实战口语情景对话 第309期:Lunch 午餐

 　　Nicola: Hi, Cat, that looks like a lovely salad you got there.

　　尼科拉：你好，凯特，那看起来像是美味的沙拉。

　　Cat: Thanks it is.

　　凯特：谢谢，的确是。

　　Nicola: What has it got in it?

　　尼科拉：里面都有什么？

　　Cat: Um, I cheated and I bought one of those pre-packaged lettuce¹ with herbs and some leftover² food from last night, but it's good. It's got some couscous and vegetables, some grilled³ veggies, and then salad and olive oil and vinegar for dressing⁴.

　　凯特：嗯，我偷了个懒，我买的是预先包好的莴苣和食品，还有一些昨晚剩下的食物，不过还是不错的。里面有蒸粗麦粉食物和蔬菜，还有一些烤蔬菜，然后用沙拉酱、橄榄油和醋来调味。

　　Nicola: Ah, so you're a bit of a cook or, I don't know, you enjoy preparing food.

　　尼科拉：嗯，你就像厨师一样，我不太清楚这么说是不是准确，你很享受准备食物的过程。

　　Cat: Yeah, I guess so. I wouldn't call myself a cook but I enjoy eating well.

　　凯特：对，我想是的。我不会称我自己是厨师，不过我喜欢吃好吃的东西。

　　Nicola: OK, so do you go out much to eat, or do you kind of stay at home, or?

　　尼科拉：好，那你是常出去吃饭，还是喜欢在家里吃饭，或者别的？

　　Cat: I can't afford it right now, but I wouldn't mind going out every now and then.

　　凯特：目前我不太能负担起经常去外面吃饭，不过我倒是愿意偶尔出去吃。

　　Nicola: Let's say if you had a $100 now, and you could go to any restaurant, anywhere in the world, where would you go?

　　尼科拉：如果你现在有100美元，你可以去任何餐厅，世界上任何地方的餐厅，你想去哪里呢？

　　Cat: I would go for very expensive sushi. I think. Something good.

　　凯特：我想我会去吃非常昂贵的寿司。去吃好东西。

　　Nicola: And anything else? What about for dessert?

　　尼科拉：还有其他的吗？甜点吃什么？

　　Cat: Oh, I don't know. One of those fancy restaurants and buy a $20 dessert or something like that, if there is such a thing. I don't even know. Creme brulee. That's one of my favorites.

　　凯特：哦，我不知道。可能去一家高级餐厅，买一份20美元的甜点或是类似的东西，如果那里有这种甜点的话。我真不太清楚，可能是焦糖布丁吧。那是我最喜欢的甜点之一。

　　Nicola: Creme brulee! What's creme brulee?

　　尼科拉：焦糖布丁！焦糖布丁是什么？

　　Cat: We'll have to ask one of our French friends for that one. What's that mean? Cream? Creme brulee. I don't know. It's good though.

　　凯特：嗯，我们要问问我们的法国朋友那是什么了。那是什么意思？焦糖布丁。我不知道。不过很好吃。

　　Nicola: Is it ice-creamy or creamy or?

　　尼科拉：那是冰淇淋还是奶油？

　　Cat: It's got, um, what is it? It's that dish. It's a custard, with a, they put the heat. A hot, like a flare⁵ gun. What is it? It's a heat gun over the custard and it makes the sugar harden and then on the inside it's all custard. If that makes sense. It's really good. It's nice, though.

　　凯特：嗯，那是什么？那是一道甜点。是一种蛋奶沙司，然后用那个类似于喷枪的东西……那是什么呢？就是在蛋奶沙司上用热空气喷枪加工，这会使糖变硬，里面就全是蛋奶沙司了。如果你能理解的话。那真的很好吃。非常棒。

　　Nicola: It sounds really good.

　　尼科拉：听起来真不错。

　　Cat: Yeah!

　　凯特：对啊！

　　Nicola: Oh, so you'll have to meet yourself a Frenchman and get him in the kitchen.

　　尼科拉：你要找到一个法国人，然后让他进厨房里做。

　　Cat: I'll have to find one in the kitchen.

　　凯特：我得找个人进厨房。

　　Nicola: Well, good luck. Thanks for talking to us.

　　尼科拉：祝你好运。谢谢你跟我们聊天。

　　Cat: Yeah! See you next time.

　　凯特：嗯！下次见。

1 lettuce   

n.莴苣；生菜

参考例句：

• Get some lettuce and tomatoes so I can make a salad.买些莴苣和西红柿，我好做色拉。
• The lettuce is crisp and cold.莴苣松脆爽口。

2 leftover   

n.剩货，残留物，剩饭；adj.残余的

参考例句：

• These narrow roads are a leftover from the days of horse-drawn carriages.这些小道是从马车时代沿用下来的。
• Wonder if that bakery lets us take leftover home.不知道那家糕饼店会不会让我们把卖剩的带回家。

3 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。

4 dressing   

n.(食物)调料；包扎伤口的用品，敷料

参考例句：

• Don't spend such a lot of time in dressing yourself.别花那么多时间来打扮自己。
• The children enjoy dressing up in mother's old clothes.孩子们喜欢穿上妈妈旧时的衣服玩。

5 flare   

v.闪耀，闪烁；n.潮红；突发

参考例句：

• The match gave a flare.火柴发出闪光。
• You need not flare up merely because I mentioned your work.你大可不必因为我提到你的工作就动怒。