A：May I take your order now?
      你们可以点菜了吗？

B：Yes, I think we’re ready to order. Elizabeth, what would you like to have?
      行，我想我们可以点菜了。伊丽莎白，你想来点什么？

C：I haven’t made up my mind yet. You order first, Donald.
      我还没决定呢。唐纳德，你先点吧。

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B：All right. I’ll start with chicken soup. Then I want a steak, medium rare. I’ll have a baked potato, green beans and an egg salad. I’ll order dessert later.
      好的。我先来个鸡汤，然后要一份牛排，嫩一点。要一份烤土豆片，青豆和一份鸡蛋色拉。待会儿我再要点甜食。

A：Yes, sir. And you, miss? What would you like to have?
      好的，先生。你呢，小姐？你想吃点什么？

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C：I can’t decide. I don’t see anything I really like.
      我拿不定主意。我没看到什么我真喜欢的菜。

A：There are over thirty dishes to select from, miss.
      小姐，这儿有三十多种菜供您选择呢。

B：There ought to be something you like, Elizabeth.
      伊丽莎白，这儿一定有你喜欢的。

C：Well, I guess so. But I only see food that I don’t like. I don’t care for chicken and I can’t stand fish. Do you have any oysters?
      大概有吧。可我看到的尽是些我不喜欢的菜。我不喜欢吃鸡肉，鱼也不合我的口味。有牡蛎吗？

A：No, miss. I’m afraid not. How about some other seafood?
      没有，小姐。恐怕没有。别的海鲜怎么样？

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C：Oysters are the only seafood I like. I dislike the rest.
      海鲜中我只喜欢牡蛎，其它的都不喜欢。

B：I wish I could think of something for you.
      真希望我能为你想出什么菜来。

A：May I suggest cream of tomato soup, steak with mushroom gravy, asparagus, and buttered cauliflower. For dessert—strawberry pie with ice cream?
      我给您推荐几个菜吧：奶油西红柿汤，蘑菇汁牛排，芦笋，黄油黄牙菜。至于甜食，冰激凌草莓馅饼您看怎么样？

C：No, that isn’t my ideal of a good meal. I’ll have a hamburger. That’s my favorite dish. I have it every day.
      不行。那不是我理想的一顿美餐。我来一个汉堡包。我最喜欢吃汉堡包，每天都吃。

1. 选择;挑选;选拔
    If you select something, you choose it from a number of things of the same kind.

    e.g. Voters are selecting candidates for both US Senate seats and for 52 congressional seats...
           选民正在为美国参议院议席和 52 个众议院议席挑选候选人。
    e.g. With a difficult tee shot, select a club which will keep you short of the trouble...
           开球难度较大时，选一根好使的高尔夫球杆。

2. (在屏幕上)选定(某文件或某段文本以作特别处理)
    If you select a file or a piece of text on a computer screen, you click on it so that it is marked in a different colour, usually in order for you to give the computer an instruction relating to that file or piece of text.

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    e.g. I selected a file and pressed the Delete key.
           我选定了一个文件，按下了删除键。

3. 精选的;作为…精华的;优等的
    A select group is a small group of some of the best people or things of their kind.

    e.g. He was one of the small select group assembled by Penney, at the High Explosive Research centre.
           他是彭尼在烈性炸药研究中心召集的精英小组的一员。
    e.g. ...a select group of French cheeses...
           一组精选的法国奶酪

4. 第一流的;只为富人(或上层人士)而设的;高级的
    If you describe something as select, you mean it has many desirable features, but is available only to people who have a lot of money or who belong to a high social class.

    e.g. Christian Lacroix is throwing a very lavish and very select party.
           克里斯汀·拉克鲁瓦正在举办一个非常豪华的上流聚会。
    e.g. ...a meeting of a very select club.
           富人俱乐部的聚会