8. What is your favourite restaurant? Why?
8. 你最喜歡的餐廳是哪一家?為什么?
Well,I seldom eat out,but one restaurant impressed me deeply. It was several years ago when I was in Beijing. A friend of mine invited me to have dinner at the old Peking Noodle Restaurant,which faithfully carries on the old eating customs from a hundred year ago. Diners all sit around square tables which are painted dark red and the waiters (no waitresses can be found there) wear traditional costumes with white towels on the shoulders. The food they serve there is said to be genuine old Peking snacks that aren't available elsewhere.
嗯,我很少去飯館吃飯,但是有一個餐廳給我留下很深的印象。是幾年前我 在北京的時候,我的一個朋友請我去老北京面館吃飯,那里如實地繼承了一百年前的老式飲食風俗。食客們都圍著方桌坐成一圈,桌子被漆成深紅色,男服務員(那里沒有女服務員)穿著傳統的裝束,肩膀上還搭著白毛巾。那里的食物據說是別的地方沒有的真正的老北京小吃。
9. When do people go out eating?
人們什么時候去飯館吃飯?
Sometimes people go out eating just for a gettogether. They usually find a favourite restaurant and chat there. Or, as is growing more popular, many people go to restaurant for traditional family reunion dinners on New Year's Eve,known as nianyefan. And sometimes people go out eating simply for improving the relationship between business partners?
有時人們就是為了聚會而去飯館吃飯。他們通常會找一家最喜歡的飯館吃飯聊天?;蛘?,越來越流行的,很多人為了除夕夜傳統的合家團圓飯而去飯館,這就是所謂的 “年夜飯”。有的時候人們去飯館吃飯只是簡單地為了增進商業伙伴之間的關系。
10. When do you usually eat out?
10. 你通常都在什么時候出去吃飯呢?
Generally speaking,I usually eat out a lot. You know,I usually feel so tired that don't feel like doing anything after studying for the whole day. So I usually run into McDonald or KFC to grab a quick bite and then drag myself home to get some sleep. But it is certainly not the thing that happens every day. As I am only a student, there is no way for me to splash money about by eating out everyday. So I would say it really depends. It depends on whether I have enough pocket money or not?
一般來說,我通常都出去吃飯。在完成一整天的學習之后,我經常都覺得筋疲力盡,什么也不想做了。因此我 經常都會去麥當勞或者肯德基來頓快餐,然后拖著疲憊的身體回家睡覺。但也并不是每天都這樣的。由于我現在還是個學生,這也就意味著我不可能每天都在外面吃,所以要視情況而定。這就取決于我是否有零花錢了。
11. Who would prefer to eat out more,the youngsters or the elder people?
11. 誰更喜歡去外面吃呢,年輕人還是老人呢?
Talking about this question,youngsters are definitely the demographic who are more likely to eat out. They are always popping into nice restaurants, ordering expensive food while catching up with their friends. But it would turn out to become totally another picture when it comes to the elder people. They tend to stay at home,cooking on their own.
談到這個問題,從統計數字來看,年輕人顯然更喜歡去外面吃。他們總是出現在一些漂亮的飯店,點最貴的食物來招待他們的朋友。但是如果是老年人的話,就完全是另一番景象了。他們趨向于待在家里,自己做飯吃。