先生，您要吃什麼？
Sir, what would you like to eat?
對話 Dialogues
服務生：先生，您要吃什麼？
客人：你們什麼菜好吃？
服務生：我們的糖醋里肌、麻婆豆腐都好吃。
客人：麻婆豆腐辣不辣？如果太辣，我就不要。
服務生：我們的麻婆豆腐不太辣。
客人：那，請給我一個糖醋里肌、一個麻婆豆腐。
服務生：好，請等一下，馬上來。
Waiter: Sir, what would you like to eat?
Guest: What dishes do you recommend?
Waiter: Our sweet and sour pork tender loin and mapo tofu are delicious.
Guest: Is Mapo Tofu spicy? If it’s too spicy, I don’t want it.
Waiter: Our Mapo Tofu is not too spicy.
Guest: Then, please give me a sweet and sour pork tender loin and a mapo tofu.
Waiter: Okay, please wait a minute, it will come right away.
生詞表 Vocabulary
服務生 (fúwù shēng) waiter(s)
好吃 (hǎo chī) to be delicious
糖醋里肌 (táng cù lǐ jī) sweet sour pork
辣 (là) to be spicy
馬上 (mǎshàng) immediately, right away, at once
Get To Know Taiwan
生活小補帖
Weather in Taiwan
台灣夏秋兩季常有颱風來，雖然有時帶來災害，但是也帶來充沛的雨水。
Typhoons often occur in summer or autumn. Although typhoons cause damage, the rainfall replenishes the groundwater.
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