The vegetables were fresh, but the meat was tough.
蔬菜非常新鲜,但肉非常硬。
A: I've heard about that restaurant. What was the food like?
A: 我听说过那家饭店。那里的饭菜如何?
B: Well, it's known1 for its modern cooking.
B: 呃,那家饭店以现代烹饪而闻名。
A: And was it really good?
A: 饭菜真的很好吗?
B: Not really. The vegetables were fresh, but the meat was tough.
B: 不太好。蔬菜非常新鲜,但肉非常硬。
A: Tough? That's not very good, especially in an expensive restaurant.
A: 硬?那可不太好,特别是在一家价钱不菲的饭店里。
B: I know. I wouldn't recommend2 it at all.
B: 我了解。我绝对不会推荐它了。
Notes 注解
1. Sometimes, there's very little good to say about a restaurant. For example, here the customer found the meat so tough that he wouldn't recommend it: The vegetables were fresh, but the meat was tough. I wouldn't recommend it at all.
有时,对一家饭店没什么好的评价,这样处,客户发现肉非常硬,所以他不会推荐这家饭店:蔬菜非常新鲜,但肉非常硬。我绝对不会推荐它了。
2. To ask someone's opinion about a place you know about, but haven't been to, for example, a restaurant, you can ask:I've heard about that restaurant. What was the food like?
要问某人对你了解但没去过的某个地方的建议。如,一家饭店,你可以如此问: 我听说过那家饭店。那里的饭菜如何?