美語會話 252 最近這可流行得很呢

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Wen:How do I look? I love these braids. They're fun!

Nikki:They look great! Hey, are you hungry? I know a good Ethiopian restaurant-Meskerem.

Wen:An Ethiopian restaurant? Whoa! I always think of starving people in Ethiopia.

Nikki:It's very “in”these days. Some of the places are really expensive.

Wen:That's so ironic! Well, what's it like? Is it your traditional food?

Nikki:No. Africans and African-Americans are different in many ways. Our food's different, too.

Ethiopian

埃塞俄比亞的。Ethiopia (n.) 埃塞俄比亞。Meskerem (n.)是一家著名的埃塞俄比亞餐廳，位在華盛頓特區(qū)

Ethiopian cuisine is delicious.

埃塞俄比亞美食很好吃。

ironic (a.)

諷刺的

Isn't it ironic that George W. Bush, a former alcoholic, became president?

曾經(jīng)是酗酒狂的小布什變成總統(tǒng)，可真是諷刺，不是嗎?

starving (a.)

饑餓的

A: Pass some more food over—Im starving!

再多遞點食物過來——我餓死了!

B: Take it easy. Eating so quickly is bad for your health.

吃慢點。吃太快有礙健康。

African (a.)

非洲的。African-American是指「非裔美國人」，是對美國黑人的正式說法

African drumming is highly sophisticated.

非洲鼓非常地復(fù)雜。

小雯和妮琪離開美容院

小雯：我看起來如何?我好喜歡這些辮子。它們好有趣!

妮琪：看起來太棒了!嘿，你餓不餓?我知道一家好吃的埃塞俄比亞餐廳──瑪斯克林餐廳。

小雯：埃塞俄比亞餐廳?哇!我都會聯(lián)想到埃塞俄比亞的饑民。

妮琪：最近這可流行得很呢。有些地方還很貴。

小雯：這真是太諷刺了!是什么樣的食物?是你們的傳統(tǒng)食物嗎?

妮琪：不是。非洲人和非裔美國人在許多方面是不一樣的。我們的食物也不一樣