Dialogue 3

A:May I take your order now?
你们可以点菜了吗？
B:Yes, I think we’re ready to order. Elizabeth, what would you like to have?
行，我想我们可以点菜了。伊丽莎白，你想来点什么？
C:I haven’t made up my mind yet. You order first, Donald.
我还没决定呢。唐纳德，你先点吧。
B:All right. I’ll start with chicken soup. Then I want a steak, medium rare. I’ll have a baked potato, green beans and an egg salad. I’ll order dessert later.
好的。我先来个鸡汤，然后要一份牛排，嫩一点。要一份烤土豆片，青豆和一份鸡蛋色拉。待会儿我再要点甜食。
A:Yes, sir. And you, miss? What would you like to have?
好的，先生。你呢，小姐？你想吃点什么？
C:I can’t decide. I don’t see anything I really like.
我拿不定主意。我没看到什么我真喜欢的菜。
A:There are over thirty dishes to select from, miss.
小姐，这儿有三十多种菜供您选择呢。
B:There ought to be something you like, Elizabeth.
伊丽莎白，这儿一定有你喜欢的。C:Well, I guess so. But I only see food that I don’t like. I don’t care for chicken and I can’t stand fish. Do you have any oysters?
大概有吧。可我看到的尽是些我不喜欢的菜。我不喜欢吃鸡肉，鱼也不合我的口味。有牡蛎吗？
A:No, miss. I’m afraid not. How about some other seafood?
没有，小姐。恐怕没有。别的海鲜怎么样？
C:Oysters are the only seafood I like. I dislike the rest.
海鲜中我只喜欢牡蛎，其它的都不喜欢。
B:I wish I could think of something for you.
真希望我能为你想出什么菜来。
A:May I suggest cream of tomato soup, steak with mushroom gravy, asparagus, and buttered cauliflower. For dessert—strawberry pie with ice cream?
我给您推荐几个菜吧：奶油西红柿汤，蘑菇汁牛排，芦笋，黄油黄牙菜。至于甜食，冰激凌草莓馅饼您看怎么样？
C:No, that isn’t my ideal of a good meal. I’ll have a hamburger. That’s my favorite dish. I have it every day.
不行。那不是我理想的一顿美餐。我来一个汉堡包。我最喜欢吃汉堡包，每天都吃。