欢迎关注VX公众号：英语主播Emily更多免费学习课程Conversation:A: Good evening, my name is Fabio. I'll be your waiter for tonight. May I take your order now?晚上好，我叫发表今晚为您服务，您现在准备好点餐吗？B: I'm still working on it. This menu is not even in English. What's good here?我现在正在研究菜单。这居然不是英文菜单，这有什么好菜推荐呢？A: For you sir, I would recommend spaghetti and meatballs. 我给您推荐意大利面和肉丸。B: Does it come with coke and fries?这个有配可乐和薯条吗？A: It comes with either soup or salad and a complimentary glass of wine, sir. 先生，它搭配汤或沙拉二选一，还有一杯免费的葡萄酒。B: I'll go with the spaghetti and meatballs, salad and wine. 那我要一份意大利面和肉丸，沙拉和葡萄酒。A: Excellent choice. Your order will be ready soon.好的，您的餐很快就好了。B: How soon is soon?很快是有多快呢？A: Twenty minutes.20分钟吧。B: You know what? I'll just go grab a burger across the street. 你知道吗？我都可以去街对面买一个汉堡了。work on表示“致力于；从事”，I'm still working on it.是用来回应上一句服务员的疑问，翻译为“我还在看菜单呢”What's good here?在语境下意为“有什么好菜推荐？”询问服务员有什么推荐的好菜，招牌菜还可以说What's today's special?或What's the specialty of the house?come with表示“与...一起供给，伴随...发生”，在对话中表示这个套餐配有可乐和薯条吗？go grab为口语用法，完整应为go and grab。美语中经常将and省略；类似的表达还有go wash your face去洗脸；go hit the book去看书等。Pronunciatuon:good evening→diːname is→mɪMay I→jaɪon it→nɪnot even in English→dɪ;nɪ;nɪDose it→zɪglass of→səsoon is soon→nɪgrab a→bə

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