美語情景對話 第623期:Dinner 晚餐
Todd: So, Adrienne, we've been talking about food. It's late afternoon. What are you doing for dinner? What are you going to cook tonight?
託德：埃德里安娜，我們來談談食物吧 。現在已經是傍晚了。你晚上打算做什麼飯？你今晚打算做什麼吃？Adrienne: I don't think I'll cook tonight.
埃德里安娜：我想我今晚可能不做飯了。Todd: No, no cooking?
託德：什麼，你不做飯嗎？
Adrienne: No, I feel lazy today.
埃德里安娜：對，我今天有點懶洋洋的，沒精神。Todd: So you're going to eat out?
託德：那你要去外面吃嗎？Adrienne: Probably.
埃德里安娜：可能吧。Todd: Yeah, what's on the agenda? What's for dinner?
託德：你有計劃了嗎？晚上打算吃什麼？Adrienne: I'm not sure yet. There's a couple nice restaurants in my neighborhood so I might go and grab something to eat near here.
埃德里安娜：我還沒決定。我家附近有一些不錯的餐廳，我可能就去附近吃了。Todd: So, are you going to go and actually eat in the restaurant or are you just gonna bring it back?
託德：你是打算在餐廳裏吃還是打包帶走？Adrienne: Maybe I'll go eat at the restaurant. I don't feel like doing dishes either.
埃德里安娜：我可能會在餐廳裏吃。我也不喜歡洗碗。Todd: Right, well, but it's disposable, you just throw it away, right?
託德：好，不過餐廳打包提供的都是一次性的餐具，吃完以後直接扔掉就行了，不是嗎？Adrienne: Not good for the environment, Todd.
埃德里安娜：託德，這樣會污染環境。Todd: Yeah, I know, but…. Yeah, I don't have any argument for that one.
託德：我知道，可是……對此我並沒有異議。Adrienne: No conscience.
埃德里安娜：這是不道德的做法。Todd: Yeah, well, I look it this way, you know. You waste a little bit of paper, but you save water because you don't have to wash dishes.
託德：對，我是這樣看的。外出吃飯可能會浪費紙，但是你不用洗碗，所以節省了水資源。Adrienne: Interesting. I think the paper is more detrimental though.
埃德里安娜：這個觀點很有意思。不過我認爲廢紙對環境更有害。Todd: It's definitely not as renewable as water that's for sure.
託德：當然，因爲紙不像水那樣可再生。Adrienne: Maybe. I don't know what environmentalist would argue about that.
埃德里安娜：也許吧。我不清楚環保人士會如何看待這件事。Todd: So when you go to a restaurant, what things do you look for in a restaurant that you like?
託德：你去餐廳吃飯的話，你最注重的是餐廳的什麼地方？Adrienne: Well, number one, location. They're nearby. That makes it very handy for me. I like the convenience. Two, they have to be…have an interesting menu, a diverse menu, interesting food. I like that. And, also of course be clean and relatively inexpensive. Those are all important points for me to like a restaurant.
埃德里安娜：首先是餐廳的位置。我一般選擇附近的餐廳，因爲很方便。我喜歡便利。第二點，餐廳的菜單要新穎、豐富，要有一些有意思的食物。我喜歡這種感覺。當然餐廳還要乾淨，不要太貴。這是我選擇餐廳的主要參照。
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重點講解：
1. eat out 在外吃飯；
例句：Let's eat out today.
今天出去吃吧。
2. a couple 兩個；幾個；
例句：Give the bottle a couple of shakes before pouring the juice.
倒果汁前，先把瓶子搖幾下。
3. throw away 扔掉，丟掉（廢棄物）；
例句：I never throw anything away.
我什麼東西都不捨得扔。
4. for sure 無疑；肯定；
例句：Even to this day we don't know what happened for sure.
即使到現在我們也不確定究竟發生了什麼。
