2015年初级商务英语活学活用：适当的食物和饮料
Ⅰ.核心学习：为你的客户选择适当的食物和饮料
Michael: Sir, I sure am glad to see you.
迈克尔：先生，见到你真的很高兴。
Billy: Really? How may I be of service to you?
比利：是么?我能为您做点什么?
Michael: You should select the appropriate food for craft services to prepare for the guests.
迈克尔：你可以去为客人选择合适的食物让食品配送公司去准备。
Billy: Are we having a buffet this year?
比利：我们今年有自助餐么?
Michael: Yes sir, it is serving yourself, but you still need to decide what food to put on the banquet tables.
迈克尔：是的，先生，您可以根据自己的胃口选择，但您要决定餐桌该上哪些食品。
Billy: So many choices. Can’t I give the responsibility to someone else?
比利：选择太多了。我能不能让别人来做这事儿呢?
Michael: No, sorry, you can’t.
迈克尔：对不起，先生，不可以。
Billy: It is lonely at the top.
比利：高处不胜寒啊。
Ⅱ.单词简析
1) Appropriate : correct, fit to
合适的，适当的
ex:It is important to wear appropriate clothing to a job interview.
工作面试时，衣着得体很重要。
2) Buffet : all you can eat, help your self to the food
自助餐
ex:Stand in line at the buffet after you grab a plate.
拿到盘子后就可以排队吃自助餐了。
3) Craft Services : food makers, food deliverers
做食品、递送食品的人
ex:Every morning at our office, craft services set up a table with all kinds of breakfast foods.
每天早上在我们的办公室，送餐的人在桌子上摆好各式各样的早点。
4) Draft beer : beer on tap, fresh beer from the barrel
生啤酒、扎啤
ex:Most of the guests prefer to drink draft beer.
多数客人喜欢喝扎啤。
5) Finger food : food you eat with your fingers
用手来吃的食物
ex:Shrimp is a delicious kind of finger food.
虾就是一种很好吃的手抓食品。
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