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.