A:I want you to know how much I appreciate these terrific meals you’ve been cooking. Do you guys always eat this well?我真的很感激你们做这么丰盛的饭菜。你们都经常吃这么好吗?
B:Not really. During the week, we’re both busy with our jobs, so there isn’t much time to cook anything fancy.并不是这样。平时我们都忙于工作,所以没有多少时间烹饪出花样。
A:We both enjoy cooking and experimenting, so we usually try to fix something special on Sundays.我们都喜欢做饭、尝试,所以星期天我们都通常试着做些特别的菜。
B:This morning’s breakfast was great, scrambled eggs, bacon, toast, and orange juice! You surely don’t eat that kind of breakfast every day.今天的早餐真是美味,炒蛋、烟肉、烤面包,还有橙汁!你们肯定不是每天都吃这样的早餐。
A:You’re right! We don’t. During the week, we usually have cold cereal and maybe a piece of fruit. Neither of us has the time to cook breakfast. Monday through Friday, it’s Every man for himself. Don’t worry, though. You’ll never go to bed hungry.你说得对!我们没有。一周之内,我们通常吃些冷麦片,大概一片水果。我们都没有时间做早餐。星期一到星期五,都是个顾个地找些东西吃。 但不要担心。你都不会饿着睡觉的。
B:That’s true. And dinners are different, anyway. Some nights Marsha will fix a casserole11 or a pasta dish. Other nights, I like to throw fish or hamburgers onto the grill. And fix a green salad.那倒是真的。不管怎么样,晚餐就不同。一些晚上马莎会做个砂锅或者通心粉。其它几个晚上,我喜欢把鱼或者汉堡牛排扔到烤架上,还弄个蔬菜沙拉。
A:So, you cook every night?那么,你每天晚上都做饭吗?
B:Well, not every night. Some nights we have leftovers, or maybe we’ll just send out for a pizza. We even enjoy going out to a restaurant once in a while.不是每个晚上。一些晚上我们吃剩菜,或许我们就干脆出去吃比萨饼。有时我们甚至喜欢出去到餐馆吃。