美國校園口語[22]:In the Cafeteria
22. In the Cafeteria 在自助餐廳里
A: What'll you have,sir?
B: I don't know. What's good today?
A: Why not try the beef pot pie? That's the special today. Lots of people come in on Mondays just to get our beef pot pie. Or, how about the oyster stew?
B: No, I'm hungry. That wouldn't last me the afternoon. I guess I'll have a hot beef sandwich with plenty of gravy.
A: Do you want it on whole wheat, white french, or rye?
B: Make it whole wheat.
A: Anything to drink?
B: Yes, coffee, but I'll come back for it later.
Notes
Special-being featured, advertised (美國的餐廳每天都推出一道特色菜，貼在餐廳門口或在菜單上單獨列出，稱為當天的special)
Wouldn't last me the afternoon 不夠我維持一個下午(意即下午很快肚子就要餓了)
Whole wheat 麩皮面包
Rye 黑面包
A：先生，您想用點什么？
B：我不知道，今天有什么好東西？
A：何不嘗一下牛肉餡餅？這是今天的特色菜。星期一有很多人來這里就是為了吃牛肉餡餅。或者，燉牡蠣怎么樣？
B：不要了，我很餓。它支撐不了我的一個下午。我想我要一個熱的牛肉三明治加上大量肉汁。
A：你想用麩皮面包、法式面包還是黑面包做？
B：用麩皮面包。
A：喝點什么？
B：咖啡，不過我等一會兒再回來喝？
