地道英语在线听-A Bite to Eat 随便吃点东西

Helen: And I'm Helen. Hello!

Neil: In Real English, we look at wordsphrases that you might not findyour dictionary.

Helen: 英语种富成语和同语言习惯语言，所以要想学习地道纯正英国英语，解英国人常用通俗语言和表达方式也非常重要。

Neil: Today's expression'a biteeat'.

Helen: 听起来这短语和吃关，对对Neil？

Neil: Yes,certainly does have somethingdo with eating. To havebiteeat meansgohave somethingeat.

Helen: 这种说法指吃什么东西都行还说要吃正经顿饭呢？

Neil: It usually meanshavesmall amountfood – sosnack orlight meal – orcan just meangoeat some food ormeal.

Helen: Bite就用嘴咬意思，而a biteeat般就专指随便吃点什么东西或者吃顿便饭意思。

Neil: Here are some exampleshow we might use it.

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A: I'm hungry – shall we go forbiteeat?

B: Sounds good.

A: So are we goingseenew Harry Potter film later?

B: Yes. If we meet at 6 we should have time forquick bite first.

Helen: 刚才他俩说a quick bite就很快吃点东西。所以a biteeat也可以简单说成a bite – 都咬口什么东西吃，就随便吃点东西意思。

Neil: All this talkfoodmaking me hungry…

Helen: Shall we go forbiteeat?

Neil:would lovebiteeat. And that's about all from Real English today.

Helen: And today's expression'a biteeat' – 随便吃点东西。感谢大家收听我们BBC Learning English节目。 We'll see you next time.

Neil: Byenow.