美語情景對話 第488期:Dinner 晚餐

Akane: Hey, Ruth.

茜：嗨，魯斯。

Ruth: Hey, Akane.

魯斯：嗨，茜。

Akane: I just came to pick up my plastic container that I lent you the other day.

茜：我來拿那天我借給你的塑料容器。

Ruth: Oh, right. Well, I've just washed it actually, so here you go.

魯斯：哦，好的。我剛洗完，給你。

Akane: Thanks. So did you like that potato salad I made you?

茜：謝謝。你喜歡我給你做的土豆沙拉嗎？

Ruth: It was really nice. Yeah, it was really nice. I'm not sure how you made it, but I enjoyed it.

魯斯：非常美味。真的很美味。不知道你是怎麼做的，我非常喜歡。

Akane: Yeah, I gave some to Todd as well and he really liked it too.

茜：我也給託德拿了一些，他也很喜歡。

Ruth: Oh, good, I'm glad he liked it. That's good.

魯斯：哦，很好。我很高興他喜歡。太好了。

Akane: Yeah. I made some stuffed peppers too, but unfortunately there's meat in it, so..

茜：是啊。我還做了些青椒燜肉飯，不過很可惜裏面放了肉，所以……

Ruth: Oh, no. That's a shame. I would have really liked some of those, too.

魯斯：哦，不。太可惜了。不然我可以吃到的。

Akane: Yeah. I gave it to Todd and he really liked it.

茜：是啊。我給託德拿了一些，他很喜歡。

Ruth: Really.

魯斯：真的嗎？

Akane: Yeah.

茜：是啊。

Ruth: You're such a good cook. I wish I could cook like you can.

魯斯：你做菜的手藝太棒了。我希望我也能像你一樣做出美味的食物。

Akane: Oh, I'm sure there's a few tricks up your sleeve as well.

茜：哦，我確定你也有拿手的事情。

Ruth: Oh, I don't think so. I've yet to discover them.

魯斯：哦，我不這麼認爲。我現在還沒發現呢。

Akane: So do you want to go out for dinner again this Saturday?

茜：這週六還出去吃飯怎麼樣？

Ruth: Oh, that sounds like a really good idea.

魯斯：哦，聽起來是個很棒的主意。

Akane: Um, last time, last week I think we went to "Joyful", right?

茜：嗯，上次，上週我們去了Joyful餐廳，對吧？

Ruth: Yeah, that's right. We had rice and things like that. Is that right?

魯斯：對，沒錯。我們吃了米飯之類的食物。對吧？

Akane: Mm-hm, and I think I might of had a hamburger, or something like that.

茜：嗯，我記得我吃的是漢堡或是類似的食物。

Ruth: Oh, yes, you did.

魯斯：哦，對，是這樣的。

Akane: Yeah.

茜：是啊。

Ruth: So, where do you think we should go this time?

魯斯：那這次我們去哪吃飯呢？

Akane: Uh, I don't know. Do you want to go for sushi again?

茜：嗯，我也不知道。你想不想再去吃一次壽司？

Ruth: Oh, I really like sushi. Yeah.

魯斯：哦，我非常喜歡壽司。好啊。

Akane: Yeah, there's that, that other store, the sushi shop that we haven't gone to yet.

茜：好的，那就去我們沒吃過的那家壽司店。

Ruth: Ok, well, we could go there because that would be a nice walk as well. We could walk there and walk back and we could get some exercise at the same time.

魯斯：好，正好我們去那裏也可以散散步。我們可以走着去走着回來，這樣還能做些運動。

Akane: Oh, that's a great idea.

茜：哦，這主意太棒了。

Ruth: Yeah, and then we wouldn't feel so bad when we're greedy.

魯斯：好，這樣我們貪吃的時候就不會有罪惡感了。

Akane: Hm, for sure.

茜：嗯，沒錯。

Ruth: Why don't you go and ask Todd, and find out if he wants to go.

魯斯：爲什麼不去問問託德呢，看看他是不是也想去。

Akane: OK.

茜：好的。

Ruth: And then we'll organize it for tomorrow night.

魯斯：那我們明天晚上再商量。

Akane: Great idea.

茜：好主意。

Ruth: Oh, excellent. Oh, and Akane?

魯斯：哦，太好了。對了，茜。

Akane: Yeah!

茜：什麼事？

Ruth: You know, if you're making anymore potato salad,..

魯斯：如果你再做土豆沙拉的話……

Akane: Mm-hm?

茜：怎麼了？

Ruth: Feel free to bring some around.

魯斯：一定要拿過來一些。

Akane: Sure. No problem.

茜：當然，沒問題。

Ruth: Alright. Bye-bye.

魯斯：太好了。再見。

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1. up one's sleeve
藏有…想法；留有錦囊妙計；心中另有…高招；
eg. He wondered what Shearson had up his sleeve.
他暗自猜度希爾森究竟有什麼高招。
eg. I'd been doing some quiet investigating in the meantime and had an ace up my sleeve.
與此同時，我不動聲色地展開了調查，掌握了一張王牌。
2. for sure
無疑；肯定；
eg. You'll have it for sure by the end of the week.
這個週末你一定能收到它的。
eg. For sure today was a not great day for us.
當然今天對我們來說不是非常好的一天。
3. feel free
請隨意；不必拘謹；
eg. Go right ahead. Feel free.
開始吧。請便。
eg. If you have any questions at all, please feel free to ask me.
如果有任何問題，請隨意提問。