Lesson 21
第21課
A meal at a self-service restaurant
在自助餐廳用餐
Gretel had lunch at a self-service restaurant yesterday.
格萊托昨天在自助餐廳吃午飯.
She collected a tray and joined a queue.
她先拿個盤子然后排到隊伍里.
(People queue patiently in England!)
(英國人排隊特耐心!)
There was plenty of food on display.
有好多食品陳列在那兒.
There was some steak,but Gretel didn't take any of it.
有牛排,但格萊托沒拿,
Instead,she chose some fish and chips.
只是挑了些土豆片和魚.
Then she looked for a sweet.
然后她找甜食.
She wanted some apple-pie,but there was none left,
她想吃蘋果餡餅,可是全沒了,
so she helped herself to an ice-cream instead.
所以她就拿了塊冰淇淋,
After that,she took a cup of coffee and put it on her tray.
隨后又拿了杯咖啡放在盤子上.
She collected a fork,a knife and a spoon and paid at the cash-desk.
她取了刀叉后在賬臺付了款.
Then Gretel carried her tray to a table and had her meal.
然后格萊托把盤子拿到一個桌子上去吃飯.
There are plenty of self-service restaurants in London and the food is quite cheap.
倫敦有很多自助餐廳,那兒的東西很便宜.
There aren't any waiters or waitresses,
那兒沒有服務(wù)員,
so you don't have to leave a tip.
因此不必付小費(fèi).
Gretel has got used to English food,
雖然格萊托已習(xí)慣吃英國的食物,
but she often misses good Viennese cooking!
可是她時常想念維也納的飯菜.