Todd: So Adrienne, what did you think of the restaurant?
托德：埃德里安娜，你觉得那家餐厅怎么样？Adrienne: It was good. The food was tasty but not as good as Italian food at home.
埃德里安娜：很不错。食物很好吃，但并不像国内做的意大利菜那么好。Todd: Yeah, I kind of think the same thing. It seemed like the noodles were a little hard, I guess you can say.
托德：对，我也是这么认为的。面条有点硬，我想你也感觉到了。
Adrienne: Yeah. Plastic.
埃德里安娜：对。吃着费劲。Todd: Yeah.
托德：没错。Adrienne: Like, yeah, I agree.
埃德里安娜：就像，嗯，我也这么觉得。Todd: Did you like the salad?
托德：你喜欢那个沙拉吗？Adrienne: Uh, salad was good, but it's hard to mess up salad.
埃德里安娜：哦，沙拉很好吃，不过沙拉很容易做。Todd: Yeah, although that salad was pretty nice, right. It was chicken and sauce and peppers and stuff so...
托德：的确，不过刚刚那份沙拉真的很好吃。里面有鸡肉、调味汁、青椒，还有其他的……Adrienne: And asparagus.
埃德里安娜：还有芦笋。Todd: Like I can't make that salad. So that was pretty good.
托德：我不会做这种沙拉。所以沙拉真的很好吃。Adrienne: Oh, that's true. I guess your right.
埃德里安娜：哦，的确是这样。我想你是对的。Todd: And what did you think about the pizza?
托德：那你觉得批萨怎么样？Adrienne: The pizza was delicious. I would like it to be a little bigger, because pizza at home is usually much bigger but, it was still very good.
埃德里安娜：批萨很好吃。我希望批萨能再大一点儿，因为国内的批萨通常都要大一些，不过那份批萨已经很不错了。Todd: Yeah, I forgot, how much was the bill. How much did we pay?
托德：对，我忘了，刚才那顿饭多少钱来着？我们花了多少钱？Adrienne: About 3,000 yen I think.
埃德里安娜：我想大约3000日元。Todd: 3,000 yen, so what do you think? Is that expensive or cheap or?
托德：3000日元，你怎么看？你觉得是贵了还是挺便宜的，或是其他的？Adrienne: That seems pretty standard for Tokyo I think.
埃德里安娜：我想这就是东京的消费水平。
重点讲解：
1.
像…一样；
eg. I never went through a final exam that was as difficult as that one.
我从来没有碰到过像那次那么难的期末考试。
eg. There was no obvious reason why this could not be as good a film as the original.
找不出明显的理由来解释为什么这部片子拍得不如原先的好。
eg. The streets were as noisy as ever.
街上和往常一样喧闹。
2. mess up
搞砸；弄糟；弄脏；弄乱；
eg. He had messed up one career.
他把一份工作弄砸了。
eg. If I messed up, I would probably be fired.
要是我搞砸了，很可能会被炒鱿鱼。
eg. I hope they haven't messed up your video tapes.
我希望他们没把您的录像带弄乱。