對話 Dialogue
清清：天氣變冷了，我想吃火鍋了。
Qīngqing: Tiānqì biàn lěng le, wǒ xiǎng chī huǒguō le.
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華華：好啊！你想吃哪家？
Huáhua: Hǎo a! Nǐ xiǎng chī něi jiā?
清清：公司附近新開了一家火鍋店，你注意到了嗎？
Qīngqing: Gōngsī fùjìn xīn kāi le yì jiā huǒguō diàn, nǐ zhùyìdào le ma?
華華：沒有欸！那裡有鴛鴦鍋嗎？我不太能吃辣的。
Huáhua: Méiyǒu ěi! Nàlǐ yǒu yuānyāng guō ma? Wǒ bútài néng chī là de.
清清：有，他們的湯底有很多種，大推酸菜白肉鍋。
Qīngqing: Yǒu, tāmen de tāngdǐ yǒu hěnduō zhǒng, dàtuī suāncaì báiròu guō.
華華：那太好了，我喜歡吃酸白菜。
Huáhua: Nà tài hǎo le, wǒ xǐhuan chī suān báicài.
清清：我們要不要先訂位？晚上人可能很多。
Qīngqing: Wǒmen yào búyào xiān dìngwèi? Wǎnshàng rén kěnéng hěn duō.
華華：好，你就訂晚上六點的吧！下班過去剛好。
Huáhua: Hǎo, nǐ jiù dìng wǎnshàng liù diǎn de ba! Xiàbān guòqù gānghǎo.
翻譯 Translation
Qingqing: The weather’s getting cold. I feel like having hot pot.
Huahua: Sounds good. Which place do you want to go to?
Qingqing: A new hot pot restaurant opened near our company. Did you notice?
Huahua: No. Do they have a dual-flavor pot? I can’t really eat spicy food.
Qingqing: Yes, they have many types of broth. I highly recommend the pickled cabbage and pork one.
Huahua: That’s great. I love pickled cabbage.
Qingqing: Should we make a reservation first? It might be crowded in the evening.
Huahua: Sure. Let’s book it for 6 p.m., so we can go right after work.
生詞 Vocabulary
1. 火鍋 (huǒguō) hot pot
2. 鴛鴦鍋 (yuānyāng guō)
dual-flavor hot pot, divided hot pot
3. 辣 (là) spicy
4. 湯底 (tāngdǐ) soup base, broth
5. 大推 (dàtuī) [slang] highly recommend
6. 酸菜白肉鍋 (suāncài báiròu guō) pickled cabbage and pork hot pot
7. 訂位 (dìngwèi) make a reservation, reserve a table
8. 下班 (xiàbān) get off work
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