【双语对话】

Melanie: Have you ever tried Cuban food?

你尝过古巴菜吗？

Coco: Cuban food? No, but why? Are we going to a Cuban restaurant tonight?

古巴菜？没有，为什么(问)? 今晚我们要去一个古巴餐厅吗？

Melanie: No. Have you ever seen Cuban restaurants in our town? No, I meant when we get to Miami. There are a lot of Cubans and Cuban restaurants. It's a thing that people try Cuban food in Miami.

不是。你什么时候在咱们镇见过古巴餐厅。我是说当我们到了迈阿密的时候。那里有很多古巴人和古巴餐厅。游客在迈阿密必做的事就是尝古巴菜。

Coco: Sure, I am always open to new food experiences. Any restaurants in particular that you are looking at?

好啊，我总是欢迎新的食物体验。你有具体的哪家餐厅吗？

Melanie: No, the idea just popped into my head. But we should make reservations to the restaurants that we definitely want to pay a visit.

没有我就是突然想到了。不过我们应该预约几家我们一定想去的餐厅。

Coco: That sounds like extra work though mom. Why can't we just go into cute places that find on the way?

这听起来是更多的工作量啊妈妈。为什么我们不能在路上看到可爱的小店后直接进去吃呢？

Melanie: What do you mean cute places? They may look fancy and cute on the outside, but how would you know if the food and service is actually good? Wouldn't you still have to check Yelp for reviews?

什么可爱的小店？它们也许外面看起来很高级或者可爱，但是你哪知道它们的饭菜和服务是不是真的好？你不是还得查Yelp(美国大众点评)看评论吗？

Coco: Eh fine mom. I will come up with a list of restaurants that I like. If you have any, you can tell me later.

额好吧妈妈。我会拉一个我喜欢的餐馆的清单。如果你有喜欢的，你之后告诉我。

【重点笔记】

1.It's a thing. 这是一个东西=有这么回事

例: Is it a thing? Yeah, people do it all the time around here.

有这么回事儿？对啊，这里的人都这么做。

2.open to 对...开放= 愿意接受

例: I am open to interracial dating and marriage.

我对跨种族恋爱和婚姻持开放态度。

3.make a reservation 预约

例: Can I make a reservation for a table of 4?

我能预约一个4个人的位置吗？

4.cute adj. 好看的，特别好的

例: You know that cute little café at the corner of the street. We should go there and study there next time.

你知道街角那家特别好看/好/可爱的咖啡店吗？我们下次应该去那里学习。

5.service n. 服务

例: Don't be fooled by the looks of the restaurant. The service was so terrible.

不要被这家餐厅的外表骗了。它的服务太糟糕了。

6.come up with 想出，提出

例: How about you come up with a better idea instead of disagreeing with every proposal that we made?

要不你想一个更好的主意，而不是不同意我们的每一个提议？