Lesson40

1. I’m Starving
我饿死了

BACKGROUND 背景

Two friends after work are deciding on what to do for dinner.
两个朋友下班后正在决定吃什么晚餐。


A: I’m starving to death. What about you?
我饿死了。你呢？

B: Yeah, I’m starving too! Where do you want to have dinner?
我也是，我快饿死了。你想去哪儿吃？

A: I don’t know.
我不知道。

B: What do you feel like eating?
你想吃什么呢？

A: Every now and then I get hungry for spicy food.
一段时间不吃辣的我就馋。

B: There’s a really good Sichuan restaurant near here. Let’s go there sometime.
附近有家非常不错的四川饭馆。我们找个时间去吧。

A: Why not tonight?
今晚为什么不去？

B: No, not tonight. You have to make reservations in advance. It’s a very popular place. Besides, it’s expensive. And I don’t have any money.
今晚不行。你必须提前预约。那里生意很好，而且很贵。我没多少钱了。

A: I’m broke, too. Let’s save our money and go next week.
我也没钱了。让我们攒点钱，下星期去吧。

B: Okay. But how?
好吧。那怎么攒呢？

A: We could do without lunch this week.
这个星期我们可以不吃午餐。

B: Do you mean every day? I don’t feel up to that.
你是说每天？那我可受不了。

A: Well, then every other day.
好吧，那就隔一天一次吧。

B: But what about tonight?
那今晚怎么办？

A: Let’s just go for beef noodles. That’s cheap and fast!
我们去吃牛肉面吧。又快又便宜！

B: Great. Let’s go.
太好了。走吧。

口语要素

★ I’m starving. 我饿了。
★ What about you? 你呢？
★ I’m starving to death! 我快饿死了！
★ What do you feel like eating? 你想吃什么呢？
★ Let’s go there sometime. 我们找个时间去吧。
★ I ‘m broke. 我没钱了。
★ I don’t feel up to that. 那我可受不了。
★ Let’s go. 走吧。

超级句型

What do you feel like 你想……？
What do you feel like doing after work?
你下班后想干什么？

精彩句子

* Every now and then I get hungry for spicy food. 一段时间不吃辣的我就馋。
* You have to make reservations in advance. 你必须提前预约。
* We could do without lunch this week. 这个星期我们可以不吃午餐。

额外成就感

Every now and then: occasionally 偶尔，不时☆☆
* Every now and then I like to take a walk in the park.
我偶尔喜欢在公园散散步。
* Every now and then I think about going abroad.
我时不时地就想到出国。
* I like to go to the movies every now and then.
我偶尔去看场电影。

in advance: before; ahead of time在前面；预先☆☆☆
* If you want to go to Faye Wang’s concert, you should buy your ticket in advance.
如果你想去听王菲的演唱会，得提前买票。
* Please pay for your merchandise in advance.
请预付金额。
* I made reservations for the holiday in advance.
我提前为假期做好了安排。

be broke: be without money 破产；身无分文☆☆☆☆

Kim’s Note:
This is a very common expression, but it also is the cause of a very common error. I have met more than one Chinese person who has said they are “broken” instead of “broke”. There is really a big difference!

* I’d like to go to the concert with you, but I’m broke.
我想跟你一起去听演唱会，可是我没钱了。
* Every time I say I want to go out for dinner, my boyfriend says he’s broke.
每次我说要出去吃饭，我男朋友都说他没钱了。
* You can’t be broke. We just got paid yesterday!
你不可能没钱。我们昨天刚发了工资！

do without: live without something 没有……也行☆☆☆
* If there’s not enough cream for the coffee we’ll do without.
如果没有足够的奶油放在咖啡里，那我们就这样喝算了。
* Do you think you can do without seeing your family for so long?
你很久不见你的家人能行吗？
* There are some things in life that I just can’t do without.
人的生命中有些东西不是说没有就可以的。

feel up to: feel about health or ability to do something
觉得能担当，感到能胜任☆☆☆☆
* I’m supposed to go to Jim’s party, but I just don’t feel up to it now.
我应该去参加吉姆的派对的，但我现在觉得不舒服，不能去了。
* I didn’t feel up to exercising this morning, so I just stayed in bed.
我今天早上身体不适做不了锻炼，所以就躺在床上。
* Are you sure you feel up to teaching today? You just got out of the hospital.
你今天能上课吗？你可是昨天才出院呀！

every other: alternate 每隔一……；每两个☆☆☆
* This class meets every other day, not every day.
这课隔天上，不是天天上。
* We get paid every other week.
我们隔周发薪。
* I shouldn’t have to remind you every other day to take the garbage out!
我真不该每隔一天就提醒你去倒垃圾！