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All You Can Eat and Drink

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ID: 0779 Upper Intermediate
Awww yeah. Another Olympic lesson for you, Olympics for gluttons that is. For many of us, the only four words more satisfying than 'your Chinese is excellent' and 'you look like Brad Pitt', are 'all you can drink.' In this podcast, find out how to take advantage of a Shanghai buffet phenomenon, in Mandarin.
Jenny, John
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日本 rìběn Japan
料理 liàolǐ cuisine
自助餐 zìzhùcān buffet
上菜 shàng cài to serve food
好久没吃日本料理了今天的自助餐一定要放开肚皮多吃点儿
hǎojiǔ 好久méi 没chī 吃rìběn 日本liàolǐ 料理 le 了jīntiān 今天de 的zìzhùcān 自助餐yīdìng yào 一定要fàngkāi 放开dùpí 肚皮duō 多 chī 吃diǎnr5 点儿
I haven't eaten Japanese food in a long time. At today's all you can eat restaurant we definitely have to loosen up our bellies so we can eat lots.
是啊我今天连午饭都没吃专门留着肚子吃大餐
shì 是a 啊wǒ 我jīntiān 今天lián 连wǔfàn 午饭dōu 都méi 没chī 吃zhuānmén 专门liúzhe 留着dùzi 肚子chī 吃dàcān 大餐
Yeah. I didn't even eat lunch today, I was purposely saving my stomach to eat a feast.
我也是饿死了赶快点这里上菜慢
wǒ 我yě shì 也是è 饿sǐ 死le 了gǎnkuài 赶快diǎn 点zhèlǐ 这里shàng cài 上菜màn 慢
Me too, I'm starving. Hurry up and order, the food takes a long time to come here.
来一个刺身拼盘多要一点三文鱼和金枪鱼寿司手卷也叫一点
lái 来yī 一ge 个cìshēn pīnpán 刺身拼盘duō 多yào 要yīdiǎn 一点sānwényú 三文鱼hé 和jīnqiāngyú 金枪鱼shòusī 寿司shǒu juǎn 手卷yě 也jiào 叫yīdiǎn 一点
We'll have one order of mixed sashimi, we want more of the salmon and tuna. We also want an order of sushi rolls.
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