（3）Choosing from the Menu 選菜
Ameri menus look rather fusing at first sight, for they may u some terms which are unfamiliar to most visitors. Here are some points which may be uful.
Fried mushrooms, fried onis (洋蔥圈) and fried zui (小胡瓜) are sometimes rved as starters (第一道菜).
Very ofteables do not e automatically with the meal, and you have to pay extra for them.
“Scrod” (小鱈魚), and “red snapper” (齧龜) are all name of fish. “Seafood” means lobster (龍蝦), shellfish and fish, including, funnily enough, freshwater fish! Prawns (對蝦) are known as “shrimp”.
Ameri beef is usually good and often wonderful.
美國人吃午餐和吃晚餐之前通常要喝點雞尾酒，但在加利福尼亞州，人們大都喝葡萄酒。吃主食之前，一般都要吃一盤沙拉。炸磨菇和炸洋蔥圈可作為開胃食品，牛排、豬排和雞（腿）為主食，龍蝦、貝殼類動物以及各種魚類甚至包括淡水魚被統稱為海鮮。炸土豆條是深受人們喜愛而且幾乎是必不可少的食物。
Key words & Sentences
關鍵詞句全知道
You are what you eat.
你吃的東西決定你。br你要身體健康，就要注意你的飲食健康。
Most traditional Ameri foods were introduced by the early European immigrants but modified to take advantage of the locally available ingredients.
大部分的美國傳統食物都是由早期歐洲移民帶來的，後來加入了美國當地的可用成分。
One unique feature of the Ameri diet from an early period was the abundaneat and distilled liquor.
和早期不同，美國食物的一大特點是含有豐富的肉類和蒸餾水。
Fried chi, meatloaf, baked potato, , baked beans and apple pie would be sidered traditional Ameri dishes.
炸雞、肉餅、烤土豆、玉米、烤豆和蘋果餡餅被視為傳統的美國食物。
A typical Ameri breakfast menu includes scrambled or fried eggs or an egg omelet, juice, ba or sausage, toast, biscuits els.
典型美式早餐菜單包括煎蛋或煎蛋卷、果汁、熏肉或香腸，土司、餅幹或麵包圈。
Ameri drinks often include e juice, milk, tea or coffee.
在美國，飲料通常有橘子汁、牛奶、茶或者咖啡。
The lunch menu normally involves sandwiches, rolls, hamburgers, hot dogs, pizza, tacos, chi, salad, fruit, milk, soft drink, tea or coffee.
午餐菜單通常有三明治、麵包卷、漢堡、熱狗、比薩、玉米餅、雞肉、沙拉、水果、牛奶、軟飲料、茶或咖啡。
The normal practi America is to eat the salad before the main cour.
美國人通常在食用主菜前會吃沙拉。
Salads are very popular and are rved all year, but especially in the summer.
沙拉隨時都會有供應，而且一年四季都很受歡迎，夏天更甚。
Dinner is normally the largest meal of the day.
晚餐通常是一天中最豐盛的一餐。
Turkey is a traditional food for Thanksgiving meals.
火雞是感恩節的傳統食物。
You have probably heard that in Ameri restaurants, if you ’t finish your meal, you put the remains in a “doggy bag” and take them home.
你也許聽過在美國的餐館，如果你吃不完食物，你可以把剩下的食物“打包”帶回家。