赖世雄旅游观光英语通 第29期:第一餐各付各的

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　　First Dutch¹ Treat

　　第一餐各付各的

　　Kathy and Evan go out for lunch.

　　凯西和艾凡外出吃午餐。

　　K:I hope the hostel² owner doesn't mind our going out for meals.

　　凯西：我希望旅社的老板不介意我们外出用餐。

　　E:Who? Mrs. Van Helsing? She doesn't mind at all. In fact, she suggested we have lunch at a cafe near here.

　　艾凡：谁？凡?赫尔辛太太？她一点也不介意。实际上，她建议我们在这附近的一家小餐馆用餐。

　　K:That sounds sweet of her. Say, look at all the trees and flowers! It seems everyone grows flowers in Holland³.

　　凯西：听起来她人不错。啊！看看这些树木花草！在荷兰似乎每个人都种植花卉。

　　E:Well, Holland is famous for its tulips⁵ and windmills.

　　艾凡：嗯，荷兰以郁金香和风车为人所熟知。

　　K:This is a cute restaurant. Let's go in here.

　　凯西：这家餐馆很漂亮，咱们进去吧。

　　E:This is the place she suggested! The menu outside the door has lots of good dishes. Notice that almost everything is in Dutch and English?

　　艾凡：这就是旅社老板建议的餐馆。在门外的菜单上有许多好吃的菜色。你有没有注意到几乎每道菜都用荷文和英文写的？

　　K:Yeah. Why is that?

　　凯西：有。为什么？

　　E:Mrs. Van Helsing was telling me that kids here learn English from primary school. Oh, by the way, you're paying for your lunch and I'm paying for mine. After all, while we're in the Netherlands, we should be going Dutch!

　　艾凡：凡?赫尔辛太太告诉过我这里的小孩从小学就学英文。哦，对了，你付你的午餐钱，我付我的。毕竟，我们身在荷兰，就应该各付各的！

　　单词短语精讲：

　　1. Dutch treat 付费的方式，

　　Dutch 荷兰人的，荷兰式的&n.荷兰语

　　go Dutch各自付账

　　例:My friend and I always go to see a movie on eat in a restaurant Dutch treat;we each },ay our own wav.

　　(我和我朋友去看电影或去餐厅吃饭都是各自付钱，我们自己付自 己的。)

　　Sallv insisted that she and hen bovfniend go Dutch.

　　(萨利坚持她和她男友各自付账。)

　　The Dutch people are famous for their beautiful flowers and hand work.

　　(荷兰人以美丽的花卉和勤劳闻名。)

　　2 .cafe 咖啡馆，小餐厅

　　3. tulip⁴ 郁金香

　　4. windmill 风车

　　5.dish 菜肴

　　6. primary school 小学

　　=elementanv school

　　7. By the way 顺便提一下

1 Dutch   

adj.荷兰(人)的；荷兰语(或文化)的；n.[the~]荷兰人；荷兰语

参考例句：

• The British and Dutch belong to the same race.英国人和荷兰人是同一种族。
• Do you know anyone who speaks Dutch?你认识会讲荷兰语的人吗？

2 hostel   

n.（学生）宿舍，招待所

参考例句：

• I lived in a hostel while I was a student.我求学期间住在青年招待所里。
• He says he's staying at a Youth Hostel.他说他现住在一家青年招待所。

3 Holland   

n.荷兰(欧洲)

参考例句：

• There are many dairies in Holland.荷兰有很多牛奶场。
• Holland is one of Germany's neighbours.荷兰是德国的邻国之一。

4 tulip   

n.郁金香

参考例句：

• The Netherlands is the tulip kingdom.荷兰是郁金香的王国。
• In a vase on the table stood a tulip.桌上的花瓶里插着一束郁金香。

5 tulips   

n.郁金香( tulip的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• She waters the tulips every morning. 她每天早晨都给郁金香浇水。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• She trimmed the stalks of the tulips before putting them in a vase. 她在把郁金香插进花瓶之前修剪了花茎。 来自《简明英汉词典》