情景对话

Todd: So Adrienne, what did you think of the restaurant?
托德：埃德里安娜，你觉得那家餐厅怎么样？
Adrienne: It was good. The food was tasty but not as good as Italian food at home.
埃德里安娜：很不错GMR4tZ@UFtRDN[b。食物很好吃，但并不像国内做的意大利菜那么好Y3S+mDC45jtGD。
Todd: Yeah, I kind of think the same thing. It seemed like the noodles were a little hard, I guess you can say.
托德：对，我也是这么认为的565+So!_rR8xD-[N|。面条有点硬，我想你也感觉到了)L0Lh+IiRl。
Adrienne: Yeah. Plastic.
埃德里安娜：对_%Q_ibQEe6f8。吃着费劲_(*C|!*gFX。
Todd: Yeah.
托德：没错61V[^jG#,!TSGz。
Adrienne: Like, yeah, I agree.
埃德里安娜：就像，嗯，我也这么觉得PD5z*_AA)_。
Todd: Did you like the salad?
托德：你喜欢那个沙拉吗？
Adrienne: Uh, salad was good, but it's hard to mess up salad.
埃德里安娜：哦，沙拉很好吃，不过沙拉很容易做puym)DCT19n@tnp)。
Todd: Yeah, although that salad was pretty nice, right. It was chicken and sauce and peppers and stuff so...
托德：的确，不过刚刚那份沙拉真的很好吃gEEIUK|k45bb(N6(。里面有鸡肉、调味汁、青椒，还有其他的……
Adrienne: And asparagus.
埃德里安娜：还有芦笋jVUQwR(C5cx73.&8Y^。
Todd: Like I can't make that salad. So that was pretty good.
托德：我不会做这种沙拉Eov1ZFqflz。所以沙拉真的很好吃])lgck,X2]PbJV@z)G[。
Adrienne: Oh, that's true. I guess your right.
埃德里安娜：哦，的确是这样V|9t]XlieV&6QmbaE%。我想你是对的d4|Gy1&Z_@uMS^h]r*v。
Todd: And what did you think about the pizza?
托德：那你觉得批萨怎么样？
Adrienne: The pizza was delicious. I would like it to be a little bigger, because pizza at home is usually much bigger but, it was still very good.
埃德里安娜：批萨很好吃,]=Y4bcGWi1uLn。我希望批萨能再大一点儿，因为国内的批萨通常都要大一些，不过那份批萨已经很不错了nNhsQHEeGS7FccM~[QC。
Todd: Yeah, I forgot, how much was the bill. How much did we pay?
托德：对，我忘了，刚才那顿饭多少钱来着？我们花了多少钱？
Adrienne: About 3,000 yen I think.
埃德里安娜：我想大约3000日元OPes09eT03(NFe-hV^U。
Todd: 3,000 yen, so what do you think? Is that expensive or cheap or?
托德：3000日元，你怎么看？你觉得是贵了还是挺便宜的，或是其他的？
Adrienne: That seems pretty standard for Tokyo I think.
埃德里安娜：我想这就是东京的消费水平x]yk[3RO_d。

重点讲解

重点讲解：
1. as...as
像…一样；
eg. I never went through a final exam that was as difficult as that one.
我从来没有碰到过像那次那么难的期末考试TD3quStx&x|RO。
eg. There was no obvious reason why this could not be as good a film as the original.
找不出明显的理由来解释为什么这部片子拍得不如原先的好JgOVV^=.t73ORomLx2。
eg. The streets were as noisy as ever.
街上和往常一样喧闹[_|w+ApN4hub^4r。
2. mess up
搞砸；弄糟；弄脏；弄乱；
eg. He had messed up one career.
他把一份工作弄砸了|Fel5;JKy5P#4bPW[li。
eg. If I messed up, I would probably be fired.
要是我搞砸了，很可能会被炒鱿鱼UiFps6C3j(_y。
eg. I hope they haven't messed up your video tapes.
我希望他们没把您的录像带弄乱;!cxIRZ[WE)G2。