纯正地道美语 第142期(外教讲解):去市场买肉

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 thighs¹.

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, rib² eye, and sirloin steaks.  They are very fresh!  Just came from the slaughter³ 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
 

1 thighs   

n.股，大腿( thigh的名词复数 )；食用的鸡（等的）腿

参考例句：

• He's gone to London for skin grafts on his thighs. 他去伦敦做大腿植皮手术了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The water came up to the fisherman's thighs. 水没到了渔夫的大腿。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 rib   

n.肋骨，肋状物

参考例句：

• He broke a rib when he fell off his horse.他从马上摔下来折断了一根肋骨。
• He has broken a rib and the doctor has strapped it up.他断了一根肋骨，医生已包扎好了。

3 slaughter   

n.屠杀，屠宰；vt.屠杀，宰杀

参考例句：

• I couldn't stand to watch them slaughter the cattle.我不忍看他们宰牛。
• Wholesale slaughter was carried out in the name of progress.大规模的屠杀在维护进步的名义下进行。