, I'm done. I think it's time we go for dinner!


B: I'm starving. Shall we go to Big Eaters? I love their salad - you can go bottomless.


C: I'm not a salad person. How about some fish and chips? Happy Fisher offers bottomless chips.


D: No, I suggest we go to Happy Chicken across the road. We can go bottomless with any soft drinks. I'm very thirsty.


A: Do we know anywhere that we can go bottomless on the main course?


D: Oh, that can only be your home!


Li: Oh my God! 怎么回事,要裸体去餐馆儿?Hey, Neil, what are you talking about? Are we really going 'bottomless' tonight? 实在抱歉,裸体就餐我实在为难啊。I'm afraid I can't go to the restaurant naked 1!


Neil: Oh Li. You have misunderstood the word 'bottomless'.


Li: Oh? What does it mean then?


Neil: Here it simply means 'unlimited 2' or 'boundless 3' - you can have as much food or drink as you like for the same price.


Li: Ah, 原来这个词的意思是不限量,多吃多给。It sounds like a buffet 4, doesn't it? You can eat as much as you like. So can I say 'I had a bottomless buffet'?


Neil: No, it's not a term people say or use, mostly you see it only on the menu in a restaurant.


Li: 我倒是见过 unlimited 表示不限量,这么说 'bottomless' 是同一个意思,只不过说法不同。


Neil: Yes. They mean the same thing. Nowadays a lot of restaurants do this to attract customers, but the 'bottomless' only applies to soft drinks. Do you know why?


Li: Because they are cheap! I guess no pubs 5 in the whole of England would offer a bottomless service!


Neil: Shame about that! However, there is another common expression you may come across: 'a bottomless pit 6'. Let's listen to some examples:


It's a poor country with a bottomless pit of debt.


Jack 7 will eat any food that's left over. His stomach is a bottomless pit!


Neil: This expression is used to describe someone or something that always needs or wants more of whatever they're given, especially money.


Li: 明白了。'A bottomless pit' 就是无底洞的意思。What a vivid expression!


Neil: Finally the word 'bottomless' does have another meaning - not wearing trousers.


Li: That's what I thought, going naked. Now that you have explained, I must not make the same mistake again! Thanks Neil.


Neil: Bye!


Li: Bye!



adj.裸露的;赤裸裸的,无遮蔽的
  • To the east of our school,there's a naked hillside.我们学校东边有片光秃秃的山坡。
  • The children stripped off their clothes and swam naked in the river.孩子们脱得光溜溜的在河里游泳。
adj.无限的,不受控制的,无条件的
  • They flew over the unlimited reaches of the Arctic.他们飞过了茫茫无边的北极上空。
  • There is no safety in unlimited technological hubris.在技术方面自以为是会很危险。
adj.无限的;无边无际的;巨大的
  • The boundless woods were sleeping in the deep repose of nature.无边无际的森林在大自然静寂的怀抱中酣睡着。
  • His gratitude and devotion to the Party was boundless.他对党无限感激、无限忠诚。
n.自助餐;饮食柜台;餐台
  • Are you having a sit-down meal or a buffet at the wedding?你想在婚礼中摆桌宴还是搞自助餐?
  • Could you tell me what specialties you have for the buffet?你能告诉我你们的自助餐有什么特色菜吗?
酒店,酒馆( pub的名词复数 )
  • I don't like pubs.They're noisy, smelly, and what's more, expensive. 我不喜欢酒吧。那里又吵,气味又难闻,更重要的是,花费太多。
  • We did/went the rounds of all the pubs in town. 我们逐一光顾了城里所有的酒店。
n.深坑,核,矿井,陷阱,英国剧场正厅后排,凹陷疤痕;vt.使...有伤痕,去...的核,与...较量
  • A sheep fell into a pit,and I helped it out.一只羊掉进坑里,我把它弄了出来。
  • They dug a pit to bury the rubbish.他们挖了一个坑把垃圾埋掉。
n.插座,千斤顶,男人;v.抬起,提醒,扛举;n.(Jake)杰克
  • I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
  • He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。
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akihiko
allyl diglycocarbonate
almond moths
anisotropic hypofine coupling constant
Baravukha
behavioral criteria
box body dump car
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