英语访谈对话 425 Dinner Plans

 　　Todd: OK, Simon, let's go get something to eat? Let's go out to dinner. I'm really hungry.

　　Simon: Yeah, OK, me too. I'm really hungry as well. Ah, what is there to eat around here?

　　Todd: Well, around my house there's a few restaurants. Um, there's an Italian restaurant. There's a grilled¹ chicken restaurant. There is a fish restaurant, and there is a family diner.

　　Simon: Family diner. What's that?

　　Todd: The family diner is one of those restaurants that they serve many types of food, for example they have noodles, they have pasta², they have hamburger, they have salad. Pretty much anyone in the family could order what they want. They have desserts, things like that.

　　Simon: Well, that makes sense³, that's why it's called a family diner, or family restaurant because I guess everyone in the family will be happy if they eat there. Yousaid Italian restaurant.

　　Todd: Ah, yeah, there's an Italian restaurant. It's a very small family owned Italian restaurant. They have really good pasta,fresh salad. They always have really good specials. The only problem is that it's really crowded and it's a little expensive because it's very popular.

　　Simon: Oh, really. Ah, do they have pizza? I like pizza.

　　Todd: Actually, they don't have pizza. They only have pasta.

　　Simon: OK. What were the other choices?

　　Todd: There's also a fish restaurant and there's a grilled chicken restaurant. A grilled chicken. That's pretty general.

　　Simon: How do they serve that?

　　Todd: It's actually, it's not a restaurant. This guy has a small stand, a very small area, and there are some small tables in front of it, and he just grills⁴ chicken, kind of on the street, and then he has little tables in front of his booth⁵ or stall⁶ and you eat chicken for really cheap.

　　Simon: Oh, that sounds really cool. Let's do that.

　　Todd: Yeah, yeah, and they have beer, too.

　　Simon: Oh, yeah, I like beer.

　　Todd: Cool, let's go.

　　Simon: OK.

1 grilled   

adj. 烤的, 炙过的, 有格子的 动词grill的过去式和过去分词形式

参考例句：

• He was grilled for two hours before the police let him go. 他被严厉盘查了两个小时后，警察才放他走。
• He was grilled until he confessed. 他被严加拷问，直到他承认为止。

2 pasta   

n.生面团，意大利通心粉

参考例句：

• Cook the pasta in a large pan of boiling water.在一大锅沸水中煮意大利面。
• Would you like some pasta?想来点意大利面食吗？

3 sense   

n.侦测，感应，感觉，感官，意识，观念，情理，知觉，理智；vt.感觉，觉察，了解

参考例句：

• He has a strong sense of humor.他很有幽默感。
• He has a sense that somone is standing behind him.他有一种有人站在他后面的那种感觉。

4 grills   

n.烤架( grill的名词复数 )；（一盘）烤肉；格板；烧烤餐馆v.烧烤( grill的第三人称单数 )；拷问，盘问

参考例句：

• Backyard barbecue grills could be proscribed. 里弄烤肉店会被勒令停业的。 来自辞典例句
• Both side inlets have horizontal grills and incorporate impressive fog lamps. 两侧进气口的水平烤架并纳入令人印象深刻的雾灯。 来自互联网

5 booth   

n.小房间，公用电话亭，岗亭；货摊

参考例句：

• Where can I find a telephone booth?我在哪儿可以找到电话亭？
• Let's walk around to each booth.我们到每个摊子转一转吧！

6 stall   

n.摊位，铺子，售货亭

参考例句：

• She sells fruits at a market stall.她在市场的货摊上卖水果。
• He has a stall that sells designer ripoffs.他开了个铺子卖仿冒设计师品牌衣服。