Butcher:Hi. What can I get for you?
Gina: I’d like a half a pound of ground beef, please.
Butcher:Good choice! Our ground beef is extra lean, if you know what I mean.
Gina:Could I also have half a dozen pork chops and two pounds of boneless chicken breasts?
Butcher:No, no no no chicken breasts at the moment, but we have some nice chicken thighs.
Gina:No, that won’t do. I’ll take this smoked ham you have here.
Butcher:Okay, is there anything else?
Gina:Do you have any other cold cuts? Is this salami and bologna you have here?
Butcher:Yes! It’s very fine meat! Made it myself...
Gina:Sounds good. Okay, that’s it.
Butcher:Wait! We have T-bone, rib eye, and sirloin steaks. They are very fresh! Just came from the slaughter house...
Gina:Mmm... No that’s okay, really. I think that’s all for today.
Butcher:Okay. That will be thirty-four dollars and fifty cents.
词汇注释 .
ground beef 碎牛肉, 牛肉糜
lean adj. 瘦的（肉）
if you know what I mean 如果你知道我所指的
boneless adj. 无骨的, 去骨的
chicken breast 鸡胸
chicken thigh 鸡大腿
smoked ham 熏腿
cold cuts (冷吃的)肉片
salami n. 意大利咸味腊肠
bologna n. 一种大腊肠
T-bone n. 丁字牛排
rib eye牛里脊肉
sirloin steak n. 最好的牛腰肉
slaughter house 屠宰场
【拓展词汇】
turkey n. 火鸡
hot dog n. 热狗
cleaver n. 屠夫的切肉刀；屠刀
chopping block n. 砧板, 剁肉板
butcher paper 包肉用的纸
参考译文
Butcher：你好，想买点什么？
Gina:我要半磅碎牛肉
Butcher：明智的选择，我们这儿的牛肉很瘦，如果你懂行的话。
Gina:我还要半打猪排，2磅无骨鸡胸，你这里有吗？
Butcher：现在没有鸡胸，但是有很好的鸡大腿。
Gina:那不是我想要得，我买这块熏腿。
Butcher：好的，还要些别的吗？
Gina:你这里有(冷吃的)肉片？这时意大利咸味腊肠吗？
Butcher：是的，很好的肉，我自己做的……
Gina:不错。就买那个了。
Butcher：等下，这里有牛排，牛里脊肉和牛腰肉，都很新鲜，刚从屠宰场运来。
Gina:谢谢不要了，今天就买这些吧。
Butcher：好的，总是时34美元50美分。
