为什么你总是抱怨美国的食物？在台湾的美国餐厅是地道的美国食物吗

为什么你总是抱怨美国的食物？在台湾的美国餐厅是地道的美国食物吗

来听今天的讲解:

A: It's 6:00. Let's go get something to eat.

六点了，我们去吃东西吧。

B: Alright.

好。

A: What would you like?

你想吃什么？

B: I don't really care. Whatever you want.

我不是很在乎，看你吧。

A: Well, what do you feel like?

你想吃什么嘛？

B: It doesn't matter. I'm sick of the food here. So it doesn't really matter.

无所谓，我厌恶这里的食物，所以真的无所谓。

A: Why do you always complain about the food here?

为什么你总是抱怨这里的食物？

B: Are you kidding? American food is lousy.

开什么玩笑，美国食物太难吃了

A: It isn't lousy. There is a lot of variety. You are just prejudiced.

不难吃啊，有各式各样的选择。你就是有偏见。

B: I'm not prejudiced. It's lousy.It's all beef and potatoes and pizza. And sandwiches and beef and burritoes.And burritoes and beef and potatoes and fried chicken.I'm sick of it!

我才没有偏见，是很难吃。全是牛肉、马铃薯和披萨。三明治、牛肉和墨西哥软饼。墨西哥软饼、牛肉、马铃薯和炸鸡。我厌恶透了。

A: You know, I have three Taiwanese friends in town.And they all complain about the food. It's really strange.And we even have a Chinese restaurant here.

我在镇上有三个台湾朋友他们也都抱怨食物，真是奇怪。而且我们这里甚至就有一家中国餐厅。

 B: That isn't real Chinese food. It's American Chinese food. It's lousy.

那不是地道的中国菜，那是美式中国菜，很难吃。

A: Well, what about American restaurants in Taiwan? Are they real American food?

那么台湾的美国餐厅呢？是地道的美国食物吗？

B: Yes, they are. They are exactly the same as they are here.But the Chinese restaurants here aren't as good as in Taiwan. So, you see? It's not fair.

是的，和这里的完全一样。但是这里的中国菜没有台湾的好吃。你看吧，不公平。

A: You Taiwanese are always complaining about food. You whine too much.

你们台湾人总是抱怨食物难吃，你们太啰唆了。

B: It's because the food in Taiwan is so good.We miss it. We even dream about it at night.

那是因为台湾的食物太好吃了。我们很怀念，晚上都还会梦到呢！

A: Hmm. But in this town we have all kinds of ethnic restaurants.We have Greek restaurants, Italian restaurants,Mexican restaurants, and Japanese restaurants.So you should be able to find something you like.

但是在镇上有各个民俗餐厅：有希腊餐厅、意大利餐厅、墨西哥餐厅和日本料理，所以应该可以找到喜欢吃的。

B: No, it's impossible. But if you want to have dinner,why don't we go to the Japanese restaurant? I feel like some good noodle soup.

不可能。不过你要吃晚餐，那我们就去吃日本料理吧，我想吃好吃的汤面。

A: Alright, that sounds good to me. I'm flexible. I'm not a big baby.

好啊，听起来不错。我都可以，我又不是大娃娃。

B: Listen, Jason.Until you have the food in Taiwan, you will never understand. It is really very very good.

杰森，你听好。等你吃过台湾的食物，你才会了解。台湾食物真的是非常好吃。

A: I'll go there. Next year, maybe. And maybe I'll miss American food.

我会去的，明年吧。可能我也会怀念美国食物。

B: You won't. Believe me. You won't.

你不会的，相信我，你不会。