【英语时差8,16】麦克和亚曼达正在聊排队

 Mike: We've been waiting in line for half an hour already! I sure hope this chicken is worth it.

Amanda: It's supposed to be the best in town, but we'll see. I'm so hungry; I think anything I eat will taste like the best thing I've ever eaten!

Mike: Hey, did you see the nerve¹ of that guy? He just cut in line! Someone ought to stop him!

Amanda: What are you going to do about it? Beat him up? There's really nothing we can do. Anyway, one more person ahead of us doesn't make much difference.

Mike: Well, he probably knows everyone's going to think that and won't do anything. But really, in the time it would take to do anything about it, we'd already be at the front of the line.

Amanda: Having to wait so long will make us appreciate the chicken more. Even from here, it smells divine²!

Mike: I'm starting to get impatient³ now. There is another chicken place just down the street, you know.

Amanda: But there's no line there. It must not be very good, right?

Mike: We ought to try it and see. Maybe we can start a new trend⁴. Then everyone would go line up there instead of here.

1 nerve   

n.神经；勇气，胆量，沉着，果断

参考例句：

• Did he have the nerve to say that?他竟有脸说这话吗？
• He never got up enough nerve to meet me.他从没有足够的胆量来见我。

2 divine   

adj.神的，上帝的，神圣的，如神的，非凡的

参考例句：

• Jesus is believed by Christians to have been divine.基督教徒们相信耶稣是神。
• The despot claimed to be the chosen instrument of divine providence.专制者声称自己是上天选定的统治工具。

3 impatient   

adj.不耐烦的，急躁的；热切的，急切的

参考例句：

• He was so impatient that I could hardly hold him back.他是那样急躁，我简直拉不住他。
• With an impatient gesture he thrust the food away from him.他不耐烦地把吃的东西猛地推开。

4 trend   

n.趋势，倾向，方位；vi.倾向，转向

参考例句：

• Today's trend is toward less formal clothing.眼下时尚趋向于穿着随便。
• The trend of prices is still upwards.物价的趋向是仍在上涨。