Eztalk美语【20】Complimentary fruit tray 送的水果拼盘

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Cute waitress appears with fruit

Waitress: Hello! I’m sorry to bother you. This is a complimentary fruit tray. Your food will be ready soon.
Ryan: Wow! It’s a fruit sculpture! Your chef is a real artist!
Waitress: Actually, uh, I made it myself…
Ryan: You did? Wow! Where did you learn…
Waitress: Sorry, but I’ve gotta run. Enjoy your food, and ring the service button if you need anything else!

waitress (n.)  
女侍,「男性服务生」是waiter

appear (v.)  
出现

complimentary (a.)  
免费招待的

sculpture (n.)  
雕刻

artist (n.)  
艺术家

I’ve gotta run.  
我得走了。

service button (n.)  
服务铃

可爱的女服务生带着水果出现

女侍:你们好!抱歉打扰。这是本店送的水果拼盘。你们点的东西马上就来。
雷恩:哇!是果雕耶!你们的主厨真是艺术家!
女侍:其实,呃,这是我做的……
雷恩:你做的?哇!你在哪儿学的……
女侍:抱歉,我得走了。祝您用餐愉快,有任何其它的需要请按服务铃!

Eztalk美语【19】Pretend you’re singing 假装在唱歌

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Jack: Who wants to go first? Allen?
Allen: Uh…I mostly just like to listen. You’re the groom. Why don’t you go first?
Jack: OK. Put on something by the Backstreet Boys!
Allen: How about “As long as You Love Me”! You can pretend you’re singing it to your fiancee Brooke!
Jack: I’d better not. Brooke hates the Backstreet Boys!

groom (n.)  
新郎

fiancee (n.)
未婚妻,「未婚夫」是fiance

告别单身,KTV派对

杰克:谁要先唱?艾伦?
艾伦:喔……我听歌就可以了。你是新郎,不如你先唱吧?
杰克:好的。来首《新好男孩》的歌!
艾伦:点《只要你爱我就好》如何?你可以假装是在唱给你的未婚妻布鲁克听。
杰克:最好不要。布鲁克讨厌《新好男孩》!

Eztalk美语【18】Terrible singer 糟糕的歌手

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Jack: Did you know that drinking beer helps you sing better?
Ryan: Are you sure? How do you know?
Jack: Well, usually people think I’m a terrible singer, but after we all have a few beers, they say I sound a lot better!
Ryan: Well, I heard that if you drink enough beer, you can speak foreign languages better…
Jack: Then after a few beers, you’ll be singing in Taiwanese?
Ryan: Maybe…

terrible (a.)  
糟糕的,很差的

foreign (a.)  
外国的

杰克:你知道喝啤酒会让你的歌喉更好吗?
雷恩:你确定?你是怎么知道的?
杰克:大家通常都觉得我唱歌很难听,不过等大家几杯啤酒下肚后,他们就说我唱得好听多了!
雷恩:呃,我有听说若你啤酒喝得够多,连外国话都能说得比较好……
杰克:那在喝点啤酒之后,你就能唱台语歌啰?
雷恩:也许吧……