【英语趣味课堂】关于饭店-About Restaurant

Todd: So Adrienne, what did you think of the restaurant?

 

Adrienne: It was good. The food was tasty but not as good as Italian food at home.

 

Todd: Yeah, I kind of think the same thing. It seemed like the noodles were a little hard, I guess you can say.

 

Adrienne: Yeah. Plastic.

 

Todd: Yeah

 

Adrienne: Like, yeah, I agree.

 

Todd: Did you like the salad?

 

Adrienne: Uh, salad was good, but it's hard to mess up salad.

 

Todd: Yeah, although that salad was pretty nice, right. It was chicken and sauce¹ and peppers² and stuff³ so...

 

Adrienne: And asparagus.

 

Todd: Like I can't make that salad. So that was pretty good.

 

Adrienne: Oh, that's true. I guess your right.

 

Todd: And what did you think about the pizza?

 

Adrienne: The pizza was delicious. I would like it to be a little bigger, because pizza at home is usually much bigger but, it was still very good.

 

Todd: Yeah, I forgot, how much was the bill. How much did we pay?

 

Adrienne: About 3,000 yen⁴ I think.

 

Todd: 3,000 yen, so what do you think? Is that expensive or cheap or?

 

Adrienne: That seems pretty standard for Tokyo I think.

 

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as good as

 

The food was tasty, but not as good as Italian food at home.

 

We use 'as + adjective⁵ + as' to compare things.  In this case the good at the restaurant was good, but the food at home is better. Notice the following:

 

Life here is as comfortable as back home.

I don't think my car is as fast as your car.

hard

 

It seemed like the noodles were a little hard.

 

Used like this 'hard' means⁶ difficult to bite into.  It is talking about the texture⁷. Notice the following:

 

The bread is hard on the outside, but soft and chewy inside.

Don't bite the candy. It's hard and you will break your teeth.

hard

 

The salad was good, but it's hard to mess up salad.

 

'Hard' used this way means difficult or not easy. Notice the following:

 

That is a very hard place to live.

I didn't know it was going to be so hard to find an apartment.

pretty good

 

I can't make that salad, so that was pretty good.

 

If something is 'pretty good' it is not the best thing ever, but it is better than average. Notice the following:

 

They have pretty good prices and high quality clothes.

The transportation⁸ system here is is pretty good, but there are still some problems.

standard

 

A 3,000-yen dinner for two seems pretty standard for Tokyo. 

 

Something that is 'standard' is normal or common.  In this case, 3,000 yen is a normal price. Notice the following:

 

It is standard that everything takes a lot longer here.

I am still trying to figure out what is standard here.

 

1 sauce   

n.酱油，酱汁；调味汁

参考例句：

• Some cream will enrich the sauce.在调味汁里加一些奶油会使其味道更加丰富。
• This sauce is too thick-- add some milk.调味汁太稠，再加点奶.

2 peppers   

n.胡椒粉( pepper的名词复数 )；辣椒

参考例句：

• She takes a few peppers in the hand. 她拿了一些辣椒在手里。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Peppers sting the tongue. 胡椒蜇舌头。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3 stuff   

n.原料，材料，东西；vt.填满；吃饱

参考例句：

• We could supply you with the stuff in the raw tomorrow.明天我们可以供应你原材料。
• He is not the stuff.他不是这个材料。

4 yen   

n. 日元；热望

参考例句：

• He wanted to convert his dollars into Japanese yen.他想将美元换成日币。
• He has a yen to be alone in a boat.他渴望独自呆在一条船上。

5 adjective   

n.形容词；adj.形容词的，用作形容词的

参考例句：

• Don't apply that adjective to me.不要用那个字眼来形容我。
• The adjective loose has several senses. 形容词loose有几个义项。

6 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。

7 texture   

n.(织物)质地；(材料)构造；结构；肌理

参考例句：

• We could feel the smooth texture of silk.我们能感觉出丝绸的光滑质地。
• Her skin has a fine texture.她的皮肤细腻。

8 transportation   

n.运输，运输系统，运输工具

参考例句：

• The transportation of goods by air costs a lot.航空运输货物花费很高。
• He finally solved the difficulty of transportation.他终于解决了运输的困难。