纯正地道美语(外教讲解)327：海鲜晚餐

　　A: This is such a nice restaurant! I feel so classy!
好漂亮的饭店啊！感觉这里档次很高。
B: Yeah, it's a little bit pricey, but they serve the best seafood¹ in town.
是的，就是有些贵，但是这里的海鲜是全城最好的。
C: May I take your order?
您需要点餐吗？
B: Yes, I would like some marinated grilled² shrimp³ for starters and I'll also have the lobster⁴.
是的，我要一个腌烤虾作为开口菜，我还要点些龙虾。
C: Excellent choice sir. And for you madame?
先生，不错的选择。女士，您呢？
B: I would like the baked oysters⁵ and the seafood platter.
我要烤牡蛎和一个海鲜拼盘。
C: Very good madame.
女士，好的。
B: That seafood platter sounds good. Excuse me, what does the platter have?
海鲜拼盘听上去不错，抱歉，拼盘里都有什么？
C: It's a great combination of clams⁶, scallops, squid mussels, calamari and fillets of salmon⁷ and tuna. It comes with a side of butter sauce and french fries.
有蛤，扇贝，鱿鱼海带，鱿鱼和三文鱼柳，金枪鱼。它们一边蘸有奶油沙司和炸薯条。
B: That sounds great! Cancel the lobster and give me one of the same please.
听起来很不错！那我不要之前点的龙虾，给我来份和她一样的吧。
C: Very well sir. Anything to drink?
好的，先生。要喝点什么吗？
A: Can we get a bottle of your house white wine please?
我们在来瓶这里的白葡萄酒，谢谢。
C: Superb choice. I will be back shortly with the wine.
真会选。我待会拿酒过来。

1 seafood   

n.海产食品，海味，海鲜

参考例句：

• There's an excellent seafood restaurant near here.离这儿不远有家非常不错的海鲜馆。
• Shrimps are a popular type of seafood.小虾是比较普遍的一种海味。

2 grilled   

adj. 烤的, 炙过的, 有格子的 动词grill的过去式和过去分词形式

参考例句：

• He was grilled for two hours before the police let him go. 他被严厉盘查了两个小时后，警察才放他走。
• He was grilled until he confessed. 他被严加拷问，直到他承认为止。

3 shrimp   

n.虾，小虾；矮小的人

参考例句：

• When the shrimp farm is built it will block the stream.一旦养虾场建起来，将会截断这条河流。
• When it comes to seafood,I like shrimp the best.说到海鲜，我最喜欢虾。

4 lobster   

n.龙虾，龙虾肉

参考例句：

• The lobster is a shellfish.龙虾是水生贝壳动物。
• I like lobster but it does not like me.我喜欢吃龙虾，但它不适宜于我的健康。

5 oysters   

牡蛎( oyster的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• We don't have oysters tonight, but the crayfish are very good. 我们今晚没有牡蛎供应。但小龙虾是非常好。
• She carried a piping hot grill of oysters and bacon. 她端出一盘滚烫的烤牡蛎和咸肉。

6 clams   

n.蛤；蚌，蛤( clam的名词复数 )v.（在沙滩上）挖蛤( clam的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The restaurant's specialities are fried clams. 这个餐厅的特色菜是炸蚌。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• We dug clams in the flats et low tide. 退潮时我们在浅滩挖蛤蜊。 来自辞典例句

7 salmon   

n.鲑，大马哈鱼，橙红色的

参考例句：

• We saw a salmon jumping in the waterfall there.我们看见一条大马哈鱼在那边瀑布中跳跃。
• Do you have any fresh salmon in at the moment?现在有新鲜大马哈鱼卖吗？