生活英语系列15---餐饮Food and Drink
【基本句型】
1) What would you like to have?您要点儿什么?
2) Would you like something to drink/eat?您要喝/吃点什么吗?
3) I'd like a cup of tea.我要喝杯茶。
4) Dinner or a la carte?您要份饭还是点菜?
5) Are you ready to order now?您现在准备好点菜了吗?
6) How do you like your roast beef?您喜欢吃什么样的烤牛肉?
7) Medium, please.适中的。
【用法解释】
1) What would you like to have? have这个动词意思颇多,表示“吃,喝”是常用的意思之一。例如:I just had an apple.我刚吃了个苹果。Would you have tea or coffee?你喝茶还是咖啡?
2) How do you like your roast beef?你想吃什么样的烤牛肉?烤牛肉的吃法一般有三种,即rare嫩的,Medium适中的和well done老的。如果顾客点这道菜,服务员都要问清楚顾客到底喜欢吃哪种烤牛肉。
3) Would you like some cakes now?相当于Would you like to have some cakes?这种问法比Do you want some cakes?礼貌。
4) 进入餐厅,服务员会同您“dinner or a la carte?”这是在询问您的点菜方式。点菜方式一般有两种,一种叫table d'hot指饭店定时、定菜、定价的客饭和菜;另一种叫a la carte,顾客可以根据菜单随意点菜。西餐的点菜顺序一般是(a)drinks酒水,(b) soup汤,( c ) salad色拉, ( d ) main course主菜,(e) dessert甜点等。