Choosing a Wine
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ID: 0307
Upper Intermediate
While no one can be a smooth as Steve Martin’s character in “The Jerk” (”No more 1966! Bring us some fresh, new stuff!”), you can still impress (or offend) some with a fine choice of vino. In this podcast, learn how to talk about different wines in Mandarin Chinese, as well as learn some Chinese foods you just may never have thought of pairing with wine. Just tell us you’re not a rosé drinker.
Jenny, John
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| SIMPLIFIED | PINYIN | ENGLISH | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 冷盆 | lěngpén | appetizers | |
| 糖醋 | tángcù | sweet and sour | |
| 糖醋松子桂鱼 | tángcù sōngzǐ guìyú | sweet and sour mandarin fish with pine nuts | |
| 糖醋小排 | tángcù xiǎopái | sweet and sour baby ribs |
行了冷盆就这么多热菜么给我一份糖醋松子桂鱼六只大闸蟹再来一个糖醋小排黑椒牛柳还有上汤西兰花好就这样你们这儿有什么好的葡萄酒
xíng le 行了lěngpén 冷盆jiù 就zhème 这么duō 多rècài 热菜ma 么gěi 给wǒ 我yī 一fèn 份tángcù sōngzǐ guìyú 糖醋松子桂鱼liù 六zhī 只dàzháxiè 大闸蟹zài lái 再来yī 一ge 个tángcù xiǎopái 糖醋小排hēijiāo niúliǔ 黑椒牛柳háiyǒu 还有shàngtāng xīlánhuā 上汤西兰花hǎo 好jiù 就zhèyàng 这样nǐmen 你们zhèr5 这儿yǒu 有shénme 什么hǎo de 好的pútaojiǔ 葡萄酒
All right, that’s enough appetizers. Hmm, for hot dishes, give me an order of fried sweet and sour mandarin fish with pine nuts, six hairy crabs, an order of sweet and sour baby ribs, a black pepper beef strips, and broccoli in soup. OK, that’s all. What good wines do you have?
先生我们准备了多种高级葡萄酒配合不同的菜肴和客人的口味您有没有什么喜欢的酒呢
xiānsheng 先生wǒmen 我们zhǔnbèi le 准备了duōzhǒng 多种gāojí 高级pútaojiǔ 葡萄酒pèihé 配合bùtóng 不同de 的càiyáo 菜肴hé 和kèren 客人de 的kǒuwèi 口味nín 您yǒuméiyǒu 有没有shénme 什么xǐhuan 喜欢de 的jiǔ 酒ne 呢
Sir, we have on hand a lot of high grade wines to complement different foods and accommodate our guests’ different tastes. Do you have any wine preference?
我不太懂葡萄酒你根据我点的这些菜推荐一下吧
wǒ 我bùtài 不太dǒng 懂pútaojiǔ 葡萄酒nǐ 你gēnjù 根据wǒ 我diǎn 点de 的zhèxiē 这些cài 菜tuījiàn yīxià 推荐一下ba 吧
I don’t really know much about wine. Based on the dishes I have ordered, can you recommend something for me?
好的您今天点的菜比较丰富而不同的酒能够更好地体现这些口味配合鱼和蟹最合适的酒是2004年产自法国勃根蒂的莎当妮白葡萄酒
hǎo de 好的nín 您jīntiān 今天diǎn 点de 的cài 菜bǐjiào 比较fēngfù 丰富ér 而bùtóng 不同de 的jiǔ 酒nénggòu 能够gènghǎo 更好de 地tǐxiàn 体现zhèxiē 这些kǒuwèi 口味pèihé 配合yú 鱼hé 和xiè 蟹zuì 最héshì 合适de 的jiǔ 酒shì 是 èr líng líng sì nián 2004年chǎnzì 产自fǎguó 法国bógēndì 勃根蒂de 的shādāngní 莎当妮báipútaojiǔ 白葡萄酒
Sure. You've ordered quite an assortment of dishes today, and different kinds of wine can even better bring out all the different flavors. To complement fish and crab, the most suitable wine is a 2004 French White Burgundy Chardonnay.
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