An angry customer in a restaurant said this to a waiter. "What's the meaning of this cockroach in my soup?"

He replied, "Sir，I'm a waiter, not a fortune-teller."

Notes:

1. An angry customer in a restaurant said this to a waiter.

在餐厅里，一位生气的顾客对一位服务生这样说道：

customer [ˈkʌstəmə(r)] n.顾客

restaurant [ˈrestrɒnt] n.餐厅

waiter [ˈweɪtə(r)] n.(男)服务生

2. "What's the meaning of this cockroach in my soup?"

“这只蟑螂在我的汤里是什么意思?”

"What's the meaning of...?"有两个意思：①真的不了解某件事的意思,而去请教别人;②表示自己已经生气了,一种抗议的表现。

meaning [ˈmi:nɪŋ] n.意思

cockroach [ˈkɒkrəʊtʃ] n.蟑螂

3. He replied, "Sir，I'm a waiter, not a fortune-teller."

他回答;“先生，我是服务生，不是算命先生。”

与算命相关的词有：fortune-telling (算命)、to have one's Fortune told(给人算命)。

服务生不知道是装傻还是真的傻。在西方有些很特别的算命方法，如看杯底的咖啡渣算命等，也许他以为看汤里蟑螂是一种新的算命方法吧!

fortune-teller [ˈfɔ:tʃənˌtelə] n.算命师

fortune-telling ['fɔ:tʃu:nt'elɪŋ] n. 算命