时间:2018-12-28 作者:英语课 分类:突破英文对话


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I’m Starving 我饿死了 
 
BACKGROUND 背景 
 
Two friends after work are deciding on what to do for dinner. 
两个朋友下班后正在决定吃什么晚餐。 
 
A: I’m starving to death. What about you? 
我饿死了。你呢? 
 
B: Yeah, I’m starving too! Where do you want to have dinner? 
我也是,我快饿死了。你想去哪儿吃? 
 
 
A: I don’t know. 
我不知道。 
 
 
B: What do you feel like eating? 
你想吃什么呢? 
 
 
A: Every now and then I get hungry for spicy 1 food. 
一段时间不吃辣的我就馋。 
 
 
B: There’s a really good Sichuan restaurant near here. Let’s go there sometime 2
附近有家非常不错的四川饭馆。我们找个时间去吧。 
 
 
A: Why not tonight? 
今晚为什么不去? 
 
 
B: No, not tonight. You have to make reservations 3 in advance. It’s a very popular place. Besides, it’s expensive. And I don’t have any money. 
今晚不行。你必须提前预约。那里生意很好,而且很贵。我没多少钱了。 
 
 
A: I’m broke, too. Let’s save our money and go next week. 
我也没钱了。让我们攒点钱,下星期去吧。 
 
 
B: Okay. But how? 
好吧。那怎么攒呢? 
 
 
A: We could do without lunch this week. 
这个星期我们可以不吃午餐。 
 
 
B: Do you mean every day? I don’t feel up to that. 
你是说每天?那我可受不了。 
 
 
A: Well, then every other day. 
好吧,那就隔一天一次吧。 
 
 
B: But what about tonight? 
那今晚怎么办? 
 
 
A: Let’s just go for beef noodles. That’s cheap and fast! 
我们去吃牛肉面吧。又快又便宜! 
 
 
B: Great. Let’s go. 
太好了。走吧。 
 

1 spicy
adj.加香料的;辛辣的,有风味的
  • The soup tasted mildly spicy.汤尝起来略有点辣。
  • Very spicy food doesn't suit her stomach.太辣的东西她吃了胃不舒服。
2 sometime
adv.将来某一时候;改天
  • He came sometime last month.上个月某个时候他曾经来过。
  • It will happen sometime and somewhere.有朝一日这总会在什么地方发生的。
3 reservations
n.[法律](权益等的)保留( reservation的名词复数 );预订;保留地;保留意见
  • Most of these workers are American Indians living on reservations. 这些工人中的大多数是住在居留地的美洲印第安人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Have you made the reservations for our holiday yet? 你为我们度假做好预订安排了吗? 来自《简明英汉词典》
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