A: What can I do for you, sir?
先生，您要来点什么？
B: What have you got this morning?
今天早上你们这儿有什么？
A: Fruit juice, cakes and refreshments, and everything.
水果汁、糕点、各种茶点等等，应有尽有。
B: I’d like to have a glass of tomato juice, please.
请给我来一杯西红柿汁。
A: Any cereal, sir?
要来点谷类食品吗，先生？
B: Yes, a dish of cream of wheat.
好的，来一份麦片粥。
A: And eggs?
还要来点鸡蛋什么的吗？
B: Year, bacon and eggs with buttered toast. I like my bacon very crisp.
要，再来一份熏猪肉和鸡蛋，我喜欢熏猪肉松脆一点。
A: How do you want your eggs?
您喜欢鸡蛋怎么做？
Ｂ: Fried, please.
煎的。
A: Anything more, sir?
还要什么别的东西吗，先生？
B: No, that’s enough. Thank you.
不要了，足够了。谢谢。
Dialogue 2
(A couple waiting to be seated in a crowded restaurant)
（一对夫妇在拥挤的餐厅外等待就座）
A: Do you have a reservation, sir?
请问您订位了吗？先生，太太？
B: No, I am afraid we don’t.
没有。
A: I’m sorry. The restaurant is full now. You have to wait for about half an hour. Would you care to have a drink at the lounge until a table is available?
很抱歉，餐厅已经满座了。约要等30分钟才会有空桌。你们介意在休息室喝点东西直至有空桌吗？
B: No，thanks. We’ll come back later. May I reserve a table for two?
不用了，谢谢。我们等一会儿再来。请替我们预定一张二人桌，可以吗？
A: Yes, of course. May I have your name, sir?
当然可以。请问先生贵姓？
B: Bruce. By the way. Can we have a table by the window?
布鲁斯。顺便，我们可以要一张靠近窗口的桌子吗？
A: We’ll try to arrange it but I can’t guarantee, sir.
我们会尽量安排，但不能保证，先生。
B: That’s fine.
我们明白了。
(Half an hour later, the couple comes back.)
半小时后，布鲁斯夫妇回来了。
A: Your table is ready, sir. Please step this way.
你们的桌子已经准备好了，先生，太太。请往这边走。
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Dialogue 3
A: Waiter, a table for two, please.
服务生，请给我一张两人的桌子。
B: Yes, this way please.
好的，请跟我来。
A: Can we see the menu, please？
能让我们看一看菜单吗？
B: Here you are.
给您。
A: What’s good today?
今天有什么好吃的？
B: I recommand crispy and fried duck.
我推荐香酥鸭。
A: We don’t want that. Well, perhaps we’ll begin with mushroom soup, and follow by some seafood and chips.
我们不想吃香酥鸭。或许我们可以先吃蘑菇汤，然后再要点海鲜和土豆片。
B: Do you want any dessert?
要甜品吗？
C: No dessert, thanks. Just coffee.
不，谢谢。 咖啡就行了。
(After a few minutes.)
过了一会儿。
A: I can have the check, please.
结帐。
C: George. Let’s split this.
乔治，我们各自付帐吧。
A: No, it’s my treat tonight.
不，今天我请客。
B: Cash or charge, sir?
现金还是记帐？
A: Charge, please. Put it on my American Express.
记帐。请记入我的“美国运通信用卡”帐号。
Dialogue 4
A: Good morning. Can I help you?
早上好。有什么能效劳的吗？
B: I want an American breakfast with fried eggs, sunny side up.
我想要一份美式早餐，要单面煎的鸡蛋。
A: What kind of juice do you prefer, sir?
您想要哪种果汁呢？
B: Grapefruit juice and please make my coffee very strong.
西柚汁，还有，我要杯很浓的咖啡。
A: Yes, sir. American breakfast with fried eggs, sunny side up, grapefruit juice and a black coffee. Am I correct, sir?
好的，一份美式早餐，要单面煎的鸡蛋、西柚汁及一杯清咖啡，对吗？
B: Yes, that’s right.
是的。
A: Is there any thing else, sir?
还有什么吗，先生？
B: No, that’s all.
没有了，谢谢。
(Later)
稍后
A: Good morning, sir. I’ve brought the breakfast you ordered.
早上好，先生。您要的早餐送上来了。
B: Just put it on the table, please.
请放在桌上。
A: Do you need anything else, sir?
先生，还有其他需要吗？
B: No thanks. Ah, yes! Can I have some more juice for the minibar?
没有，谢谢。 啊！可否多放一些果汁在冰箱里？
A: What kind of juice would you like, sir?
哪种果汁呢，先生？
B: Tomato, orange and apple juice, please.
番茄汁、橙汁及苹果汁。
A: Yes, sir. I’ll get them for you right away. Would you please sign this bill first? Thank you, sir.
好的，我立刻去取。麻烦您先签了这张帐单。
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Dialogue 5
A: Oh, I’m starving. I’d like to try some real Chinese cuisine. What would you recommend, waiter?
啊，我快饿死啦。我想吃点真正的中国菜。您给我推荐什么呢，服务生？
B: Well, it depends. You see, there are eight famous Chinese cuisines:for instance, the Sichuan cuisine, and the Hunan cuisine.
那要看情况了。您知道，中国主要有八大菜系。比方说，川菜、湘菜。
A: They are both spicy hot, I’ve heard.
我听说这两种都很辣。
B: That’s right. If you like hot dishes, you can try some.
对。您要是爱吃辣的，可以试试。
A: They might be too hot for me.
对我来说可能太辣了点。
B: Then there’s the Cantonese cuisine and the Jiangsu cuisine. Most southerners like them.
再有是粤菜和江苏菜。大多南方人都爱吃。
A: What about any special Beijing dishes?
有什么特别的北京风味菜吗？
B: There’s the Beijing roast duck.
有北京烤鸭啊。
A: Oh, yes. I’ve heard a lot about it. I’d like very much to try it. Where can I find it?
啊，对了，听过多次了。我很想试一试。在哪儿能吃到呢？
B: You can find it in most restaurants, but the best place is certainly Quanjude Restaurant.
大多数饭店都有烤鸭，可是最好的当然还是全聚德烤鸭店。
A: Is it near here?
离这儿近吗？
B: Not too near but not too far either. A taxi will take you there in 15 minutes, if the traffic is not too bad, I mean.
不太近也不算远。乘出租车15分钟能到。我是说，要是堵车不厉害的话。
A: Well, thank you for your information. But what is the name of that restaurant again?
好，多谢您的指点。请您再说一下那个饭馆的名字好吗？
B: Let me write it down on this slip of paper for you. You can show it to the taxi-driver.
我来给您写在这张纸片上。您好拿给出租车司机看。
A: That’s very kind of you. Thanks a lot.
您真是太好了！多谢多谢。
B: You’re welcome.
不客气。
