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双语：“下馆子”必须明白的四件事 2010-07-05 14:37 At a lot of restaurants, the special is whatever they need to sell before it goes bad. Especially watch out for the soup of the day. If it contains fish or if it’s some kind of gumbo, its probably the stuff theyre trying to get rid of。 在很多餐馆里，他们着急要卖掉要坏掉的食物。所以要特别注意当天的汤，如果里面有鱼或 者秋葵，那可能就是他们想立马处理掉。 never ask for lemon in a drink. Everybody touches them. Nobody washes them. They just peel the stickers off, cut them up, and throw them in your iced tea。 绝对不要在饮料里加柠檬，因为每个人都摸过这些柠檬，却没人清洗过。他们只是剥下来然 后切成片，就扔到了你的冰茶里。 If a server doesn’t like you, he might try to embarrass you in front of your business associate or date by bringing your credit card back and saying, Do you have another card? This one didn’t go through. 如果一个服务生讨厌你的话，他会想办法在你同伴面前羞辱你，他会把你的信用卡拿回来说： “你还有其他的卡吗，这个不能用。” People think that just because your food took a long time, its the servers fault. Nine times out of ten, its the kitchen 。 人们总是以为你的菜上的慢是因为做起来费时间，其实是服务的原因。十有八九是厨房怠慢 的原因。 双语：职场压力来自哪儿？老板还是另一半？ 2010-07-05 15:02 Spouses are a bigger source of stress than bosses, research shows. There may be no place like home, but if you want to relax then you might be better off at work, according to the survey. 研究表明，另一半所带来的压力要大过老板。根据调查显示，尽管家是这世上独一无二的地 方，但如果想放松的话你最好还是去工作吧。 The poll of 3,000 men and women also found that husbands are more likely to send their wives blood pressure soaring than the other way round. Overall, 58 percent