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Having Dinner(I) 用晚餐 (一)

T = Tom　　M = Mary　　C = Cindy

T: Mary, would you like some spaghetti?

汤姆：玛丽，你要来点意大利面吗?

M: I can help myself.

玛丽：我可以自己来。

C: Dad usually serves us our first helping.

辛迪：我爸爸通常会先替我们夹第一道菜。

M: In that case, I'd like some spaghetti, Tom.

玛丽：那样的话，我想要一些意大利面，汤姆。

T: There you go.

汤姆：挪，妳的。

M: That's too much.

玛丽：太多了啦。

T: You're still growing. You need to eat more.

汤姆：你还在发育。需要多吃一点。

C: Maybe by the end of this semester, you'll be as tall as I am.

辛迪：也许这个学期结束前，你就会跟我一样高了。

M: I hope so!

玛丽：我希望如此!

注释：

spaghetti：n. 意大利式细面条

例句：Standing in the next room, in the middle of what looked like piles of concrete spaghetti, I began to feel overpowered.
站在下一个房间里，在这一大堆看起来就像水泥做的意大利细面条中间，我真有点受不了了。

help oneself：自己动手

例句：But in China, it is usual to help oneself to the food placed at the center of the table.
然而，中国人的习惯就是各人从餐桌中央菜盘子里夹菜。

In that case: 既然那样、在这种情况下

例句：In that case, how should I respond?
在这种情况下，我该如何回应?

by the end of：到……结束时;到……时为止;在……之前

例句：I hope to be 100% by the end of this year.
我希望在今年年底能成为100%的素食主义者。