Dialog for Onions

commis cook： Shall I peel the onions?

vegetable chef： Yes. With your cook’s knife.

commis cook： And then?

vegetable chef： Chop the onions fine (1) .

commis cook： Why (2) ?

vegetable chef： We need finely chopped onions for the soup (3) .

commis cook： Do we need onions for the potato salad?

Vegetable chef： No， not today (4) .

PAIR WORK： WHAT DO YOU NEED DONE (5) ?

commis cook： Shall I peel the onions?

Shall I chop the onions fine?

Do we need onions for the soup?

Do we need onions for the potato salad?

vegetable chef： Yes.

No.

Notes：

1."把洋葱切细点".

2.这是一个省略句，全句是："Why shall I chop the onions fine?"用上句说："把洋葱切细点".故问："为什么要将洋葱切细点呢?"

3.我们做汤需要切得很细的洋葱。

4.这也是一个省略句，全句是"We don’t need onions for the potato salad today".

5.全句应该是"What do you need to be done?"文中省去了"to be".

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