西餐這個詞是由它特定的地理位置所決定的。“西”是西方的意思，一般指歐洲各國。"餐"就是飲食菜肴，我們通常所說的西餐主要包括西歐*的飲食菜肴，當然同時還包括東歐各國、地中海沿岸等國和一些拉丁美洲如墨西哥等國的菜肴。而東南亞各國的菜肴一般統(tǒng)稱為東南亞菜，但也有獨為一種菜系的，如:印度菜。西餐一般以刀叉為餐具、以面包為主食，多以長形桌臺為臺形。西餐的主要特點是主料突出，形色美觀，口味鮮美，營養(yǎng)豐富，供應(yīng)方便等。那么，吃西餐的英語怎么說呢？
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1.吃早餐
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A:What would you like for breakfast?A:是。早餐你想吃什么?B:What do you have for an English breakfast?B:英國式的早餐有什么東西呀?A:Here they are on the menu.You can have toast and butter,two fried eggs,two pieces of bacon,orange or tomato juice,and tea or coffee.A:它們都寫在菜單上。你可以要牛油土司、兩個煎蛋、兩塊熏(豬)肉、橙汁或者番茄汁，再來咖啡或茶。B:I like orange juice,tea,and the others,together with some cheese.B:我喜歡橙汁、茶和其他連同一些奶酪的東西。A:I want two soft boiled eggs,two pieces of toast and a cup of coffee.That is all.Don't boil the eggs for more than two minutes.A:我要兩個溏心蛋、兩片土司和一杯咖啡，這就夠了。煮蛋時不要超過兩分鐘。
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2.換口味
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A:What is the chef's suggestion for tonight?A:今晚大廚師準備了些什么好菜?B:Lobster thermidor and fillet migon.B:有賽美多龍蝦和小牛排。A:I'd like seafood for a change.What about you,Mr Li?A:我想吃點海味，換換口味。你呢，李先生?B:The same to you.B:我和你一樣。
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3.烤牛肉
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A:I'll have the roast beef.I've heard a lot of people talk about it but I've never tasted it.A:我想吃烤牛肉。早就聽許多人說烤牛肉好吃，可我還從來未嘗過呢。B:How would you like your steak? Rare,medium or well?B:您的牛排要求怎么做?是嫩點，不嫩不老，還是老一點?A:Well,please.A:請老一點吧。B:Would you like an appetizer?B:您要點開胃菜嗎?A:No,thanks,but we'd like tomato juice.A:不用了，謝謝。不過，我想要點番茄汁。B:Yes.B:好的。
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4.牛排
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A:Do you wanna see the menu or do you know what you're gonna have.A:你想看看菜單嗎?想吃些什么?B:Let's have a look at the menu.What can you recommend that's fast and good?B:我們來看看菜單。你能推薦幾個又快又好的菜嗎?A:If you like steak,have the sirloin.It's tasty as can be.A:如果你想吃牛排，來塊牛腰肉。再好吃不過了。B:That sounds fine.I'll have mine rare.With French fries and a mixed salad on the side.What about you,Mr Sun.B:聽起來不錯。我想要份半熟的牛排，還有炸薯條，同時再上一份拌沙拉。你要什么，孫先生?C:I'll have the same.But make mine medium rare.C:我也一樣。但是我的牛排要適中略生的。
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5.龍蝦
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A: What will you have?A:先生？你要點什么？B:Those lobster tails on this menu sound pretty good.B:這兒的去頭龍蝦聽起來不錯。A:Oh, I'm very sorry, sir. We don't have any lobster now.A:很抱歉，先生，今天我們沒有龍蝦。B:No lobster? OK... I guess I'll take the steak then. Rare.B:沒有龍蝦？那我就要牛排吧。要嫩的。A:Yes. A:好的。
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6.套餐
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A:May I take your order now?A:你們可以點菜了嗎？B:We're thinking of having your regular dinner.Can you tell us what courses there are,please?B:我們想吃你們這兒的套餐。能告訴我們說都有哪幾道菜嗎？A:Of course.Our regular diner includes appetizer,soup,salad,choice of the main course,dessert and coffee.A:當然可以。我們的套餐包括開胃食品、湯、色拉，主菜可選一種，還有點心和咖啡。B:All right,we'll have it.B:好的，我們就要套餐吧。A:Today's mutton chop is very good,would you like to have it as the main course?A:今天的羊肉不錯，主菜就點它嗎？B:That's a good idea.B:好主意。
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7.討論食物
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A:How's your steak? Mine's out of this world. A: 你的牛排怎么樣？我這份太棒了。 B:Great.I was afraid it looked too well done.But it's just right. B: 不錯，我本擔心它看起來烤得太熟了，不過還可以。
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8.紅燒馬哈魚
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A:I'll have the salmon teriyaki, please.A:我要一份紅燒馬哈魚。B:And what kind of potatoes would you like to go with that?B:配什么樣的土豆？A:Baked, please. For the vegetable, I'd like broccoli.A:燒土豆吧。菜嘛，我要花椰菜。B:And would you care for soup or salad to start with?B:先來點兒湯還是沙拉？A:I think I'll have a salad, please.A:我想我就要沙拉吧。B:All right. With what kind of dressing?B:好的。放什么調(diào)料？A:I'd like blue cheese.A:青絲奶酪。
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