第五周：星期二　Having Chinese Food 吃中餐

☆Our restaurant is noted for Hunan food. 我們餐館以湘菜著稱。

☆Sichuan is famous for fish seasoning and chicken cubes with chili peppers. 川菜有魚香肉絲和辣子雞丁。

☆This is my first time to a Chinese restaurant. Could you tell me the different features of Chinese food? 這是我第一次來中國餐館。你能告訴我中國食物的不同特點嗎?

☆Generally speaking, Cantonese food is a bit light; Shanghai food is rather sweet; and Hunan food are very spicy. They're very good in color, flavor and taste.

一般來講，粵菜比較清淡;上海菜很甜;湘菜味道辣。中國菜準備得十分精細、美味，色、香、味俱全。

☆It's the most delicious dinner I've had for a long time. 這是我這么長時間以來吃過的最好吃的飯。

☆We're here at a restaurant famous for its Chinese food. 我們來的這家餐館是以是中國菜出名的。

☆At a restaurant that serves Cantonese food, we usually start off with soup. 在供應粵菜的餐館里，我們吃飯通常從喝湯開始。

☆According to the menu, there is rice, rolls and dumplings. Which do you prefer? 根據(jù)菜單介紹，這里供應米飯、花卷和餃子。您喜歡吃哪一種?

☆Sichuan food is noted for its hot flavors. 川菜以辣味而聞名。

A：Are you ready to order now?

B：We'd like to try some Chinese food today. Could you give us any advice about it?

A：With pleasure. Chinese food is varied. We serve Cantonese cuisine and Sichuan cuisine.

B：What's the difference between them?

A：Oh, Cantonese food is usually a kind of seafood. Sichuan food is a sort of food with some seasonings. And it tastes a bit more flavorful than Cantonese food.

B：Then I think Cantonese food sounds nice to us.

A：All right, would you like to look over the menu first? You can find the list of Cantonese dishes on the left and decide on your favorite dishes. I'll be back in a minute and take your order.

B：Thanks a lot. You're so considerate.

A：先生，您現(xiàn)在點菜嗎?

B：我們今天想品嘗一下中國的菜肴。您可以給我們一些建議嗎?

A：很樂意。中餐品種繁多，我們餐廳主要烹調(diào)粵菜及川菜。

B：它們有什么不同嗎?

A：哦，粵菜通常以海鮮為主，川菜則以調(diào)味品豐富而著稱，同時川菜比粵菜辣一些。

B：聽上去粵菜更適合我們的口味。

A：好的，你先看一下菜單好嗎?菜單左邊列的是各式粵菜，您可以從中點你最稱心的菜。我稍后再過來拿您點好的菜單。

B：多謝。您想得很周到。