世博英语

The following week, at Ron’s restaurant

Nicole: Good afternoon, Uncle Giovanni!
Giovanni: Since when was I your uncle? What’s that?
Nicole: It’s 20 pounds of my homemade Fettucini.
Giovanni: You want me to buy it?
Nicole: No. I want to make it for you and your customers.
Giovanni: Well, our customers never ask for it.
Nicole: They will. I’ll put a plate of it on display!

following (a.) 　
接下来的

Fettucini (n.) 　
意大利宽条面，在这里写成Fettucini是因为它代表「白酒奶油宽面条」这道料理

customer (n.) 　
顾客

plate (n.) 　
盘子

display (n.) 　
展示

隔星期，在朗恩的餐厅

妮 可︰午安，乔凡尼叔叔！
乔凡尼︰我何时成了你叔叔？那是啥玩意？
妮 可︰二十磅意大利宽条面，我自己做的。
乔凡尼︰你要我买下来不成？
妮 可︰不是。我是要做给你和客人吃的。
乔凡尼︰我们的顾客从不点这道菜。
妮 可︰他们会的。我要放一盘出来做展示！

Ron: Yes. But you know him. He’s just worried that you’re not Italian…
Nicole: He’s prejudiced, isn’t he?
Ron: No. He’s afraid that no one will cook as good as his mother did.
Nicole: Ah! I know a way to convince him that Americans can make good Italian food!
Ron: How’s that?
Nicole: You’ll see next week. I’ll come by one day at lunchtime.

prejudiced (a.) 　
有偏见的

convince (v.) 　
说服
A: Judd doesn’t want to go swimming with us. 贾德不想跟我们去游泳。 B: I’ll try to convince him. 我来试着说服他。

朗恩：他知道。不过你也知道他。他只是担心你不是意大利人……
妮可︰他有偏见，对不对？
朗恩︰不对。他只是怕没有人像他妈妈一样会做菜。
妮可︰啊！我有个方法可以说服他，美国人也能做一手意大利好菜！
朗恩︰怎么说服？
妮可：下个星期你就知道了。我会找个午饭时间过来。

Nicole: I’d love that. I’m so glad I quit. It’s time for a change.
Ron: Does that mean you’re going to take my advice?
Nicole: Yes. I’m looking for a position as a chef.
Ron: I might be able to help…
Nicole: I’m sure you have great connections.
Ron: We’d like to open another restaurant…with you as the head chef and manager…
Nicole: Really? You have that much faith in me? And Giovanni agreed to it? Does he know who I am?

position (n.) 　
职位
A: What is your position in your company? 你在你公司是什么职位？ B: I’m the manager of our accounting department. 我是会计部经理。

connections (n.) 　
关系，人脉

manager (n.) 　
经理

faith (n.) 　
信心，信念

agree (v.) 　
同意

妮可：乐意之至。我很高兴自己辞职。也该做些改变了。
朗恩︰这代表你会接受我的建议？
妮可︰没错。我在找个主厨的缺。
朗恩︰我或许能帮得上忙……
妮可︰我确信你一定有很有门路。
朗恩︰我们正打算要开一家分店……由你当主厨和餐厅经理……
妮可︰真的？你对我那么有信心？乔凡尼同意吗？他知道我是谁吗？