日常英语学习一

回家

1. go back=head back
2. are you going back home?=are you gonna go back? 你回家吗?
3. when are you gonna go back?你什么时候回家?
4. i am going back home=i am heading back home.=i am going home.我要回家的.
5. i am visiting my family.i am going home to see my family=to see my folks回家看父母.
6. i am going home for chinese new year.
7. 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.
8. i miss the food back home.我想念家乡的事物

就餐

1. check (美国)账单;bill (加拿大,英国…)账单;
2. can i have the check?=can i have the bill?我要买单
3. treat,款待,this is a treat.dessert is a treat.to treat someone to dinner,款待某人
4. i am treating you to dinner.it is my treat.我请客
5. who is paying?谁付钱?i am paying.我来付钱.pay 语气比较傲慢,在炫耀
6. 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.
7. 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
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. 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

1. it is an acquired taste for foreigners.老外吃不惯,acquired taste后天习惯的口味
2. chicken feet,凤爪.heart 心脏,lungs 肺,blood (clot) 鸡鸭血,brain 脑子
3. old china hand 中国通.
4. someting you dare people to eat,看看他们敢不敢吃