Dialogue 3

May I take you order now?

你們可以點菜了嗎？

Yes,I think we're ready to order.Elizabeth,what would you like to have?

行，我想我們可以點菜了。伊麗莎白，你想來點什么？

I haven't made up my mind yet.You order first,Donald.

我還沒決定呢。唐納德，你先點吧。

All right.I'll start with chicken soup.Then I wnat a steak,medium rare.

好的。我先來個雞湯，然后要一份牛排，嫩一點。

I'll have a baked potato,green beans and an egg salad.

要一份烤土豆片，青豆和一份雞蛋色拉。

I'll order dessert later.

待會兒我再要點甜食。

Yes,sir.And you,miss?What would you like to have?

好的，先生。您呢，小姐？您想吃點什么？

I can't decide.I don't see anything I really like.

我拿不定主意。我沒有看到什么我真正喜歡的菜。

There are over thirty dishes to select from,miss.

小姐，這兒有三十多種菜供您選擇呢。

There ought to be something you like,Elizabeth.

伊麗莎白，這兒應該有你喜歡的。

Well,I guess so.But I only see food that I don't like.

大概有吧。可我看到的盡是些我不喜歡的菜。

I don't care for chicken and I can't stand fish.

我不喜歡吃雞肉，魚也不合我的口味。

Do you have any oysters?

有牡蠣嗎？

No,miss.I'm afraid not.How about some other seafood?

沒有，小姐。恐怕沒有。別的海鮮怎么樣？

Oysters are the only seafood I like.I dislike the rest.

海鮮中我只喜歡牡蠣，其它的都不喜歡。

I wish I could think of something for you.

真希望我能為你想出什么菜來。

May I suggest cream of tomato soup,steak with mushroom gravy,

我給您推薦幾個菜吧:奶油西紅柿湯，蘑菇汁牛排，

aspara-gus,and buttered cauliflower.

蘆筍，黃油花椰菜。

For dessert-strawberry pie with icecream?

至于甜食，冰激凌草莓餡餅您看怎么樣？