实用商务英语会话 场景44:在餐厅

A: Excuse me, sir. Are you ready to order?

A:对不起，先生。您准备好点菜了吗?

B: Yes, I am. But there're so many things on the menu that look fine. Could you recommend me something special?

B:准备好了。只是菜单上有好些菜看起来都很好。能给我推荐些特色菜吗?

A: Yes, sir. We have a very nice vegetable today , wine flavored¹ bamboo shoots. It's our chefs recommendation². The bamboo shoots is local, so it's a little bit different from others. It's delicious and worth a try.

A:好的。今天我们有很好的蔬菜，酒醉冬笋是我们主厨的拿手菜，冬笋是本地的，有些不同于其他的笋，味道好，值得一尝。

B: OK. I'll take it, I know little about Chinese food. What do you mean by Luo Han Zhai?

B:好吧。我就要这个菜。对中国菜我所知甚少。你说罗汉斋是什么?

A: It's typical Cantonese dish. In English it means mixed vegetable.

A:罗汉斋是一种典型的粤菜。在英语中它的意思是素什锦。

B: Hm, I'll have it.

B:嗯，我要这道菜。

A: What about jasmine with white Fungi³?

A:莱莉银耳怎么样?

B: What a nice name! I'd like this dish, too.

B:多好昕的菜名!我也点这个了。

A: Sir, you'd like wine flavored bamboo shoots, mixed vegetable and jasmine with white Fungi. Am I right?

A:先生，您点了酒醉冬笋、素什锦和莱莉银耳，对吗?

B: Yes, exactly.

B:对，没错。

A: Sir, your dishes will take about 15 minutes to prepare. While waiting, would you have something to drink?

A:先生，您的菜要15分钟才能做好。等菜时，要喝点什么吗?

B: OK. I'll have whiskey.

B:好吧。喝点威士忌。

A: Thank you.

A:谢谢。

1 flavored   

v.给…调味( flavor的过去式和过去分词 )；给…增添风趣

参考例句：

• She flavored the fish with sugar and vinegar. 她用糖和醋给鱼调味。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The olives are steeped in flavored oil. 橄榄浸泡在加过香料的油里。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 recommendation   

n.推荐（信）建议，优点，长处

参考例句：

• I wrote him a good recommendation.我为他写了一封很好的推荐信。
• This method deserves recommendation.这种做法值得提倡。

3 fungi   

n.真菌，霉菌

参考例句：

• Students practice to apply the study of genetics to multicellular plants and fungi.学生们练习把基因学应用到多细胞植物和真菌中。
• The lawn was covered with fungi.草地上到处都是蘑菇。