Dining preferences-what’s yours? 餐桌争辩—什么才是你的菜
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ID: 4172
Upper Intermediate
Buffet or a table meal? When to use serving chopsticks? Join us in this lesson for an interesting discussion as well as learn useful vocabulary on some dining etiquettes.
自助餐还是桌餐？什么时候应该用公筷？来听听这个关于餐桌上的选择与礼仪的课程吧！
HSK lvl 4
好像 估计 浪费 丰富 规定 热闹 结果
HSK lvl 5
未必 罚款 搞 倒
HSK lvl 6
宁愿 嫌
Mikkelson,Peony
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| SIMPLIFIED | PINYIN | ENGLISH | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 估计 | gūjì | to estimate; to reckon | |
| 未必 | wèibì | not necessarily | |
| 罚款 | fákuǎn | to fine; penalty; fine (monetary) | |
| 自助餐 | zìzhùcān | buffet |
今天的菜好像点多了估计又要浪费了
jīntiān 今天de 的cài 菜hǎoxiàng 好像diǎn 点duō 多le 了gūjì 估计yòu 又yào 要làngfèi 浪费le 了
Looks like we’ve over ordered the food, I reckon we’re going to waste food again.
我早就说应该去吃自助的按需取菜选择丰富又不会浪费
wǒ 我zǎo 早jiù 就shuō 说yīnggāi 应该qù 去chī 吃zìzhù 自助de 的àn 按xū 需qǔ 取cài 菜xuǎnzé 选择fēngfù 丰富yòu 又bùhuì 不会làngfèi 浪费
I told you we should have gone for buffet. Not only we don’t waste by taking only what we need but the selection is excellent.
未必吧想取多少取多少那不是更容易浪费
wèibì 未必ba 吧xiǎng 想qǔ 取duōshao 多少qǔ 取duōshao 多少nà 那búshi 不是gèng 更róngyì 容易làngfèi 浪费
Not necessarily so. Isn’t it more wasteful if we take what we want?
你还不知道吧现在自助餐厅都规定剩菜太多要罚款呢看谁还敢多取
nǐ 你hái 还bù 不zhīdào 知道ba 吧xiànzài 现在zìzhùcān 自助餐tīng 厅dōu 都guīdìng 规定shèngcài 剩菜tài 太duō 多yào 要fákuǎn 罚款ne 呢kàn 看shéi 谁hái 还gǎn 敢duō 多qǔ 取
Don’t you know? Restaurants serving buffet have a rule that penalise customers who have too much leftovers.
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