赖世雄旅游观光英语通 第14期:晚餐 Dinner

 　　Dinner

　　晚餐

　　A stewardess¹ comes by offering dinner.

　　一名女空服员走过来送晚餐。

　　S:Would you put down your tray² table, sir? Would you like chicken or beef?

　　空姐:先生，请将你的餐板放下来好吗？你要吃鸡肉还是牛肉呢？

　　E:Uh, I'll have the chicken, thanks.

　　艾凡:呃，我吃鸡肉好了，谢谢。

　　S:Here you are. And the young lady? Evan looks over to see Kathy sleeping.

　　空姐:鸡肉餐给你，那么这位年轻小姐呢？艾凡转过头去看到凯西正在睡觉。

　　E:Oh! She's fallen off. Can I still take a dinner for her to eat a little later?

　　艾凡:哦！她睡着了。我能不能先替她收下让她等一会儿再吃？

　　S:That would be all right. You'll have to lower her tray table, too, though.

　　空姐:可以。但是，你还是得把她的餐板放下来。

　　E:No problem. Uh, she'll have the chicken, too.

　　艾凡:没问题。呃，她也吃鸡肉餐。

　　S:Here you are. And would you like some wine with your meal?

　　空姐:喏，鸡肉餐。你用餐时要不要喝点酒呢？

　　E:Gee, thanks! Do you have white wine?

　　艾凡:要，谢谢！有白酒吗？

　　S:Sure do. Here you go.

　　空姐:有。喏，酒来了。

　　I think we'd better wait for her to wake up before we give her a drink. She might spill it when she wakes up.

　　我想我们最好等她醒来再给她饮料。要不然她醒来时也许会把杯子打翻。

　　E:OK. I'll get her up in a minute.

　　艾凡:好的。我等一下会叫醒她。

　　S:By the way, we'll be coming around with coffee and tea in a moment, sir.

　　空姐:哦，对了，我们等一下会送咖啡和茶过来，先生。

　　Now, enjoy your meal.

　　现在，祝你用餐愉快。

　　1. tray table (飞机上座位前的)餐板

　　tray 托盘;浅盘

　　2. lower 降低

　　例:When the saleslady finally lowered her price，I bought the jacket.

　　(当那位女售货员最后终于降价时，我买厂这件夹克。)

　　3. Sure do.当然。(= I sure do.但主语I。]一省略)

　　例:A:Do you like Bnad Pitt

　　B:I sure do!

　　A:(Geat!Let's go see his new film.

　　(甲:你喜欢布莱德·彼特吗，!)

　　(乙:当然喜欢!)

　　(甲:太好了!咱们去看他的新片吧。）

　　4. spill (不小心)使洒出，打翻

　　三态为:spill, spilled/spilt, spilled/s},ilt}

　　例:I slipped and spilt my coffee.

　　(我滑厂一跤把咖啡打翻厂。)

　　5. By the way…顺便一提/哦，……(转移话题时使用)

　　=Incidentally³.

　　incidentally 顺便地，附带地

　　例:Don't be late for' your appointment with the dentist. I3y the way，remember to being your umbrella.

　　(你和牙医约诊别迟到厂。哦，对了，记得带伞。）

1 stewardess   

n.空中小姐，女乘务员

参考例句：

• Please show your ticket to the stewardess when you board the plane.登机时请向空中小姐出示机票。
• The stewardess hurried the passengers onto the plane.空中小姐催乘客赶快登机。

2 tray   

n.盘，托盘，碟

参考例句：

• There were two glasses of champagne on the tray.托盘里有两杯香槟酒。
• A waitress came in,carrying tea on a tray.一名女侍者走进来，手端放着茶的托盘。

3 incidentally   

adv.附带地，顺便提及

参考例句：

• Incidentally,I think you still owe me some money.顺便说一句，我想你还欠我一些钱。
• Incidentally,here's a good piece of news.附带告诉你一个好消息。