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Can We Not Eat There?

Can We Not Eat There?
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ID: 3038 Intermediate
Trying to decide what to eat can be tricky. In today's lesson, a friend suggests a nice hot pot restaurant since it's the perfect place to go during the cold winter months. However, the other friend really doesn't want to go there. Let's find out why not. Image from Avlxyz
Fiona Tian,Gwilym
Can We Not Eat There?
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
火锅 huǒguō hot pot
棒 bàng great
选择 xuǎnzé to choose
换 huàn to switch
我们快找地方吃点东西吧我肚子快饿扁了
wǒmen 我们kuài 快zhǎo 找dìfang 地方chī 吃diǎnr 点dōngxi 东西ba 吧wǒ 我dùzi 肚子kuài 快èbiǎn 饿扁le 了
Let's find somewhere to get some good food, I'm so hungry I could die.
我也是从中午到现在连一口饭都没吃
wǒ 我yě shì 也是cóng 从zhōngwǔ 中午dào xiànzài 到现在lián 连yīkǒu 一口fàn 饭dōu 都méi 没chī 吃
Me too, I haven't eaten a thing since midday.
要不要去上次没吃到的那家火锅店天气冷的时候没有比火锅更棒的选择了
yào 要bù yào 不要qù 去shàngcì 上次méi 没chī 吃dào 到de 的nà jiā 那家huǒguō 火锅diàn 店tiānqì 天气lěng 冷de shíhou 的时候méiyǒu 没有bǐ 比huǒguō 火锅gèng 更bàng 棒de 的xuǎnzé le 选择了
Why don't we eat at the hot pot restaurant we didn't get the chance to eat at the last time? When the weather is cold, there's no better choice than hot pot.
可以换别的吗常吃火锅对身体不太好
kěyǐ 可以huàn 换biéde 别的ma 吗cháng 常chī 吃huǒguō 火锅duì 对shēntǐ 身体bùtài hǎo 不太好
Can we get something else? It's not good for you to eat hot pot so often.
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