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No Fear of Street Food

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ID: 2185 Intermediate
Steaming hot soups, fried cakes and just about anything barbecued on a skewer - yep, it's street food! Of course, cooking anything outside on a Chinese city street isn't the cleanest of activities. In this lesson, two friends debate whether or not to partake in the feast.
Fri May 10 2013 | John, Dilu
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
小吃 xiǎochī snack
路边摊 lùbiāntān street food stalls
西餐 xīcān Western food
川菜 Chuāncài Sichuan food
肚子好饿啊。
dùzi hǎo è a 。
My stomach is so hungry.
那我们去吃饭吧。你想吃什么？
nà wǒmen qù chīfàn ba 。nǐ xiǎng chī shénme ？
Then let's go get a bite to eat. What do you want to eat?
哎，那条路上有很多小吃，我们去看看吧。
ái ，nà tiáo lù shàng yǒu hěn duō xiǎochī ，wǒmen qù kàn kan ba 。
Hey, there's a lot of street food on this street. Let's go take a look.
别吃路边摊了，走，我请你吃西餐。
bié chī lùbiāntān le ，zǒu ，wǒ qǐng nǐ chī xīcān 。
Don't eat street food. Let's go. I'll treat you to eat some Western food.
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