生活英语|在Outlook牛排屋：你期望你的牛排几分熟？

1. Can I see the menu first?

In fact, when you go to a western restaurant the hostess/host will usually give you the menu as soon as you are seated.You are more likely to ask this if you want to check out the prices before actually sitting down at a table.

我能先看一下菜单吗？在西式快餐馆，你一旦落座酒保会立刻把菜单给你。假如你想在坐下之前核实一下价钱，你就能用这句子。

2. What do you recommend?

This is a good question if you've never been to a restaurant before and want to know what the best dishes are.Usually though, your server will recommend the more expensive dishes.

你推荐什么呢？当你走进一家从没去过的饭店，想了解那里的特点菜时，这句话就可就派上用场了。What do you recommend?不过要小心哪!一般情况下,酒保推荐的可能是很很昂贵的菜呀!

3. I'll have a steak.

Steak is very common in the west. In fact, some restaurants specialize^{1 in steak!These restaurants are called steakhousesi.e.Outback Steakhouse.Steak is usually eaten with potatoes and a vegetable .}

牛排在西方是非常容易见到的。很多食肆专门做牛排。因此有了牛排馆steakhouse,澳派克牛排店等牛排餐厅。当然不可能光吃牛排，在牛排餐厅常常吃些烤土豆、土豆泥、薯条和蔬菜。

4. How would you like your steak done?

Steak is cooked for different lengths of time depending on how you like it.The scale ranges from rare, medium-rare, medium and well-done.Rare is the least cooked and the steak is cool in the center and bloody^{3.A well-done steak is brown and hot in the center.}

你期望你的牛排几分熟？在点牛排时，这是常常要问的。那该怎么样回答呢？原来牛排可以按生熟程度分成一分熟、三分熟、五分熟、全熟。一分熟的牛排中间几乎是生的，带血色。生的带血牛排，汁多而且具备真的的牛肉原味，但初食者不免望而生畏。全熟牛排则呈咖啡色，几乎熟透。是否越熟透了越美味呢？其实牛排在半生时，用刀切开所见的粉红色肉汁，并非血，而是烤肉时渗入的调味品汁，只有半生的牛肉有美妙的牛肉原汁，烤得时间越长，肉汁日渐蒸发，肉质也变得坚韧，鲜美感消失殆尽，所以老饕是不吃老牛排的。但初试者可以以七成熟开始。

5. I'd like a glass of whisky^{4 please.}

You can use this sentence when going out to eat or if you're just going to a bar for drinks.Whisky is considered a very manly^{5 drink!}

去外面就餐，去夜店喝酒，你可以大大方方地说I'd like a glass of whisky please.。由于它被看作是一种很具备男子汉气概的酒。

6. That's all for me.Thanks.

Alternative sentence: I'm all set.You can use either of these sentences when you are asked will that be all? or anything else? You can also use this response at places other than a restaurant; for example, when you're ordering several different items over the phone:Would you like to add another design?No, I'm all set, thanks.

我就要这么多。在服务生问大家Will that be all? anything else?时,大家既能够说That's all for me.也可以说That's all for me. 。除去在餐厅，在其它地方电话订购时也可以用。譬如说：你订购了几样东西时，他们问到Would you like to add another design?当无需时，就能说No, I'm all set, thanks.