When I was features editor on a daily paper, I had lunch away from my desk once in five years.
当我作一家日报的特写编辑时,五年中只有一天午餐不是在办公桌上吃的。
It's not often I accept an offer of late lunch from a taxi driver, but a day spent with Katim, and a week in Gambia, had made me less suspicious than I am in London.
我不会经常接受出租车司机的邀请去吃一顿迟迟的午餐,但是我和卡蒂姆在一起呆了一天时间,在冈比亚度过了一个星期,我已经不像在伦敦那样疑心重重了。
Not infrequently, during a demanding day at work, I would find a deliveryman standing in my office with a boxed lunch Alex had ordered for me, to make sure I remembered to eat.
在我工作很忙的时候,经常会有送外卖的人来出现在我的办公室来给我送午饭之类的,不用说,当然是艾利克斯定的,他怕我一忙起来就忘了吃饭。
I had lunch three weeks ago in New York with an old friend who is now a hugely successful magazine editor and media personality.
三周前,我曾在纽约和一位老朋友一同用餐。她现在是一位很成功的杂志编辑、媒体人。
I was invited into a private singing room last night, saw inside an ancient tomb and had lunch with a lady in the market.
昨天晚上有人请我去了一处私人歌厅,参观了一处古墓,在市场里与一位女士共进了午餐。
A magazine editor I know, for instance, once had a writer tell her at noon on a Wednesday that the time-sensitive piece he was working on would be in her in-box by the time she got back from lunch.
比方说,我认识的一位杂志编辑在一个周三的中午得到约稿作者的消息说他正在写的实时性很强的文章将会在她吃完午饭回去前发到邮箱。
I had to get up in the morning and eat a very consistent and healthy breakfast to last me the whole day because I had no time for lunch.
想到没时间进食午餐,且为了维持一天的体力,我早上起来吃了份适口的营养早餐。
Some time ago I had lunch with the chief executive of a well-known company in the City of London.
不久前,我与伦敦金融城某著名企业的首席执行官共进午餐。
I just had lunch with someone I worked for years ago and I just connected on LinkedIn with former colleagues I hadn't heard from in quite a while.
我刚刚和前几年一起共事的同事一起吃了顿饭,我刚在LinkedIn上给很久没有联系的大学同学发了封邮件。
I had taken a lunch in a brown FoodWay bag, and had eaten it sitting on a rock by the road.
这时已近中午了,我打开带来的午餐袋子,坐在路旁一块大石头上吃起来。
After we had lunch in a small restaurant, we returned home. I really hope to go there next spring!
在一家小饭店吃过午饭后,我们回家了。我真希望明年春天再去那里!
It was a beautiful, cloudless afternoon in Berkeley, where, after meeting a friend for lunch, I realized that I no longer had a car and must walk back to my parents' place.
那时一个美丽无云的下午,我在博克莱与朋友约会后准备回家,但忽然想到我已经买掉了自己的车,所以需要顺路走回家。
A little bit more than two years ago, we met for breakfast in the neighbourhood cafe near her office. I had been in Taiwan for three or four days already but had only met her once for lunch.
大概两年多一点以前,我们在她办公室附近的咖啡馆吃早餐,我到台湾三、四天了但是只在吃午饭时见到她一次。
I went to Shanghai for business last week. I had lunch with a friend at Jinmao Tower, which used to be the highest building in Shanghai.
上周去上海出差公办,中午的时候约当地的朋友一起吃饭,地点在曾经的上海第一高楼金茂大厦。
In fact, after having had lunch at my mother's, I would go upstairs to Grandmother and have another one. And then I would visit Aunt Bertha, who lived a few doors away, and eat some more.
实际上,在妈妈屋里吃了午饭后,我会到楼上外婆那里再吃一顿,然后到伯莎舅妈那里再吃点儿,她跟我们就隔着几个门。
In fact, after having had lunch at my mother's, I would go upstairs to Grandmother and have another one. And then I would visit Aunt Bertha, who lived a few doors away, and eat some more.
实际上,在妈妈屋里吃了午饭后,我会到楼上外婆那里再吃一顿,然后到伯莎舅妈那里再吃点儿,她跟我们就隔着几个门。
应用推荐