餐館是反映一個(gè)國(guó)家文化的重要窗口。在西餐中,菜肴通?梢苑殖蓭状箢(lèi),如主菜前的開(kāi)胃食品(starters)、主菜(main dishes)、甜點(diǎn)(desserts)及飲料(beverages)。菜單上的價(jià)格一般包括了稅款。一些餐館的菜單或廣告上印有l(wèi)icensed 或fully licensed 的字樣,這表明這些餐館有特許賣(mài)酒的執(zhí)照。一些繁忙而有名氣的餐館特別強(qiáng)調(diào)預(yù)先訂座,集體訂餐更需如此。用餐后給服務(wù)生的小費(fèi)一般為顧客就餐費(fèi)用的15% 左右。一些比較講究的餐館內(nèi)設(shè)有鋼琴,有的還有樂(lè)隊(duì),甚至還為用餐者提供跳舞的場(chǎng)地。
基本句式 BASIC SENTENCES
Waitress: Good evening. Do you have a reservation? 晚上好,您訂座位了嗎?
Jim: No, we don't. 沒(méi)有。
Waitress: How many people are you together? 你們一共多少人?
Jim: Just two people. 就兩位。
Waitress: Would you like to sit in a smoking section, a non-smoking section or whatever comes open first? 你們要吸煙區(qū)還是非吸煙區(qū),或是有空位就行?
Jim: We prefer non-smoking section. 我們要非吸煙區(qū)。
Waitress: I am awfully sorry but there are no vacanciesleft now. Would you like to wait for a moment? 十分抱歉,現(xiàn)在非吸煙區(qū)還暫時(shí)沒(méi)有座位。您能稍等一會(huì)兒?jiǎn)幔?/SPAN>
Jim: How long a wait do you think there’ll be? 我們要等多長(zhǎng)時(shí)間?
Waitress: I think about ten minutes. 我想大約十分鐘。
Jim: Ok, we'll wait a while. 好吧,那我們就等一會(huì)兒。(十分鐘之后)
Waitress: I am sorry for making you wait so long. Now there is a tableavailable in non-smoking section. Please follow me. 非常抱歉讓你們等了這么久。現(xiàn)在在非吸煙區(qū)有空位了。請(qǐng)跟我來(lái)。
Jim: Thank you. 謝謝。
Waitress: This is the menu. Are you ready to order now? 這是菜單。您現(xiàn)在可以點(diǎn)菜了嗎?
Jim: Well, I think I'd like to have a tomato sausagesoup first. And the same for him, please. 我想先點(diǎn)一個(gè)番茄香腸湯。他也要同樣的。
Waitress: Yes, and what would you like to drink? 好。那么喝些什么呢?
Jim: One goblet of red wine and one bottle of beer please. 請(qǐng)拿一瓶紅葡萄酒和一瓶啤酒。
Waitress: Would you like a dessert? 要不要甜點(diǎn)?
Jim: What special kind of desserts do you have? 你們有什么特色甜品?
Waitress: Lemonpie, hot cake in syrup, chocolate sundae andcustardpudding. 檸檬派,糖油煎餅,巧克力圣代和奶油布丁。
Jim: Well, I think we will order after we finish the main course. 等我們吃過(guò)主菜再點(diǎn)吧。
Waitress: All right. I'll bring your soup right away. 好的,湯馬上就來(lái)。
注釋?zhuān)?/STRONG>
在國(guó)外,餐廳一般都分為"smoking section"和"non-smoking section”,即“吸煙區(qū)”和“無(wú)煙區(qū)”。這樣,在顧客選擇用餐區(qū)域的時(shí)候,如果是吸煙人士會(huì)選擇“吸煙區(qū)”,不吸煙或害怕二手煙的人就會(huì)選擇“無(wú)煙區(qū)”,F(xiàn)在好多國(guó)內(nèi)的餐廳也是如此。 |