美国习语:剩饭打包带走
<p> <span word="Doggy">Doggy</span>这是字是<span word="dog">dog</span>,也就是狗这个字的形容词。<span word="Bag">Bag</span>大家都知道是口袋的意思。<span word="Doggy">Doggy</span> <span word="bag">bag</span>连在一起是指饭馆里把客人吃剩的菜放在盒子里,然后把它们都放在一个纸口袋里让客人带回家的那种口袋。那么,这和狗又有什么关系呢? <span word="Doggy">Doggy</span> <span word="bag">bag</span>这个说法的出现有它特殊的背景。以前美国人也不好意思把在饭馆吃剩的菜带回家,怕有失面子。所以有的人就会对服务员说:</p><p> 例句-1:<span word="Waiter">Waiter</span>, <span word="could">could</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="please">please</span> <span word="wrap">wrap</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="rest">rest</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="steak">steak</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="me">me</span> ? <span word="Id">Id</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="take">take</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="home">home</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="dog">dog</span>.</p><p> 这个人对服务员说:请你把这块牛排包起来,我想带回家给我的狗吃。</p><p> 尽管带回家的东西是给人吃的,但是<span word="doggy">doggy</span> <span word="bag">bag</span>这个名称也就成了日常用语了。现在,情况就不同了。在美国,把在饭馆里吃剩的东西带回家已经是习以为常的事了。饭馆还都备有这些让客人装剩菜的盒子。也没有人会因为要把剩菜带回家而感到不好意思。在美国首都华盛顿,许多中国饭馆的服务员往往不等客人说话就把剩菜给装在<span word="doggy">doggy</span> <span word="bag">bag</span>里了。下面我们来举个例子:</p><p> 例句-2:<span word="We">We</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="much">much</span> <span word="food">food</span> <span word="left">left</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="dinner">dinner</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="garden">garden</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="night">night</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="took">took</span> <span word="enough">enough</span> <span word="home">home</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="doggy">doggy</span> <span word="bags">bags</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="feed">feed</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="whole">whole</span> <span word="family">family</span> <span word="tonight">tonight</span>.</p><p> 她说:昨晚我们在汉宫吃饭剩下了好多菜。我们带回家的剩菜就足够我们全家今天晚上再吃一顿的。</p>
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