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大家好！今天我們為您播出ǒ美語三級跳ō節目ǒ食物ō單元的高級課程。
Professor: Today Robert is going over to Liz and Doug's apartment for dinner party, but he is about to find out that his tastes in food are very different from theirs.
Robert: Hey Doug! Hey Liz! Thank you so much for inviting me over for dinner.
Liz: Oh, it's our pleasure! We haven't had company in a long time so we're really excited you could make it. Hey, what's that dish you brought?
Robert: Well, Doug told me we were going to have a potluck dinner, so I cooked up some of my famous steak and brought it over. I hope you like it.
Liz: Oh my gosh Doug! He brought a dead animal into our house! What are we going to do?
Robert: Uh ... Doug? What's the problem? Doesn't Liz like steak?
Doug: Jeez... I totally forgot to tell you. Liz is a vegetarian because she thinks eating meat is like murdering animals. Don't worry honey, tomorrow I'll take the steak outside and bury it.
原來Liz是個vegetarian——素食主義者，覺得吃肉就是謀殺動物。難怪她看到Robert帶牛排來那么生氣。
Professor: Exactly, Winnie. And did you hear Liz talk about "having company"? When you have company, that means you invite guests over to your house. For example, "I can't go to the movies on Friday night because I'm having company."
哦，have company 就是ǒ有客人在ō的意思。對了，professor, potluck dinner 是什么意思？
Professor: At some dinner parties the host prepares all the food for the guests. But at a potluck dinner, all the guests each bring a dish to share with the other guests.
我明白了，potluck dinner就是客人都自己帶菜，大家一起吃的聚餐。
Doug: Don't worry Robert! Even though we can't eat the steak, we've got lots of other good stuff to eat. Come and sit down at the table.
Robert: Great! I'm starving. What are we having?
Liz: I really hope you like it! I've prepared a three-course meal for you. For our appetizer we're having carrots, for the entree we're having chicken, and for the desert we're having chocolate cake.
Robert: Well that sounds great .... but did you say we're having chicken for the main course? I thought you didn't eat meat!
Liz: Oh don't be ridiculous! It's not real chicken. It's fake chicken, made from tofu.
Robert: Doug, did she say we're having fake chicken made from tofu?
Doug: That's right. Trust me, it sounds pretty weird, but I'm sure you're going to love it. Professor Bowman, 什么叫 three-course meal?
Professor: When you go to dinner in America, each dish is served one after another. Each dish is called a "course," so if there is a three-course meal, that means three dishes are being served and they are "appetizer", "entree", and "desert". 哦，原來這就是由ǒ頭臺ōǒ主菜ō和ǒ甜點ō這三道菜組成的大餐。對了，Liz還說，主菜是豆腐做的素雞，這個菜可不好做!
Professor: Well now they have finished eating, so let's see what Robert thought.
Liz: So Robert, how did you enjoy your meal? It looks like you barely touched any of your chicken.
Robert: It was ... umm .... interesting. It's just that I'm not feeling so well. I think tofu chicken might be an acquired taste.
Doug: Believe me buddy, that's what I said when I first had it. But I'm telling you, once you get used to it you'll never go back to eating real chicken.
Liz: You know Doug, if tofu chicken really is an acquired taste, we should just put the leftovers in a doggie bag to give to Robert to take home. Then he can keep eating it all week! Professor, 什么叫acquired taste?
Prof: It means a preference that is only acquired after considerable experience. 我明白了，acquired taste 就是慢慢培養出來的愛好。哈，Robert 客氣地說，吃素雞是 acquired taste，其實就是表示自己不愛吃這道菜。
Prof: That's right! But Liz offers to let him take the leftovers home so he would fall in love with it someday!
A: 怪不得這家很久沒人來做客了，東西那么難吃，客人都被嚇跑了！
B: So Yanglin, would I be in the same boat as Robert if I visited your place and tried your cooking?
A: 什么？你是說我做的飯和Liz做的東西一樣難吃，你會像Robert一樣可憐？
B: Haha, I'm just teasing you.
A: 哼，哪天讓你試試我的手藝，保準你心服口服！
B: I look forward to that!
A: 言歸正傳，咱們來聽今天的business etiquette.
