英语情景口语必修课第9课: Restaurant Talk
本书帮你建造属于自己的“语言天地”。它设计了60个场景,每个场景包含两组对话,内容涉及众多日常生活场景和工作场景,对话语言地道新潮,相关文化背景知识介绍,让你将文化学习与语言学习融为一体,如同亲临现代美国社会,全方位学习地道的英语口语表达。
Dialogue One :Joe and Nally visit the new Multicolor Restaruant
J=Joe N=Nally
J:Hi, Nally, are you hungry?
N:I'm starving. Let's go grab a bite(随便吃点东西)
J:Where to?
N:How about Karlis?
J:Are you kidding? That place is too ritzy for lunch.
N:True .ok Let's go to Gerumose?
J:Same thing, meals there all coarsen arm and leg
N:I guess it is a little pricy.
J:Let's stop it at Multicolor for a quick lunch..
N:That will be Ok. Come on ,I can't wait to chow down(吃饭)?
J: That was a great lunch ,the food was good ,but the service was lousy.
N:Is that why you stiffed(vt. 不肯付……小费)) the waiter?
J:You got it .All right,Let's go back to school.
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Dialogue Two : Eric treats Gregory to lunch
(treat to 招待,款待).
E=Eric, G=Gregory
E:Come on,Let's go for lunch,Gregory .
G:I was going to eat in,I'm short on cash
E:Don't worry about it.It's on me.
G:In that case,I'm with you. Em.this is good .
E:I agreed, Hi, guess what? I went bungee jumping last weekend.
G:Are you on the up and up(光明正大,诚实无欺)?
E:Definitely. you know, I'm into(be into: 对……深感兴趣)serious sport in a big way.
G:If you asked me, you've got a screw loose somewhere.
E:come off it(住口),It's not that serious. You should DIY(do it yourself) sometime
G: Fat chance,I'm too scared of bungee jumping.
E:No, really, I think you'd like it. I adapted to it right off the bat(立即).
G:What did that have to do with me? I'm not the self-seeker like you.
E:I can teach you here.
G:I had a sneaking suspicion about you,Eric, I think you've lost it .
E:No,not really, but I think I have lost my wallet. Where can it be?