英語趣味課堂：關于飯店-About Restaurant

Todd: So Adrienne, what did you think of the restaurant?

Adrienne: It was good. The food was tasty but not as good as Italian food at home.

Todd: Yeah, I kind of think the same thing. It seemed like the noodles were a little hard, I guess you can say.

Adrienne: Yeah. Plastic.

Todd: Yeah

Adrienne: Like, yeah, I agree.

Todd: Did you like the salad?

Adrienne: Uh, salad was good, but it's hard to mess up salad.

Todd: Yeah, although that salad was pretty nice, right. It was chicken and sauce and peppers and stuff so...

Adrienne: And asparagus.

Todd: Like I can't make that salad. So that was pretty good.

Adrienne: Oh, that's true. I guess your right.

Todd: And what did you think about the pizza?

Adrienne: The pizza was delicious. I would like it to be a little bigger, because pizza at home is usually much bigger but, it was still very good.

Todd: Yeah, I forgot, how much was the bill. How much did we pay?

Adrienne: About 3,000 yen I think.

Todd: 3,000 yen, so what do you think? Is that expensive or cheap or?

Adrienne: That seems pretty standard for Tokyo I think.

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as good as

The food was tasty, but not as good as Italian food at home.

We use 'as + adjective + as' to compare things. In this case the good at the restaurant was good, but the food at home is better. Notice the following:

Life here is as comfortable as back home.

I don't think my car is as fast as your car.

hard

It seemed like the noodles were a little hard.

Used like this 'hard' means difficult to bite into. It is talking about the texture.

Notice the following:

The bread is hard on the outside, but soft and chewy inside.

Don't bite the candy. It's hard and you will break your teeth.

hard

The salad was good, but it's hard to mess up salad.

'Hard' used this way means difficult or not easy. Notice the following:

That is a very hard place to live.

I didn't know it was going to be so hard to find an apartment.

pretty good

I can't make that salad, so that was pretty good.

If something is 'pretty good' it is not the best thing ever, but it is better than average. Notice the following:

They have pretty good prices and high quality clothes.

The transportation8 system here is is pretty good, but there are still some problems.

standard

A 3,000-yen dinner for two seems pretty standard for Tokyo.

Something that is 'standard' is normal or common. In this case, 3,000 yen is a normal price. Notice the following:

It is standard that everything takes a lot longer here.

I am still trying to figure out what is standard here.

1 sauce
n.醬油，醬汁;調味汁

參考例句：

Some cream will enrich the sauce.在調味汁里加一些奶油會使其味道更加豐富。

This sauce is too thick-- add some milk.調味汁太稠，再加點奶.

2 peppers
n.胡椒粉( pepper的名詞復數 );辣椒

參考例句：

She takes a few peppers in the hand. 她拿了一些辣椒在手里。 來自《簡明英漢詞典》

Peppers sting the tongue. 胡椒蜇舌頭。 來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》

3 stuff
n.原料，材料，東西;vt.填滿;吃飽

參考例句：

We could supply you with the stuff in the raw tomorrow.明天我們可以供應你原材料。

He is not the stuff.他不是這個材料。

4 yen
n. 日元;熱望

參考例句：

He wanted to convert his dollars into Japanese yen.他想將美元換成日幣。

He has a yen to be alone in a boat.他渴望獨自呆在一條船上。

5 adjective
n.形容詞;adj.形容詞的，用作形容詞的

參考例句：

Don't apply that adjective to me.不要用那個字眼來形容我。

The adjective loose has several senses. 形容詞loose有幾個義項。

6 means
n.方法，手段，折中點，物質財富

參考例句：

That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段獲取機密。

We must get it done by some means or other.我們總得想辦法把它干完。

7 texture

n.(織物)質地;(材料)構造;結構;肌理

參考例句：

We could feel the smooth texture of silk.我們能感覺出絲綢的光滑質地。

Her skin has a fine texture.她的皮膚細膩。

8 transportation

n.運輸，運輸系統(tǒng)，運輸工具

參考例句：

The transportation of goods by air costs a lot.航空運輸貨物花費很高。

He finally solved the difficulty of transportation.他終于解決了運輸的困難。