Complaining to the Waiter
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ID: 0132
Intermediate
Once again, we shed our “puppy dogs and ice cream” demeanor with a lesson on being peeved. In this lesson, Ken (gets furious when we call him Sharon) and Jenny (don’t let that great head of hair throw ya, she’ll scratch your eyes out) take a deep breath, count to ten and lead you in a podcast on getting upset. In this podcast, learn to talk in Mandarin Chinese about being upset, and what you’re going to do about it.
Jenny, Ken
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| SIMPLIFIED | PINYIN | ENGLISH | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 讨厌 | tǎoyàn | to hate | |
| 抽烟 | chōuyān | to smoke a cigarette | |
| 投诉 | tóusù | to complain | |
| 处理 | chǔlǐ | to handle |
我很讨厌有人在饭店的非吸烟区抽烟昨天我和我的女朋友在饭店吃饭旁边桌的男人开始抽烟
wǒ 我hěn 很tǎoyàn 讨厌yǒurén 有人zài 在fàndiàn 饭店de 的fēixīyānqū 非吸烟区chōuyān 抽烟zuótiān 昨天wǒ 我hé 和wǒ de 我的nǚpéngyou 女朋友zài 在fàndiàn 饭店chīfàn 吃饭pángbiān 旁边zhuō 桌de 的nánrén 男人kāishǐ 开始chōuyān 抽烟
I really hate it when someone smokes in the non-smoking area of a restaurant. Yesterday I was having dinner with my girlfriend when the guy next to our table started to smoke.
你为什么不叫他别抽了
nǐ 你wèishénme 为什么bù 不jiào 叫tā 他bié 别chōu le 抽了
Why didn’t you ask him to stop smoking?
我说了但是他不理我他一边抽烟一边大声地打手机我非常生气所以我向服务员投诉
wǒ 我shuō le 说了dànshì 但是tā 他bùlǐ 不理wǒ 我tā 他yībiān 一边chōuyān 抽烟yībiān 一边dàshēng de 大声地dǎshǒujī 打手机wǒ 我fēicháng 非常shēngqì 生气suǒyǐ 所以wǒ 我xiàng 向fúwùyuán 服务员tóusù 投诉
I did and he just ignored me. He was smoking and talking loudly on his mobile. I was so pissed off. So I complained to the waiter.
服务员说什么他怎么处理
fúwùyuán 服务员shuō 说shénme 什么tā 他zěnme 怎么chǔlǐ 处理
What did the waiter say? How did he handle it?
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