343 Seafood Dinner

[[category:]]

A: This is such a nice restaurant! I feel so classy!                                                                                   
 B: Yeah, it’s a little bit pricey, but they serve the best seafood in town.                                                            
 C: May I Take your order?                                                                                                              
 B: Yes, I would like some marinated grilled shrimp for starters and I’ll also have the lobster.                                        
 C: Excellent choice sir. And for you madame?                                                                                           
 B:I would like the baked oysters /ˈɔɪ.stɚ/  and the seafood platter.                                                                   
 C:Very good madame.                                                                                                                    
 B:That seafood platter sounds good. Excuse me, what does the platter have?                                                             
 C:It’s a great combination of clams, scallops, squid  mussels, calamari and fillets of salmon and tuna. It comes with a side of        
 butter sauce and french fries.                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                        
 B: That sounds great! Cancel the lobster and give  me one of the same please.                                                          
 C: Very well sir. Anything to drink?                                                                                                   
 A: Can we get a bottle of your house white wine  please?                                                                               
 C: Superb choice. I will be back shortly with the wine.                                                                                
                                                                                                                                        
 grilled     US: [grɪld]  烤  Grill is the tool that we use.                                                                            
 shrimp    US: [ʃrɪmp]    n.虾；小虾                                                                                                    
 starter    US: [ˈstɑrtər] 开胃菜 appetizer                                                                                             
 lobster    US: [ˈlɑbstər]    n.大虾；【鱼】龙虾                                                                                        
 platter    US: [ˈplætər]     n.大平盘                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                        
 combination of 的组合 ; 连用 /ˌkɑːmbɪˈneɪʃn əv/                                                                                        
 clam    US: [klæm]    n.蛤；蛤蜊；蚌                                                                                                   
 scallop    US: [ˈskæləp]    n.扇贝[海扇]                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                        
 squid  mussels 鱿鱼贻贝 /skwɪd/ : [ˈmʌs(ə)l]                                                                                           
 calamari [kɑlɑˈmɑri] n.(供食用的)鱿鱼                                                                                                  
 fillet    US: [fɪˈleɪ]    n.鱼片；                                                                                                     
 salmon     US: [ˈsæmən]    n.鲑鱼肉；【鱼】三文鱼                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                        
 classy high class                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                        
 charcoal    US: [ˈtʃɑrˌkoʊl]    n.炭；深灰色    Web木炭                                                                                
                                                                                                                                        
 So they're not very filling                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                        
 distinctive    US: [dɪˈstɪŋktɪv]    adj.独特的；特别的                                                                                 
 claw    US: [klɔ]    v.用爪子抓[挖,掘,撕]；用手探索；(人)贪婪地抓住    n.(动物的)爪；(蟹等的)钳；钩                                    
 pearl    US: [pɜrl]    n.珍珠                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                        
 shiny    US: [ˈʃaɪni]    adj.光亮的                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                        
 chewy    US: [ˈtʃui]    adj.需要多嚼的；不易嚼烂的；耐嚼的                                                                             
                                                                                                                                        
 So basically calamari and squid are the same thing.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                        
 connotation    US: [ˌkɑnəˈteɪʃ(ə)n]    n.含义；隐含意义                                                                                
                                                                                                                                        
 climate    US: [ˈklaɪmət]    n.气候；风气；