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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Intermediate Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 5 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Missus Wang's Table

Interpret at Missus Wang's table: pass on your father's question about a dish, hear Dongpo pork and eat plenty, report that your mother wants to learn it, edit what your father asked about the fat, and admit you didn't translate it that way.

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THE STORY

Missus Wang's table in the village at midday, eight dishes and a pot of Longjing, Owen between his parents with his chopsticks and his dictionary.

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来， 坐， 坐！lái, zuò, zuòCome, sit, sit!
这 是 什么 菜。zhè shì shénme càiwhat dish is this
师母， 我 爸 问 这 是 什么 菜。shīmǔ, wǒ bà wèn zhè shì shénme càiMissus Wang, my dad asks what this dish is.
东坡 肉。dōngpō ròuDongpo pork, the slow-cooked pork of Hangzhou, named after a poet; pork is falling
东坡 肉。 多 吃 点！dōngpō ròu, duō chī diǎnDongpo pork. Eat plenty!
好吃！ 好吃！hǎochī! hǎochīDelicious! Delicious!
她 想 学。tā xiǎng xuéshe wants to learn it
我 妈 说 太 好吃 了， 她 想 学。wǒ mā shuō tài hǎochī le, tā xiǎng xuéMy mum says it's delicious, she wants to learn it.
好！ 明天 我 教 她！hǎo! míngtiān wǒ jiāo tāGood! Tomorrow I'll teach her!
太 肥 了。tài féi leIt's too fatty.

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