美语情景对话 第488期:Dinner 晚餐

Akane: Hey, Ruth.

茜：嗨，鲁斯。

Ruth: Hey, Akane.

鲁斯：嗨，茜。

Akane: I just came to pick up my plastic container that I lent you the other day.

茜：我来拿那天我借给你的塑料容器。

Ruth: Oh, right. Well, I've just washed it actually, so here you go.

鲁斯：哦，好的。我刚洗完，给你。

Akane: Thanks. So did you like that potato salad I made you?

茜：谢谢。你喜欢我给你做的土豆沙拉吗？

Ruth: It was really nice. Yeah, it was really nice. I'm not sure how you made it, but I enjoyed it.

鲁斯：非常美味。真的很美味。不知道你是怎么做的，我非常喜欢。

Akane: Yeah, I gave some to Todd as well and he really liked it too.

茜：我也给托德拿了一些，他也很喜欢。

Ruth: Oh, good, I'm glad he liked it. That's good.

鲁斯：哦，很好。我很高兴他喜欢。太好了。

Akane: Yeah. I made some stuffed peppers too, but unfortunately there's meat in it, so..

茜：是啊。我还做了些青椒焖肉饭，不过很可惜里面放了肉，所以……

Ruth: Oh, no. That's a shame. I would have really liked some of those, too.

鲁斯：哦，不。太可惜了。不然我可以吃到的。

Akane: Yeah. I gave it to Todd and he really liked it.

茜：是啊。我给托德拿了一些，他很喜欢。

Ruth: Really.

鲁斯：真的吗？

Akane: Yeah.

茜：是啊。

Ruth: You're such a good cook. I wish I could cook like you can.

鲁斯：你做菜的手艺太棒了。我希望我也能像你一样做出美味的食物。

Akane: Oh, I'm sure there's a few tricks up your sleeve as well.

茜：哦，我确定你也有拿手的事情。

Ruth: Oh, I don't think so. I've yet to discover them.

鲁斯：哦，我不这么认为。我现在还没发现呢。

Akane: So do you want to go out for dinner again this Saturday?

茜：这周六还出去吃饭怎么样？

Ruth: Oh, that sounds like a really good idea.

鲁斯：哦，听起来是个很棒的主意。

Akane: Um, last time, last week I think we went to "Joyful", right?

茜：嗯，上次，上周我们去了Joyful餐厅，对吧？

Ruth: Yeah, that's right. We had rice and things like that. Is that right?

鲁斯：对，没错。我们吃了米饭之类的食物。对吧？

Akane: Mm-hm, and I think I might of had a hamburger, or something like that.

茜：嗯，我记得我吃的是汉堡或是类似的食物。

Ruth: Oh, yes, you did.

鲁斯：哦，对，是这样的。

Akane: Yeah.

茜：是啊。

Ruth: So, where do you think we should go this time?

鲁斯：那这次我们去哪吃饭呢？

Akane: Uh, I don't know. Do you want to go for sushi again?

茜：嗯，我也不知道。你想不想再去吃一次寿司？

Ruth: Oh, I really like sushi. Yeah.

鲁斯：哦，我非常喜欢寿司。好啊。

Akane: Yeah, there's that, that other store, the sushi shop that we haven't gone to yet.

茜：好的，那就去我们没吃过的那家寿司店。

Ruth: Ok, well, we could go there because that would be a nice walk as well. We could walk there and walk back and we could get some exercise at the same time.

鲁斯：好，正好我们去那里也可以散散步。我们可以走着去走着回来，这样还能做些运动。

Akane: Oh, that's a great idea.

茜：哦，这主意太棒了。

Ruth: Yeah, and then we wouldn't feel so bad when we're greedy.

鲁斯：好，这样我们贪吃的时候就不会有罪恶感了。

Akane: Hm, for sure.

茜：嗯，没错。

Ruth: Why don't you go and ask Todd, and find out if he wants to go.

鲁斯：为什么不去问问托德呢，看看他是不是也想去。

Akane: OK.

茜：好的。

Ruth: And then we'll organize it for tomorrow night.

鲁斯：那我们明天晚上再商量。

Akane: Great idea.

茜：好主意。

Ruth: Oh, excellent. Oh, and Akane?

鲁斯：哦，太好了。对了，茜。

Akane: Yeah!

茜：什么事？

Ruth: You know, if you're making anymore potato salad,..

鲁斯：如果你再做土豆沙拉的话……

Akane: Mm-hm?

茜：怎么了？

Ruth: Feel free to bring some around.

鲁斯：一定要拿过来一些。

Akane: Sure. No problem.

茜：当然，没问题。

Ruth: Alright. Bye-bye.

鲁斯：太好了。再见。

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无疑；肯定；
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这个周末你一定能收到它的。
eg. For sure today was a not great day for us.
当然今天对我们来说不是非常好的一天。
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请随意；不必拘谨；
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开始吧。请便。
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如果有任何问题，请随意提问。