酒店英语口语就该这么说 第128期:菜不新鲜 抱怨餐厅太脏

 　　菜不新鲜

　　不，这蟹不新鲜。

　　A: Good evening, sir. Do you enjoy your food?

　　晩安，先生，喜欢我们食物吗？

　　B: No，the crab¹ is not fresh.

　　不，这蟹不新鲜。

　　同类问句：

　　No, the steak was recommended², but it is not very fresh.

　　不满意。尽管牛排是你们的拿手菜，但并不新鲜。

　　Oh! Sorry to hear that. This is quite unusual as we have fresh steak from the market every day! I will look into the matter.

　　哦，真对不起。这是很少发生的，因为每天我们都是从菜市场买来新鲜的牛排。我一定会调查一下这件事情的。

　　So what? It is not-fresh and I am not happy about it.

　　那么怎么办呢？你们的牛排不新鲜，搞得我都没一点胃口。

　　抱怨餐厅太脏

　　我妻子的沙拉里有个东西。

　　A： Yes, sir. I'll bring your drink right away.

　　来了，先生。我马上把您的饮料拿来。

　　B：It's not that. There's an animal in my wife's salad

　　不是饮料。我妻子的沙拉里有个东西。

　　同类问句：

　　Is there sir? I'm very sorry. I'll change it straight away.

　　是吗，先生？真抱歉，我马上就换。

　　We've never been to such a dirty restaurant, and never one with such slow service. We're leaving.

　　我们从没到过这样的餐厅，也没见过这么慢的服务。我们走。

1 crab   

n.螃蟹，偏航，脾气乖戾的人，酸苹果；vi.捕蟹，偏航，发牢骚；vt.使偏航，发脾气

参考例句：

• I can't remember when I last had crab.我不记得上次吃蟹是什么时候了。
• The skin on my face felt as hard as a crab's back.我脸上的皮仿佛僵硬了，就象螃蟹的壳似的。

2 recommended   

被推荐的

参考例句：

• The committee has recommended that the training program (should) be improved. 委员会建议培训计划应当改进。
• The hotel he recommended fell far short of our expectations. 他推荐的饭店与我们心目中的相去甚远。