今天的这段对话，在讨论就餐，
在餐厅如何订包间？在餐厅聚会有哪些美味的菜单和自助餐
来听今天的讲解:
Beginner
A: good afternoon. “ginger’s restaurant”. May I help you?
下午好。“姜餐厅”。有什么需要帮忙的吗？
B: yes. I’d like to book a table for Friday evening please.
是的。我想订一张星期五晚上的桌子。
A: certainly. For how many people?
当然可以。给多少人？
B: we’ll be eight or nine people. Could we book a private room?
我们将有八到九个人。我们可以订一个包间吗？
A: I’ll just check. At what time on Friday evening?
我查一下。星期五晚上什么时候？
B: about 7:30.
大约7:30。
A: yes. That’s fine. We can book you a private room for up to ten people at that time. Could you give me your name please?
是的。那很好。我们可以为您预订一个最多可容纳10人的包间。您能告诉我您的名字吗？
B: my name is Jenkins. My phone number is 75397382. that’s confirmed then. 7:30 on Friday.
我的名字叫詹金斯。我的电话号码是75397382。那就确认了。周五7:30。
A: yes. Do you intend to order a la carte or will you be having our seafood buffet?
是的。您要点菜还是要我们的海鲜自助餐？
B: oh, we’d like the buffet please. We’ve heard it’s very good.
哦，我们想要自助餐。我们听说非常好。
Intermediate
A: how did you enjoy your family party at “ginger’s”? I hear that they have a lovely menu and buffet.
你在姜餐厅的家庭聚会过得怎么样？我听说他们有美味的菜单和自助餐。
B: oh, it was great. We had seafood buffet. They do one every Friday. The waiters and waitresses are very good. They are very attentive, but don’t hang around the table.
哦，太棒了。我们有海鲜自助餐。他们每周五都有。服务员都很好。他们很周到，但不要围着桌子转。
A: I like the buffets they have, but if often order a la carte, because I don’t feel extremely hungry. I like the wine list there too.
我喜欢他们的自助餐，但如果经常点单点的话，因为我不会觉得很饿。我也喜欢那里的酒单。
B: yes, so do I. they have wines from all over the world. There is a good range of prices to suit every pocket. We ordered some Australian red wine, which tasted delicious and wasn’t expensive.
是的，我也是。他们有来自世界各地的葡萄酒。有各种各样的价格适合每个口袋。我们点了一些澳大利亚红酒，味道很好，而且不贵。
A: some restaurants allow you to take your own wine and just charge you corkage, but the don’t do that at “ginger’s”. what was included in the seafood buffet?
有些餐馆允许你自己拿葡萄酒，只需收取软木塞费，但在“姜餐厅”却不这样做。海鲜自助餐里有什么？
B: they had almost every kind of seafood. There were oyster, shrimp, prawns, crabs, and fish. I ate a lot of smoked salmon.
他们几乎有各种各样的海鲜。有牡蛎、虾、对虾、螃蟹和鱼。我吃了很多烟熏三文鱼。
A: did they have lobster?
他们有龙虾吗？
B: no, they didn’t. you could order it from the menu. I think that lobster is too expensive to be included in the buffet.
不，他们没有。你可以从菜单上点。我认为龙虾太贵了，自助餐里不包括龙虾。
A: yes, it probably is. I don’t like ordering oysters in restaurants. You never know whether they are fresh.
是的，可能是的。我不喜欢在餐馆点牡蛎。你永远不知道它们是否新鲜。
B: I know. I didn’t eat any, but a few people in our group did and no one got sick.
我知道。我没有吃任何东西，但我们小组里有几个人吃了，没有人生病。
A: when you eat out, do you usually eat from the buffet?
当你在外面吃饭时，你通常在自助餐上吃吗？
B: not usually. I usually just order a main course and have a dessert if I’m still hungry afterwards.
通常不会。我通常只点一道主菜，如果之后我还饿的话，就吃一份甜点。
A: oh, you don’t usually have a starter?
哦，你通常没有开胃菜？
B: no, I might have a soup if it’s a cold winter day.
不，如果是寒冷的冬天，我可能要一份汤。
