在餐厅

A：Oh, I’m starving. I’d like to try some real Chinese cuisine. What would you recommend, waiter?
啊，我快饿死啦。我想吃点真正的中国菜。您给我推荐什么呢，服务生？

B：Well, it depends. You see, there are eight famous Chinese cuisines:for instance, the Sichuan cuisine, and the Hunan cuisine.
那要看情况了。您知道，中国主要有八大菜系。比方说，川菜、湘菜。

A：They are both spicy hot, I’ve heard.
我听说这两种都很辣。

B：That’s right. If you like hot dishes, you can try some.
对。您要是爱吃辣的，可以试试。

A：They might be too hot for me.
对我来说可能太辣了点。

B：Then there’s the Cantonese cuisine and the Jiangsu cuisine. Most southerners like them.
再有是粤菜和江苏菜。大多南方人都爱吃。

A：What about any special Beijing dishes?
有什么特别的北京风味菜吗？

B：There’s the Beijing roast duck.
有北京烤鸭啊。

A：Oh, yes. I’ve heard a lot about it. I’d like very much to try it. Where can I find it?
啊，对了，听过多次了。我很想试一试。在哪儿能吃到呢？

B：You can find it in most restaurants, but the best place is certainly Quanjude Restaurant.
大多数饭店都有烤鸭，可是最好的当然还是全聚德烤鸭店。

A：Is it near here?
离这儿近吗？

B：Not too near but not too far either. A taxi will take you there in 15 minutes, if the traffic is not too bad, I mean.
不太近也不算远。乘出租车15 分钟能到。我是说，要是堵车不厉害的话。

A：Well, thank you for your information. But what is the name of that restaurant again?
好，多谢您的指点。请您再说一下那个饭馆的名字好吗？

B：Let me write it down on this slip of paper for you. You can show it to the taxi-driver.
我来给您写在这张纸片上。您好拿给出租车司机看。

A：That’s very kind of you. Thanks a lot.
您真是太好了！多谢多谢。

B：You’re welcome.
不客气。

adv

1. as written or printed

e.g. this is exactly what the composer had set down on paper

Synonym: in writing