W: I don’t feel like cooking tonight. Let’s go out.
今晚我不想做飯，出去吃吧。
M: Where would you like to go?
你想去哪？
W: I feel like eating some great Italian food.
我想吃一些美味的意大利菜。
M: How about AI’s Italian? It’s always good.
AI’s意大利餐廳怎么樣？它一直不錯。
W: We went there last week. Let’s try something new. You have no imagination. You always want to go to the same place.
我們上周去過，我們試下新的餐廳吧。你一點想象力地都沒。總想去同一個地方。
M: Right, I don’t like unpleasant surprises. I just want things to be simple.
是的，我不喜歡出現(xiàn)意外，我只是想讓事情變簡單。
W: OK, let’s compromise.
好吧，不如我們折中一下。
M: What does that mean? What do you mean by compromise?
這是什么意思？你說的折中是什么意思？
W: Let’s go 50-50. This time we’ll go someplace new and next time we can go to one of your favorites.
我們各退一步，這次我們?nèi)€新的餐廳，下次去你喜歡的地方。
M: OK, I’ll compromise and meet you halfway.
好吧，我讓步。
W: Good, I’ll look for something new and make reservations.
太好了，我要找些新的餐廳來預(yù)訂。
M: Great, let’s not go too late.
很好，但別太晚。
W: I’ll make reservations for 8:00. Is that OK?
預(yù)訂8點如何？
M: Yes, perfect.
非常好。