【双语例】
There's a 10% service charge for room service.
客房服务要收取 10%的服务费。
【用法解析】
charge 有费用的意思,短语 charge for sth 指某样物品的要价或收费。除此之外,charge 常用的意思还有充电、主管,常用短语有"charge my phone" 给我的手机充电“in charge of”,负责;person in charge”,负责人。
【双语例】
Then please bring me the steak medium rare, thank you.
给我来一份三分熟的牛排,谢谢。
【用法解析】
Medium rare是一种特殊的用法,专用于牛排等食物的熟度,medium有半生熟的意思,而 rare 指稀有的、半生的搭配在一起泛指一种程度。
【语例】
We've got a choice of Beef Rib-eye, Steak filet mignon and sirloin steak.
我们有肉眼牛排、菲力牛排、西冷牛排供您选择。
【用法解析】
filet 有肉片的意思,作动词讲可指“将·....·切成肉片”,例如“cut into filets”,切成肉片;“let the fish”,鱼片
牛排一般有 5 个熟度的区分,分别是一二成熟(Rare ),三四成熟(Medium Rare )五六成熟(Medium),七八成熟(Medium Well),全熟牛排(Well Done)。
Attendant: Good evening, Guest Service Center. What can I do for you?
服务员:宾客服务中心,请问有什么可以帮您?
Guest: Hi I'm in room 1302 and I want a bottle of champagne, lobster tail and filet mignon, medium rare.
客人:你好,我是 1302 号房的客人,我想要一瓶香槟,龙虾尾和菲力牛排,牛排四分熟。
Attendant: I'm so Sorry, we ran out of filet mignon. May I suggest the Spine steak instead?
服务员:不好意思,菲力牛排已经卖完了,可以用脊骨牛排代替吗?
Guest: That's too bad, but the Spine steak will be Okay.客人:噢,脊骨牛排也行吧。
Attendant: Would you like some dessert?
服务员:您还需要点份甜点吗?
Guest: Eh, I have no idea.
客人;嗯,我也不知道。
Attendant: May be so bold as to suggest chocolate covered strawberries with the champagne?
服务员:那我冒昧建议您用巧克力酱草莓搭配香槟,怎么样?
Guest: That sounds good. About how
long will that take?
客人:还不错。大概需要多久才能送到房间呢?
Attendant: It'll be about 30 minutes. Do you want to pay by cash or charge it to your account?
服务员:大约30分钟。您是想付现金还是记在您的账单上?
Guest: Just charge it to the account.
客人:记账就行。
Attendant: Ok, your meal will be delivered as soon as it's all ready
服务员:好的,餐食做好后,会尽快给您送来。