英语短篇小说选读带翻译Dinner Reservation

 　　　　Dinner Reservation预订晚餐

　　Mike and Maria had been living together in their apartment for one month already. To commemorate this event, they decided to go out and have a special dinner. Since Mike worked during the week and Maria went to school and worked as well, they planned it for the weekend. Mike and Maria had not decided on where to go yet. Maria had suggested a restaurant. Mike asked her which one. She did not have a specific location in mind.

　　迈克和玛丽亚在他们的公寓一起生活一个月了。为了纪念这一事件，他们决定出去吃一顿特别的晚餐。在迈克工作和玛丽亚去上学同时工作的那段时间，他们就在计划着周末。迈克和玛丽亚还没有决定去哪儿呢，玛丽亚建议去餐厅，迈克问她哪一个，她还没有想到一个理想的地方。

　　Maria suggested that they look on the internet to search for restaurants. Mike thought it a good idea and opened up his laptop. Mike turned on his laptop and went on Google to make a search. Mike always searched for information on Google. It never failed to provide good results. Mike asked Maria what he should search. Maria told him to search for nearby restaurants. Mike said to be more specific. Mike tried searching fine-dining restaurants. He got hundred of results.

　　玛丽亚建议他们看在互联网上搜索餐馆，迈克认为它是个好主意并打开了他的手提电脑，电脑打开后，他就去谷歌展开搜索。迈克经常在谷歌寻找信息，但从来就没有找到好的结果。迈克问玛丽亚他需要搜索什，。玛丽亚告诉他搜索附近的餐馆。迈克这次搜的比上次要有效多了，他找到了很多美食，有几百个结果。

　　He stumbled upon a steakhouse located a few miles north of where they lived. Mike asked Maria for her opinion. Maria was not a big fan of steak. She told Mike this. Mike was astonished by her statement. What surprised him the most was the fact that he had not known this about her. "Have you even tried it"? Mike asked. She answered only once.

　　他偶然发现了一个离他们住的地方位于几英里以北的牛排餐厅。迈克问玛丽亚她的意见，玛丽亚并不是牛排的大粉丝。她告诉了迈克，迈克对她的回答感到很惊讶。最令他吃惊的是，他对她还不了解这件事情。“你有试过吗？”迈克问。她回答到只有一次。

　　After that, Mike settled on going to the steakhouse. He wanted to attempt to make Maria like steak. Mike had been a big steak lover. Maria was not enthusiastic about eating steak, but Mike insisted that she give it one more chance. She agreed on condition that Mike try a favorite food of hers the next time. Mike agreed to this compromise. He picked up the phone and called to make a reservation.

       之后，迈克还是决定去牛排馆。他想试图让玛丽亚爱上牛排。迈克对牛排深深的喜爱着。玛丽亚对牛排没有太多的热情，但迈克坚持说给他一次机会。她同意了，并要求迈克下一次试试她最喜欢的食物。迈克同意这种条件。他拿起手机，打电话预约。