Eztalk美语【47】All set. 都准备好了
时间：2018-12-25 作者：英语课 分类：Eztalk美语会话
Brooke: (Sigh!) There's so much to do and so little time.
Jack 1: I know. Did your mom double check on the church reservations?
Brooke: Yes. We're going to be married in my hometown church, the first minute of the new millennium 2!
Jack: OK...and what about the buffet 3 and the cake? Did your mom call the caterer 4?
Brooke: All set. And we're having a red bean cake and dim sum for the Taiwanese guests, just like your mom wanted.
Jack: Great. She'll be so happy.
millennium (n.)
千禧年
buffet (n.)
由客人站着自由取用餐盘中各式菜色的自助餐吃法
caterer (n.)
外烩业者。cater(v.) 就是「办桌、外烩」
A: Did you hire a caterer for you wedding?
你结婚的时候有请外烩吗？
B: No, my mom cooked everything herself.
没有，全都是我妈妈自己煮的。
red bean cake (n.)
红豆蛋糕， dim sum (n.) 则为「点心」的广东话发音
布鲁克：（叹气）事情这么多，时间都不够用。
杰 克：我知道。你妈妈有再去确定预订的教堂吗？
布鲁克：有。千禧年来临的那一刻，我们将在我家乡的教堂结婚！
杰 克：好……那自助餐跟蛋糕呢？你妈妈请外烩了吗?
布鲁克：都准备好了。照你妈的意思，为了台湾的宾客，我们到时还会准备红豆糕跟点心。
杰 克：太棒了，她会很高兴的。
- 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。
- The whole world was counting down to the new millennium.全世界都在倒计时迎接新千年的到来。
- We waited as the clock ticked away the last few seconds of the old millennium.我们静候着时钟滴答走过千年的最后几秒钟。