ESL露西的一天 第72期:工作与午餐讲解(9)

 In this story, the hostess shows Lucy and her supervisor¹ "to a table."  在这个故事中，女主人把露西和她的上司带到一张桌子旁。

To show someone to a table means to take them to a table.  把某人带到桌边意味着把他们带到座位。

When I go into a restaurant, sometimes they look at me and they show me the door,  当我走进一家餐馆，有时他们看着我，给我开门，

meaning they take me to the door and say, "Goodbye, we don't want you in our restaurant."  这意味着他们带我到门口说，“再见，我们不想你在我们的餐厅用餐。”

Happens to me all the time, I'm not sure why. 这种事总是发生在我身上，我不知道为什么。

"The waiter arrives" at their table "a few minutes later" and Lucy and her boss "order entrees," not "appetizers⁴."  “几分钟后”，“服务员来到”他们的餐桌，露西和她的上司“点了主菜”，而不是“开胃菜”。

An entree², "entree," is the main part of your meal, what we would call the main course, "course."  一道主菜，“主菜”是你用餐的主要部分，我们称为主要的一道菜，“一道（菜）”。

Your meal has different parts.  你的一餐包含很多部分。

There's the main course, which is the entree, that's the biggest part of the meal where you would get,  这是主菜，就是“主菜”，这是你会吃的，最重要的一部分，

for example, chicken or steak or the largest part of the food you are eating.  例如，鸡肉或牛排或你吃的食物中最大的部分。

An appetizer³, "appetizer," is something you eat at the beginning of the meal,  一道开胃菜，“开胃菜”是你一开始吃的东西。

usually it's a smaller portion of food.  通常是食物的一小部分。

Perhaps you would have some vegetables, or in many restaurants,  也许你会吃一些蔬菜，或者在许多餐馆，

they have appetizers that are fried food - food that you put in oil to make them brown.  他们的开胃菜是油炸食品，就是放进油里，使它们变成棕色的食物。

These are appetizers; 这些是开胃菜；

they are things that you eat before your entree - your main meal. 它们是你在吃主菜——你的主餐前吃的东西。

1 supervisor   

n.监督人，管理人，检查员，督学，主管，导师

参考例句：

• Between you and me I think that new supervisor is a twit.我们私下说，我认为新来的主管人是一个傻瓜。
• He said I was too flighty to be a good supervisor.他说我太轻浮不能成为一名好的管理员。

2 entree   

n.入场权，进入权

参考例句：

• She made a graceful entree into the ballroom.她进入舞厅时显示非常优雅。
• Her wealth and reputation gave her entree into upper-class circles.她的财富和声望使她得以进入上层社会。

3 appetizer   

n.小吃，开胃品

参考例句：

• We served some crackers and cheese as an appetizer.我们上了些饼干和奶酪作为开胃品。
• I would like a cucumber salad for an appetizer.我要一份黄瓜沙拉作开胃菜。

4 appetizers   

n.开胃品( appetizer的名词复数 )；促进食欲的活动；刺激欲望的东西；吊胃口的东西

参考例句：

• Here is the egg drop and appetizers to follow. 这是您要的蛋花汤和开胃品。 来自互联网
• Would you like appetizers or a salad to go with that? 你要不要小菜或色拉？ 来自互联网