A：May I take your order now?
      你們可以點(diǎn)菜了嗎？

B：Yes, I think we’re ready to order. Elizabeth, what would you like to have?
      行，我想我們可以點(diǎn)菜了。伊麗莎白，你想來(lái)點(diǎn)什么？

C：I haven’t made up my mind yet. You order first, Donald.
      我還沒(méi)決定呢。唐納德，你先點(diǎn)吧。

B：All right. I’ll start with chicken soup. Then I want a steak, medium rare. I’ll have a baked potato, green beans and an egg salad. I’ll order dessert later.
      好的。我先來(lái)個(gè)雞湯，然后要一份牛排，嫩一點(diǎn)。要一份烤土豆片，青豆和一份雞蛋色拉。待會(huì)兒我再要點(diǎn)甜食。

A：Yes, sir. And you, miss? What would you like to have?
      好的，先生。你呢，小姐？你想吃點(diǎn)什么？

C：I can’t decide. I don’t see anything I really like.
      我拿不定主意。我沒(méi)看到什么我真喜歡的菜。

A：There are over thirty dishes to select from, miss.
      小姐，這兒有三十多種菜供您選擇呢。

B：There ought to be something you like, Elizabeth.
      伊麗莎白，這兒一定有你喜歡的。

C：Well, I guess so. But I only see food that I don’t like. I don’t care for chicken and I can’t stand fish. Do you have any oysters?
      大概有吧?？晌铱吹降谋M是些我不喜歡的菜。我不喜歡吃雞肉，魚也不合我的口味。有牡蠣嗎？

ideal

A：No, miss. I’m afraid not. How about some other seafood?
      沒(méi)有，小姐。恐怕沒(méi)有。別的海鮮怎么樣？

C：Oysters are the only seafood I like. I dislike the rest.
      海鮮中我只喜歡牡蠣，其它的都不喜歡。

B：I wish I could think of something for you.
      真希望我能為你想出什么菜來(lái)。

A：May I suggest cream of tomato soup, steak with mushroom gravy, asparagus, and buttered cauliflower. For dessert—strawberry pie with ice cream?
      我給您推薦幾個(gè)菜吧：奶油西紅柿湯，蘑菇汁牛排，蘆筍，黃油黃牙菜。至于甜食，冰激凌草莓餡餅?zāi)丛趺礃樱?/p>

C：No, that isn’t my ideal of a good meal. I’ll have a hamburger. That’s my favorite dish. I have it every day.
      不行。那不是我理想的一頓美餐。我來(lái)一個(gè)漢堡包。我最喜歡吃漢堡包，每天都吃。

1. 理想
    An ideal is a principle, idea, or standard that seems very good and worth trying to achieve.

    e.g. ...the bohemian ideals of truth, beauty, freedom and love.
           崇信真、美、自由與愛(ài)的波西米亞式理想
    e.g. I tried to live up to my ideal of myself.
           我努力活出理想的自我。

2. 理想典范;完美典型
    Your ideal of something is the person or thing that seems to you to be the best possible example of it.

ideal

    e.g. ...the Japanese ideal of beauty...
           日本人理想中的美人形象
    e.g. Throughout his career she remained his feminine ideal.
           在他整個(gè)職業(yè)生涯中，她一直是他心中完美女性的代表。

3. 理想的;最佳的
    The ideal person or thing for a particular task or purpose is the best possible person or thing for it.

    e.g. She decided that I was the ideal person to take over the job...
           她認(rèn)定我是接手這份工作的最佳人選。
    e.g. I really love the area and see it as an ideal place to start my managerial career...
           我真的很喜歡那個(gè)地區(qū)，把它視為開(kāi)創(chuàng)我管理事業(yè)的理想之地。

4. 完美的;理想的
    An ideal society or world is the best possible one that you can imagine.

    e.g. We do not live in an ideal world...
           我們并非生活在完美的世界里。
    e.g. In an ideal world, there would be no such thing as rubbish...
           在一個(gè)理想世界中，不會(huì)有垃圾之類的東西。