英语口语大赢家Topic73:点菜Order

丹尼尔和汤姆中午放学后到餐馆吃午餐，两个小家伙要吃虾球，好像又碰上了好玩的事情，究竟是怎么回事呢？

 

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Daniel: Tom, we are in the restaurant now！

Waiter: May I take your order?

Daniel: I'd like to see the menu, please.

Waiter: OK, here you are.

Daniel: Thanks. I am starving¹. Tom, what are you getting?

Tom: I have no idea. First time here.

Daniel: Let me see…What's this, shrimp² rolls?

Waiter: Oh, it's rice rolls with fried³ shrimp inside.

Tom: Twenty five yuan is a little expensive.

Waiter: There are twenty rolls in a bowl. You can get another bowl for free if there aren't enough rolls.

Daniel: Sounds nice. We will take this, two bowls of shrimp rolls.

Waiter: OK, shrimp rolls. Do you want anything else?

Daniel: We will have this one first and order something else later.

Waiter: OK, wait a moment please.

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丹尼尔：汤姆，我们到了饭馆了。

服务员：可以点菜了吗？

丹尼尔：我想看看菜单。

服务员：好的，给你菜单。

丹尼尔：谢谢。我快饿死了。汤姆，你吃点什么？

汤姆：不知道，我是第一次来这儿。

丹尼尔：让我看看……这是什么，虾球？

服务员：哦，就是面卷里包着炸虾。

汤姆：25块钱有点贵了吧。

服务员：一碗里有二十个。如果面卷不够的话，还可以免费再点一些。

丹尼尔：听上去不错。我们就要这个，两碗虾球。

服务员：好的，虾球。还要点别的什么吗？

丹尼尔：我们先要这个，一会儿再点别的。

服务员：好的。请等一下。

经典背诵 Recitation
Daniel: My friend Tom and I like eating at the restaurant together .He is not good at ordering things, so most of the time I'm the one that order the dishes. The only problem is that he always complains about the prices and I think that is not a cool thing to do.

生词小结
restaurant n. 餐馆

menu n. 菜单

starve⁴ vi. 饿死

idea n. 主意

roll n. 卷

shrimp n. 虾

 

1 starving   

adj.饥饿，引申为供应不足；挨饿的v.（使）挨饿，饥饿( starve的现在分词 )；缺乏，急需

参考例句：

• starving children with huge distended bellies 鼓着浮肿肚子的挨饿儿童
• starving children with legs like matchsticks 腿瘦得像火柴棍一样的饥饿儿童

2 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。

3 fried   

adj.油煎的；油炒的

参考例句：

• I ate everything fried.所有油炸的我都吃。
• I prefer fried peanuts.我选择炸花生。

4 starve   

vi.饿死；挨饿；极需，渴望；vt.使挨饿

参考例句：

• They decided to starve the enemy out.他们决定使敌人受饿而出来。
• Don't starve the kitten.别饿着小猫。