美國文化口語-飲食
JASON: It's 6:00. Let's go get something to eat.
MIMI: Alright.
JASON: What would you like?
MIMI: I don't really care. Whatever you want.
JASON: Well, what do you feel like?
MIMI: It doesn't matter. I'm sick of the food here. So it doesn't really matter.
JASON: Why do you always complain about the food here?
MIMI: Are you kidding? American food is lousy.
JASON: It isn't lousy. There is a lot of variety. You are just prejudiced.
MIMI: I'm not prejudiced. It's lousy.It's all beef and potatoes and pizza. And sandwiches and beef and burritoes.And burritoes and beef and potatoes and fried chicken.I'm sick of it!
JASON: You know, I have three Taiwanese friends in town.And they all complain about the food. It's really strange.And we even have a Chinese restaurant here. MIMI: That isn't real Chinese food. It's American Chinese food. It's lousy.
JASON: Well, what about American restaurants in Taiwan? Are they real American food?
MIMI: Yes, they are. They are exactly the same as they are here.But the Chinese restaurants here aren't as good as in Taiwan. So, you see? It's not fair.
JASON: You Taiwanese are always complaining about food. You whine too much.
MIMI: It's because the food in Taiwan is so good.We miss it. We even dream about it at night.
JASON: Hmm. But in this town we have all kinds of ethnic restaurants.We have Greek restaurants, Italian restaurants,Mexican restaurants, and Japanese restaurants.So you should be able to find something you like.
MIMI: No, it's impossible. But if you want to have dinner,why don't we go to the Japanese restaurant? I feel like some good noodle soup.
JASON: Alright, that sounds good to me. I'm flexible. I'm not a big baby.
MIMI: Listen, Jason.Until you have the food in Taiwan, you will never understand. It is really very very good. JASON: I'll go there. Next year, maybe. And maybe I'll miss American food.
MIMI: You won't. Believe me. You won't.
杰森：六點(diǎn)了，我們?nèi)コ詵|西吧。
咪咪：好。
杰森：你想吃什么?
咪咪：我不是很在乎，看你吧。
杰森：你想吃什么嘛?
咪咪：無所謂，我厭惡這里的食物，所以真的無所謂。
杰森：為什么你總是抱怨這里的食物?
咪咪：開什么玩笑，美國食物太難吃了
杰森：不難吃啊，有各式各樣的選擇。你就是有偏見。
咪咪：我才沒有偏見，是很難吃。全是牛肉、馬鈴薯和披薩。三明治、牛肉和墨西哥軟餅。墨西哥軟餅、牛肉、馬鈴薯和炸雞。我厭惡透了。
杰森：我在鎮(zhèn)上有三個(gè)臺(tái)灣朋友他們也都抱怨食物，真是奇怪。而且我們這里甚至就有一家中國餐廳。
咪咪：那不是道地的中國菜，那是美式中國菜，很難吃。
杰森：那么臺(tái)灣的美國餐廳呢?是道地的美國食物嗎?
咪咪：是的，和這里的完全一樣。
但是這里的中國菜沒有臺(tái)灣的好吃。你看吧，不公平。
杰森：你們臺(tái)灣人總是抱怨食物難吃，你們太啰唆了。
咪咪：那是因?yàn)榕_(tái)灣的食物太好吃了。我們很懷念，晚上都還會(huì)夢到呢!
杰森：但是在鎮(zhèn)上有各個(gè)民俗餐廳：有希臘餐廳、意大利餐廳、墨西哥餐廳和日本料理，所以應(yīng)該可以找到喜歡吃的。
咪咪：不可能。不過你要吃晚餐，那我們就去吃日本料理吧，我想吃好吃的湯面。
杰森：好啊，聽起來不錯(cuò)。我都可以，我又不是大娃娃。
咪咪：杰森，你聽好。等你吃過臺(tái)灣的食物，你才會(huì)了解。臺(tái)灣食物真的是非常好吃。
杰森：我會(huì)去的，明年吧。可能我也會(huì)懷念美國食物。
咪咪：你不會(huì)的，相信我，你不會(huì)。
