英语PK台 第536期:西餐点菜篇(2)轻食咖啡小馆

 　　Dialogue 1

　　Jingjing: This is really different from the last pizza place.
　　京晶：这里和上次吃披萨的地方还真不太一样。
　　Mark: Totally. This a café. Pizza isn't the main thing they serve.
　　马克：完全不一样。这是个咖啡小馆，披萨不是这里的主营。
　　Jingjing: That's probably better. I wasn't really in the mood to load up on pizza again.
　　京晶：这样可能更好。我不是特别想再搓一顿披萨了。
　　Mark: Well, the salads and pastas 1 here are mighty 2 good.
　　马克：这里的沙拉和意大利面食超好的。
　　Jingjing: How about you order everything for us?
　　京晶：你来给我俩点菜怎么样？
　　Mark: That's easy.
　　马克：简单。
　　later, the food comes
　　一会儿功夫，食物来了
　　Jingjing: Is this everything we ordered?
　　京晶：这是我们点的全部吗？
　　Mark: This is just part of it. I ordered two pastas which haven't come yet.
　　马克：这只是其中的一部分。我点了两份意大利面食pastas, 都还没上呢。
　　Jingjing: Is this the only salad?
　　京晶：只有这一份沙拉吗？
　　Mark: Yes. Whenever we want more, we can get another one right away. They just bring each thing whenever it's ready.
　　马克：是的。如果我们想要更多，可以马上再要一份，他们只是食物弄好了就端上来。
　　Jingjing: How are we going to share the salad?
　　京晶：那我们怎么分着吃沙拉呢？
　　Mark: Just take some onto your plate. I'll go grab 3 us a serving fork.
　　马克：拿一些到你的盘子里。我去拿一个公用叉子。
　　More food comes.
　　更多的食物上来了
　　Jingjing: This is our pizza?
　　京晶：这是我们的披萨吗？
　　Mark: Yep, that's it. Again, we can order more whenever we want.
　　马克：对。就是。同样，如果我们想吃更多可以继续点。
　　Jingjing: I'm really not used to having so little food on the table at one time.
　　京晶：我真的不习惯一次桌上就摆着那么一点点食物。
　　Mark: I can imagine. If a boss takes a group of employees 4 to a café, it's kind of weird 5.
　　马克：我能想象。如果一个老板带着一群员工来这种小馆吃饭，那就真的奇怪了。
　　New words: 习语短语：
　　Totally. 完全（赞同）
　　(I completely 6 agree with you. OR It is completely as you've described.)
　　load up on 摄入大量（食物）
　　(have a lot of one kind of food, maybe to make up for a lack of other foods)
　　grab 拿、取
　　(fetch)
　　Yep. 是的，口头语。
　　(Yes, and there's not much more to say about it.)
　　kind of weird 有些奇怪，怪异
　　(awkward)
　　Dialogue 2
　　Jingjing and Mark have finished most of the food they ordered.
　　京晶和马克吃完了大部分食物
　　Mark: Are you pretty full or should we order more?
　　马克：你已经吃饱了吗还是我们需要再点一些呢？
　　Jingjing: I'm not stuffed 7. But this is probably enough.
　　京晶：我还没吃饱。但是桌上这些可能够了。
　　Mark: Hmm. We could finish with another salad, or go with desserts.
　　马克：嗯，我们可以再点一份沙拉就差不多了，或者来点甜点。
　　Jingjing: Another salad would be refreshing 8. You pick one, I'll be right back.
　　京晶：再来一份沙拉很惬意哦！你挑一款，
　　我马上回来。
　　5 minutes later...
　　5分钟以后
　　Jingjing: Oh, the table is empty!
　　京晶：噢，桌上都空了！
　　Mark: I ate the last piece of pizza and let them clear away our plates. They'll bring new ones with the salad.
　　马克：我吃了最后一块披萨，然后让他们把我们的餐盘收走了。他们会带一份新的沙拉过来。
　　Jingjing: O-kay.
　　京晶：好…吧
　　Mark: How about we order some tea? Would hot lemon tea be good for you?
　　马克：我们点些茶来喝怎样？热柠檬茶你想喝吗？
　　Jingjing: Sure.
　　京晶：好啊
　　Mark: I think I owe 9 you an explanation. In a café, people don't like to deal with too much food at one time. That gives people a chance to sit and talk.
　　马克：我想我还欠你一个解释。在咖啡小馆，人们不喜欢一次点太多食物，这样能给了人们一个坐着聊天的机会。
　　Jingjing: What would you like to talk about?
　　京晶：你想说什么呢？
　　Mark: Well, this place is pretty quiet, even though lots of people are eating here. I guess I should say that westerners 10 think this is a good way to eat.
　　马克：这个地方很安静，虽然有许多人在这里就餐。我猜我应该这样说，西方人觉得这是一个很好的吃饭的方式。
　　Jingjing: It's very different from the Chinese way. Chinese people like to show their generosity 11 by hosting a big meal.
　　京晶：这跟中国人的方式太不一样了。中国人喜欢操办一桌丰盛的宴席来展示慷慨大方。
　　Mark: Yeah, that's a nice thing. It took me a long time to get used to that.
　　马克：是，那是很好的。我用了很长时间才习惯这种方式。
　　Jingjing: This food is pretty good. But I see so few plates and can't be sure there was enough food. But when I got up just now, I felt like I'd eaten a good amount.
　　京晶：这里的食物还是挺不错的。但是我看见盘子这么少，不太确定食物够不够吃。但是当我刚才站起来的时候，我才发觉我已经吃了不少了。
　　Mark: Right. Maybe European-style cafés are worth a try once in a while.
　　马克：对。也许这样的欧式咖啡小馆值得时不常来吃一次。
　　New words: 习语短语：
　　stuffed 非常饱，撑
　　(very full, after eating)
　　go with 选择，挑选
　　(choose, select, have)
　　clear away 拿走，整理干净某片区域
　　(take away something and clean up the area)
　　O-kay 比较犹豫的赞同
　　(a hesitant, tentative expression of agreement)
　　worth a try 值得一试
　　(nice to have)