原文：It was my birthday last Thursday. I decided to celebrate by inviting a few
friends out to supper. I chose a restaurant in a quiet part of town. It is one
of my favorite restaurants because the food is good and the waiters are
friendly. It is hardly ever crowded, because not many people know about it, so
it is not usually necessary to book a table. In any case, Thursday is not a busy
evening as usual
When we entered the restaurant, we were surprised to find it
completely full . I looked around but not a single table was free. One of the
waiters recognized me. He came across and explained the situation. "A party of
tourists came in about half an hour ago.” he said. "It was like an invasion(侵略).
Suddenly the place was full! We can hardly manage "
The waiter then pointed
to a table in the corner. "The people there are about to leave"he said, "Just
hold on and you'll find a place there." He was right. Fifteen minutes later, the
people at the corner table paid their bill, got up and left. I led my friends
across and we all sat down.
Unlikely our table was almost out of sight. We
tried to call the attention of the waiter who sent us there, but he, like all
the other waiters, was busy with the party of tourism. They ordered lots of
food. At last, an hour later, the tourists were finishing their meal and looking
very pleased with the meal here. The waiter who was very tired appeared at our
table. I advised my friends about the best dishes and finally the waiter went
off with our order
A few moments later he returned to our table. We could
tell from his face that he had bad news for us. `Looking a little sorry he told
us that there was no meat or fish left. "All we can offer you" he said, "is an
omelet(煎蛋卷) !"
翻译：上周四是我的生日，我决定邀请一些朋友外出共进晚餐，以示庆祝。我选定了位于宁静城区的一家饭店。那是我最钟爱的一家饭店，因为那里饭菜可口，侍者友善。它不为人知，所以从来都不拥挤，因此通常不必预订位子。不管怎样，周四晚上都不会是饭店的旺期。
我们走进饭店，吃惊地发现里面坐满了人。我环视了一圈，没有一张桌子空着。一位侍者认出了我，便走过来解释道：“大约半小时前来了一批游客。”他说：“就好像大军入侵一般，霎时间这里全被挤满了！我们几乎无法应付。”侍着然后指着角落里的一张桌子，“那桌客人快走了”，他说：“稍等一会儿，你们就会在那找到一个位子。”他没说错，一刻钟后，角落里的那桌客人付了账，起身离开了，我带着朋友们走过去，都坐了下来。
我们的桌子太不显眼了。我们试图唤起那位把我们引到此处的侍者的注意，但他，跟其他侍者一样，都在忙着招呼那批游客。游客们点了许多食物。终于，一小时后，游客们用完了餐，看上去对这里的食物非常满意。那位疲惫的侍者来到我们桌前。我向朋友们推荐了这里最好的菜肴，最后侍者拿着我们点好的菜单离开了。
片刻之后，侍者回到我们桌前，从他的表情上，我们可以看出他带来了坏消息。他面带一丝愧意地告诉我们，饭店里的肉品和鱼类一点没剩下。“我们能为您做的，”他说：“只是一份煎鸡蛋卷！”
谢谢