I’m Starving 我饿死了
BACKGROUND 背景
Two friends after work are deciding on what to do for dinner.
两个朋友下班后正在决定吃什么晚餐。
A: I’m starving to death. What about you?
我饿死了。你呢？
B: Yeah, I’m starving too! Where do you want to have dinner?
我也是，我快饿死了。你想去哪儿吃？
A: I don’t know.
我不知道。
B: What do you feel like eating?
你想吃什么呢？
A: Every now and then I get hungry for spicy food.
一段时间不吃辣的我就馋。
B: There’s a really good Sichuan restaurant near here. Let’s go there sometime.
附近有家非常不错的四川饭馆。我们找个时间去吧。
A: Why not tonight?
今晚为什么不去？
B: No, not tonight. You have to make reservations in advance. It’s a very popular place. Besides, it’s expensive. And I don’t have any money.
今晚不行。你必须提前预约。那里生意很好，而且很贵。我没多少钱了。
A: I’m broke, too. Let’s save our money and go next week.
我也没钱了。让我们攒点钱，下星期去吧。
B: Okay. But how?
好吧。那怎么攒呢？
A: We could do without lunch this week.
这个星期我们可以不吃午餐。
B: Do you mean every day? I don’t feel up to that.
你是说每天？那我可受不了。
A: Well, then every other day.
好吧，那就隔一天一次吧。
B: But what about tonight?
那今晚怎么办？
A: Let’s just go for beef noodles. That’s cheap and fast!
我们去吃牛肉面吧。又快又便宜！
B: Great. Let’s go.
太好了。走吧。
