dessert

点菜

A：May I take your order now?
你们可以点菜了吗？

B：Yes, I think we’re ready to order. Elizabeth, what would you like to have?
行，我想我们可以点菜了。伊丽莎白，你想来点什么？

C：I haven’t made up my mind yet. You order first, Donald.
我还没决定呢。唐纳德，你先点吧。

B：All right. I’ll start with chicken soup. Then I want a steak, medium rare. I’ll have a baked potato, green beans and an egg salad. I’ll order dessert later.
好的。我先来个鸡汤，然后要一份牛排，嫩一点。要一份烤土豆片，青豆和一份鸡蛋色拉。待会儿我再要点甜食。

dessert

A：Yes, sir. And you, miss? What would you like to have?
好的，先生。你呢，小姐？你想吃点什么？

C：I can’t decide. I don’t see anything I really like.
我拿不定主意。我没看到什么我真喜欢的菜。

A：There are over thirty dishes to select from, miss.
小姐，这儿有三十多种菜供您选择呢。

B：There ought to be something you like, Elizabeth.
伊丽莎白，这儿一定有你喜欢的。

C：Well, I guess so. But I only see food that I don’t like. I don’t care for chicken and I can’t stand fish. Do you have any oysters?
大概有吧。可我看到的尽是些我不喜欢的菜。我不喜欢吃鸡肉，鱼也不合我的口味。有牡蛎吗？

A：No, miss. I’m afraid not. How about some other seafood?
没有，小姐。恐怕没有。别的海鲜怎么样？

C：Oysters are the only seafood I like. I dislike the rest.
海鲜中我只喜欢牡蛎，其它的都不喜欢。

B：I wish I could think of something for you.
真希望我能为你想出什么菜来。

A：May I suggest cream of tomato soup, steak with mushroom gravy, asparagus, and buttered cauliflower. For dessert—strawberry pie with ice cream?
我给您推荐几个菜吧：奶油西红柿汤，蘑菇汁牛排，芦笋，黄油黄牙菜。至于甜食，冰激凌草莓馅饼您看怎么样？

C：No, that isn’t my ideal of a good meal. I’ll have a hamburger. That’s my favorite dish. I have it every day.
不行。那不是我理想的一顿美餐。我来一个汉堡包。我最喜欢吃汉堡包，每天都吃。