Lesson 4 For Intermediates

Part 1 dialogue

A welcome meal
A:   Shí, nî zuótiän wânshang shuìde zênmeyàng? Shuìde hâo ma? Xiãnzãi yôu méiyôu shíchä?
B:   Wô shuìde hên hâo. Zuówân yï jìn fángjiän wô jiù shuìjiàole, suôyî méiyôu shíchä.
A:   Tài hâo le, wô qîng nî qù chï Bêijïng kâoyä, gêi nî jiëfëng zênmeyàng?
B:   Hâo a! Wô xiànzài è le.
C:   Xiänsheng, zhè shì wômen de càidän, nîmen xiâng diân shénme?
B:   Wô bù tài shóuxi càimíng. Lî, nî bäng wô jiào ba.
A:   Hâo, wômen lái yíge Bêijïng kâoyä. Shí, nî chïbuchï là de?
B:   Tiánde, suände, làde, wô döu chï, wô jiùshi bù chï kûde.
A:   Hâo, wômen yào yíge göngbâo jïdïng, yíge hóngshäo dòufu, zài châo yì pán qïngcài.
C:   Liâng wèi xiänsheng yào chï mîfàn, háishi yào jiâozi?
A:   Lái yïdiânr mîfàn ba.
C:   Nîmen hë shénme yînliào?
A:   Shí, nî xiâng hë píjiû háishi guôzhï? Wômen lái liâng píng Qîngdao píjiû zênmeyàng?
B:   Hâo.

第十四课 对话
甲：石，你昨天晚上睡得怎么样？睡得好吗？现在有没有时差？
Stone, how did you sleep last night? Did you sleep well? Are you still feeling jetlagged?
乙：我睡得很好，昨晚一进房间我就睡觉了，所以没时差。
I slept very well. Last night as soon as I entered my room I went straight to bed, so no jet lag now.
甲：太好了，我请你去吃北京烤鸭，给你接风怎么样？
That’s great! How about I invite you to eat Beijing Roast Duck as a welcome dinner?
乙：好啊！我现在饿了。
OK! I’m hungry.
丙：先生，这是我们的菜单，你们想点什么？
Gentlemen, here is our menu. What would you like to order?
乙：我不太熟悉菜名，李，你帮我叫吧。
I’m not too familiar with the names of the dishes. Li, can you help me order?
甲：好，我们来一个北京烤鸭，石，你吃不吃辣的?
OK, we’ll have some Beijing Roast Duck. Stone, can you eat hot, spicy food?
乙：甜的，酸的，辣的，我都吃，我就是不吃苦的。
Sweet, sour, spicy, I eat them all! But I don’t like bitter!
甲：好，我们要一个宫保鸡丁，一个红烧豆腐，再炒一盘青菜。
OK. We’ll have the Gongbao Chicken, the Red Tofu and a plate of green vegetables.
丙：两位先生是要吃米饭，还是要饺子?
Would you like rice or dumplings gentlemen?
甲：来一点米饭吧。
Some rice would be fine thanks.
丙：你们喝什么饮料？
What will you have to drink?
甲：石，你想喝啤酒还是果汁？我们来两瓶青岛啤酒怎么样？
Stone, would you like to drink beer or fruit juice? How about we order 2 bottles of Qingdao beer?
甲：好。
OK.

Part 2 shëngcí (生词) – new words