纯正地道美语(外教讲解)280：点餐

　　Waitress:  Hi, welcome to Happy Buddah! Can I get you anything to drink?
Manny: A Coke for me, please.
Andrea: I'll have a Sprite.
Waitress: Okay, I'll go get that for you. Are there any questions with the menu?
Andrea:  Do you use MSG?
Waitress: No ma'am, we are MSG-free.
Andrea: Oh man, I haven't had Chinese food in so long! I want everything! This place has the BEST sesame chicken.
Manny:  Yeah, I've been craving¹ Chinese for such a long time. I used to get take-out all the time. It's definitely been a while. Let's start off with some crab² rangoon.
Andrea: Ooh yeah, that sounds good. I think I'm going to get the sesame chicken with fried rice, a spring roll, and egg drop soup.
Manny: It's so tempting³ to order everything on the menu, it all looks so appetizing! I think I'll get General Tso's chicken, hot and sour soup, fried wontons, and white rice.
Andrea: Aren't you supposed to be on a diet? You should at least get brown rice.
Manny:  I don't think so! I hate brown rice, and I'm so sick of eating healthy all the time. I've been eating so much salad I swear I've forgotten what meat tastes like!  There's no better remedy than some nice, greasy⁴, calorie-laden Chinese food. I might even get an order of broccoli⁵ beef!
Andrea: Gosh, I'm so hungry! Let's call the waitress over!
词汇注释
MSG n. 味精
craving n. 渴望, 热望
take-out n. 外卖
tempting adj. 吸引人的
appetizing adj. 开胃的, 促进食欲的
remedy n.  药物, 补救

　　Waitress: 大家好，欢迎来到Happy Buddah！想喝点什么饮料？
Manny: 给我来杯可乐。
Andrea: 我喝雪碧。
Waitress: 好的，我去给你们拿饮料。对菜单有疑问吗？
Andrea: 你们用味精吗？
Waitress: 不，女士，我们不用味精。
Andrea: 我很长时间都没吃中国菜了。我什么都想吃，这个地方做的芝麻鸡最好吃了。
Manny: 我很想吃中国菜。我过去总是点分外卖。那已经是很长时间的事了。我们先吃点炸蟹角吧。
Andrea: 听起来不错。我想我会吃芝麻鸡和炒饭，一个春卷，和鸡蛋汤。
Manny: 点菜单上的菜很吸引人，看起来都很有食欲。我想我要吃左宗棠鸡，酸辣汤，炸馄饨，和白米饭。
Andrea: 你们不是该节食吗？至少应该吃点糙米饭。
Manny: 我不这么想，我讨厌糙米饭，我对一直要吃健康的食物已经感到厌烦。我已经吃了太多的沙拉，我发誓我甚至忘了肉是什么味道。什么也没有美味的，滑溜溜的且含热量的中国食物好。我也许会要份西兰花牛肉。
Andrea: 我饿极了。赶紧叫那边的服务员吧。
 

1 craving   

n.渴望,热望

参考例句：

• a craving for chocolate 非常想吃巧克力
• She skipped normal meals to satisfy her craving for chocolate and crisps. 她不吃正餐，以便满足自己吃巧克力和炸薯片的渴望。

2 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。

3 tempting   

a.诱人的, 吸引人的

参考例句：

• It is tempting to idealize the past. 人都爱把过去的日子说得那么美好。
• It was a tempting offer. 这是个诱人的提议。

4 greasy   

adj. 多脂的，油脂的

参考例句：

• He bought a heavy-duty cleanser to clean his greasy oven.昨天他买了强力清洁剂来清洗油污的炉子。
• You loathe the smell of greasy food when you are seasick.当你晕船时，你会厌恶油腻的气味。

5 broccoli   

n.绿菜花，花椰菜

参考例句：

• She grew all the broccoli plants from seed.这些花椰菜都是她用种子培育出来的。
• They think broccoli is only green and cauliflower is only white.他们认为西兰花只有绿色的，而菜花都是白色的。