美國校園口語[3]
3. Breakfast 早餐
A: Okay, Bob. I'M ready for beak-fast. Where's the coffee?
B: It's in that pan there. Jean broke the Silex last week, so I'm still boiling it.
A: It tastes like crankcase oil, but delicious.
B: That's good. You can always make beaskfast yourself if you don't like it.
A: What is the rebesides coffee?
B: I warmed a coupleof snails, and your eggs are in the frying pan.
A: Say, what time is it? Is it really only seven-fifteen. My watch says eight-fifteen.
B: You forgot to set your watch back. Daylight saving time was over at midnight last night.
A: Gee.I could've slept another hour.
Notes:
Silex 一種咖啡滲濾壺的牌名
crankcase oil (汽車發動機中的)機油
snail 面包卷
daylight saving time 夏令時間(在美國大約每年四月上旬開始,十月下旬結束,把時鐘向前撥一小時)
I could've slept another hour 我本來可以再睡一個小時的.
譯文：
A：好，鮑勃，我已準備好吃早飯了。咖啡在哪兒？
B：在那只鍋里。吉恩上星期把滲濾壺打碎了，所以我只能用鍋煮咖啡。
A：這味道有點像汽車里的機油，不過還是很好吃。
B：那好，如果你不喜歡，你隨時可以自己動手做早飯。
A：咖啡旁邊是什么東西？
B：我熱的兩個面包卷。你的雞蛋在平煎鍋里。
A：告訴我，現在幾點鐘了？真的只有七點十五分嗎？我的表已經八點十分了。
B：你忘了把表拔慢一小時。夏令時間已在昨天午夜結束了。
A：唉！我本來可以再多睡一小時的。
