回家
- go back=head back
- are you going back home?=are you gonna go back? 你回家吗?
- when are you gonna go back?你什么时候回家?
- i am going back home=i am heading back home.=i am going home.我要回家的.
- i am visiting my family.i am going home to see my family=to see my folks回家看父母.
- i am going home for chinese new year.
- back home,we celebrate chinese new year for 2 weeks.在我们那里,春节要过2周.back home,i never learned how to drive.在我家那里,我从来没学过开车.
- i miss the food back home.我想念家乡的事物
就餐
- check (美国)账单;bill (加拿大,英国…)账单;
- can i have the check?=can i have the bill?我要买单
- treat,款待,this is a treat.dessert is a treat.to treat someone to dinner,款待某人
- i am treating you to dinner.it is my treat.我请客
- who is paying?谁付钱?i am paying.我来付钱.pay 语气比较傲慢,在炫耀
- on 也是很好的表达”我来付钱”的用法.it`s on me,该我了.dinner is on me.这段饭我请.this one is on me.这个该我请.
- get 这个常常用在账单上来之后,表示我来我来.i`ve got it,我来我来.=i got this
- turn 轮流付,常用来表示一次你付,另外一次我付.you got it last time,it`s my turn.你上次请过,这次该我了.
- cover(正式),因为正式,所以不常用.i`ll cover the bill,我来买单.he covered the bill.他付了钱.
- are you sure?你确定吗?thank you ,i`ll get it next time.下次我来.you got dinner,i will get drinks.你付饭钱,我来付酒钱.drinks are on me.那酒钱我来吧.
- split the bill.we will split it.就是我们说的AA,all together or all apart?一起付还是分开?
奇异的食物
- it is an acquired taste for foreigners.老外吃不惯,acquired taste后天习惯的口味
- chicken feet,凤爪.heart 心脏,lungs 肺,blood (clot) 鸡鸭血,brain 脑子
- old china hand 中国通.
- someting you dare people to eat,看看他们敢不敢吃