【英语对话对对碰】食物变馊了

 It tastes stale¹!

The two people in the dialogue below want to fix pork chops² for dinner, but they later find out that the meat has gone bad....

Wayne: What are we going to eat for dinner?

 

Lilia: I'm going to fix some pork chops.

 

Wayne: I'm afraid the meat is rotten³.

 

Lilia: That's strange!  I just bought it the day before yesterday.

 

Wayne: Well, I forgot to put it in the refrigerator.

 

Lilia: Good for you!  Now what should we eat?

 

Wayne: Why don't we eat out?

 

Lilia: Again?  Weren't you just complaining that it's too expensive to eat out?

 

Wayne: Not when you're hungry.

1 stale   

adj.因陈旧而乏味的，过时的；没有新意的

参考例句：

• The room smelled musty and stale.这个房间闻起来有股发霉的陈味儿。
• The bread is too stale to eat.面包太陈不能吃了。

2 chops   

n. 颌, 颚 名词chop的复数形式

参考例句：

• The hawk chops upon its prey. 老鹰猛地向它要捕食的动物扑去。
• Our team is licking its chops because we beat the champions last night. 我队昨天晚上打败了冠军，因而大家欣喜若狂。

3 rotten   

adj.腐烂(朽)的；令人不愉快的；糟糕的

参考例句：

• The book was pretty rotten.这本书糟透了。
• Rotten eggs give off a bad smell.臭蛋散发出难闻的气味。