我们请人家吃饭时,会常常说:“随便吃点鸡(鱼)吧。”“Help yourself to somechicken.”“Help yourself to some fish.”
通常一天三餐的用语breakfast(早餐),lunch(午餐), supper(晚餐),dinner是指the main meal of the day(正餐)。与这三餐连用的动词有eat,have,take,这几个动词都有“吃”含义。例如:
(1) I eat dinner at seven every night.我每天晚上七点吃饭。
(2)Have you naa lunChyet?你吃过午饭吗?
(3)She usually takesbreakfast at Sixthirty in themorning她通常在早上六点半吃早餐。
上面eat dinner, have lunch, takebreakfast,一般来说是不用冠词a或the。如表示特定的,或有形容词修饰时则要用冠词。例如:
(4)After a quick breakfast shehurried to school.她匆忙地吃过早餐后就赶紧上学了。
(5)The dinner was given in honourof the guest.设宴招待客人。
如果想强调谁的(早餐),可用my, our,your, his her等物主代词。例如:
(6)I have already had my supper.我已经吃过晚饭了。
此外,还有其它的说法:(7)He oftengoes home for lunch;他常常回家吃午饭。
(8)We enjoyed the breakfast she gaveus.我们很欣赏她提供我们的早餐。
(9)The next day she got up very earlyand went to school without breakfast.第二次她起床起得很早,没有吃早餐便上学。
但“吃药”的“吃”要用“take”或“have”,而不用eat。例如:(10) Have you taken yourm edicine today?你今天吃了药吗?——
(11) Hasn't he had any medicine ?他还没吃药吗?