對話 Dialogue
小實:我餓了,我們去吃午餐,好不好?
Xiaoshi: Wǒ è le, wǒmen qù chī wǔcān, hǎo bù hǎo?
馬克:好啊,你想吃什麼?
Make: Hǎo a, nǐ xiǎng chī shénme?
小實:我知道一家牛肉麵店很不錯。
Xiaoshi : Wǒ zhīdào yì jiā niúròu miàn diàn hěn búcuò.
馬克:那家店有炒麵嗎?
Make: Nà jiā diàn yǒu chǎomiàn ma?
小實:有,還有水餃和酸辣湯。
Xiaoshi: Yǒu, háiyǒu shuǐjiǎo hàn suān là tāng.
馬克:東西貴不貴啊?
Make: Dōngxi guì bú guì a?
小實:不貴,他們的東西又便宜又好吃!
Xiaoshi: Bú guì, tāmen de dōngxi yòu piányí yòu hǎo chī!
馬克:太好了!那我們一起去吧。
Make: Tài hǎo le! Nà wǒmen yìqǐ qù ba.
翻譯 Translation
Xiaoshi: I’m hungry, let’s have lunch.
Mark: OK! What would you like to eat?
Xiaoshi: I know of a nice beef noodle restaurant.
Mark: Do they have fried noodles?
Xiaoshi: Yes, they also have dumplings and hot and sour soup.
Mark: Is it expensive or not?
Xiaoshi: No, it’s not expensive. Their food is cheap and delicious!
Mark: Great! Then let’s go together.
單字片語 Vocabulary
1. 午餐 (wǔcān) lunch
2. 牛肉麵 (niúròu miàn) beef noodles
3. 炒麵 (chǎomiàn) fried noodles
4. 水餃 (shuǐjiǎo) dumplings
5. 酸辣湯 (suān là tāng) hot and sour soup
6. 貴 (guì) expensive
7. 便宜 (piányí) cheap
8. 好吃 (hǎo chī) tasty
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