实用口语：在美国点披萨的时候要这么说

 　1. PLAIN OR CHEESE?

　　1、原味还是芝士?

　　Plain meaning without toppings is New York-area vernacular¹ while outside New York such a pizza would be referred to as cheese.

　　在纽约地区方言里，用plain(原味)一词不加馅料的披萨;纽约之外，说这种披萨则要用cheese(芝士)一词。

　　2. PIECE OR SLICE?

　　2、一块还是一片?

　　Speaking of slices, in New York you can say, "I'm getting a slice," and people will know what you're talking about. However, elsewhere "piece of pizza" is preferred, and if you say "slice," you'll need to qualify it with "of pizza."

　　说到是一片片的披萨(slices)，在纽约你可以说I'm getting a slice(我要片披萨)，大家就知道你什么意思了。但在其它地方，你要说piece of pizza(一片披萨)，你要是说slice(一片)的话，就要说清楚是“披萨”。

　　3. PIE OR PIZZA?

　　3、派还是披萨?

　　While to east coasters, it might feel perfectly² natural to say "pie" when referring to a whole pizza, not so for those in other regions. "Pie" was described by west coasters as "pretentious³" and "only something someone in a movie would say".

　　对于东边沿海地区人而言，谈到整个披萨时说pie(派)再自然不过了，但对于其它地区却不是这样。pie一词被西部沿海地区人称为“装腔作势”，而且是“只有电影里的人会这么说”。

　　4. PIZZA PARLOR⁴, PIZZA SHOP, OR PIZZERIA?

　　4、披萨馆、比萨商店还是披萨餐馆?

　　Pizza place was the most popular, followed by pizza parlor and, a close third, pizzeria.

　　pizza place(披萨店儿)的说法最普遍，接着是pizza parlor(披萨馆)，紧随其后的是pizzeria(披萨餐馆)。

　　5. TIP SAG⁵

　　5、披萨尖儿

　　Tip sag refers to when the tip of one's pizza slice droops⁶ down.

　　披萨尖儿指一片披萨顶端馅料掉下的地方。

　　6. CHICAGO-STYLE

　　6、芝加哥风味

　　Chicago does have its own thin-crust pizza -- described as crisp and crunchy like a cracker⁷ -- which, some say, is even more popular than deep dish or stuffed.

　　芝加哥风味也确实有薄脆款披萨，松脆有嚼劲，有如士力架一般;有些人说甚至要比要比深盘披萨和卷边芝加哥披萨更受欢迎。

　　7. PARTY-CUT OR PIE-CUT?

　　7、切成方格还是切成块?

　　Party-cut means cutting in a grid⁸, while pie-cut means cutting in triangles or wedges.

　　party-cut(派对装)是指切成方格，而pie-cut(派式切法)是切成三角形或者稧形。

　　8. APIZZA

　　8、披萨薄饼

　　Perhaps less well-known, although no less delicious, is New Haven-style pizza, known in local vernacularas apizza.

　　纽黑文披萨也许没那么有名，但味道绝不逊色，方言里称之为apizza(披萨薄饼)。

　　9. OLD FORGE PIZZA

　　9、方形大披萨

　　The most popular varieties of the Old Forge are the red, a traditional tomato sauce and cheese; the white, hold the sauce; and the black, which has cheese, black pepper, black olives, and anchovies⁹.

　　方形大披萨花样丰富，最受欢迎的是：红色大披萨，是传统的番茄酱和芝士;抹了酱的白色大披萨;黑色大披萨，上面有芝士、黑胡椒黑橄榄和凤尾鱼。

　　10. ALL-DRESSED PIZZA

　　10、盛装披萨

　　All-dressed is Montreal slang for "everything" on it. The all-dressed pizza comes with mushrooms, green peppers, and pepperoni, not literally¹⁰ "everything" but still a lot.

　　all-dressed(盛装)一词是蒙特利尔俚语，意为“应有尽有”。盛装披萨有蘑菇、青椒和意大利辣香肠，也不是“一应俱全”，但料也不少。

1 vernacular   

adj.地方的，用地方语写成的；n.白话；行话；本国语；动植物的俗名

参考例句：

• The house is built in a vernacular style.这房子按当地的风格建筑。
• The traditional Chinese vernacular architecture is an epitome of Chinese traditional culture.中国传统民居建筑可谓中国传统文化的缩影。

2 perfectly   

adv.完美地，无可非议地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
• Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。

3 pretentious   

adj.自命不凡的，自负的，炫耀的

参考例句：

• He is a talented but pretentious writer.他是一个有才华但自命不凡的作家。
• Speaking well of yourself would only make you appear conceited and pretentious.自夸只会使你显得自负和虚伪。

4 parlor   

n.店铺，营业室；会客室，客厅

参考例句：

• She was lying on a small settee in the parlor.她躺在客厅的一张小长椅上。
• Is there a pizza parlor in the neighborhood?附近有没有比萨店？

5 sag   

v.下垂，下跌，消沉；n.下垂，下跌，凹陷，[航海]随风漂流

参考例句：

• The shelf was beginning to sag beneath the weight of the books upon it.书架在书的重压下渐渐下弯。
• We need to do something about the sag.我们须把下沉的地方修整一下。

6 droops   

弯曲或下垂，发蔫( droop的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• If your abdomen droops or sticks out, the high BMI is correct. 如果你的腹部下垂或伸出，高BMI是正确的。
• Now droops the milk white peacock like a ghost. 乳白色的孔雀幽灵般消沉。

7 cracker   

n.（无甜味的）薄脆饼干

参考例句：

• Buy me some peanuts and cracker.给我买一些花生和饼干。
• There was a cracker beside every place at the table.桌上每个位置旁都有彩包爆竹。

8 grid   

n.高压输电线路网；地图坐标方格；格栅

参考例句：

• In this application,the carrier is used to encapsulate the grid.在这种情况下，要用载体把格栅密封起来。
• Modern gauges consist of metal foil in the form of a grid.现代应变仪则由网格形式的金属片组成。

9 anchovies   

n. 鯷鱼，凤尾鱼

参考例句：

• a pizza topped with cheese and anchovies 奶酪鳀鱼比萨饼
• Pesto, mozzarella, parma ham, sun dried tomatoes, egg, anchovies. 核桃香蒜，马苏里拉，巴马火腿，干番茄，鸡蛋，咸鱼。

10 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。