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Dog Meat and Animal Rights

Dog Meat and Animal Rights
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ID: 1119 Upper Intermediate
In today's lesson we'll explore the controversial issue of eating dog meat in China. In today's podcast, learn how to hold your ground using Mandarin in a discussion on the topic of animal rights - at the dinner table.
Jenny , John
Dog Meat and Animal Rights
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
宵夜 xiāoyè midnight snack
忍心 rěnxīn to be hard-hearted enough to
上品 shàngpǐn top quality goods
入乡随俗 rùxiāngsuísú follow local customs
哇你说带我下馆子就是这家酒店啊号码都排到七十多号了轮到我们该吃宵夜了吧
wā 哇nǐ 你shuō 说dài 带wǒ 我xià guǎnzi 下馆子jiùshì 就是zhè 这jiā 家jiǔdiàn 酒店a 啊hàomǎ 号码dōu 都páidào 排到qīshí duō hào 七十多号le 了lúndào 轮到wǒmen 我们gāi 该chī 吃xiāoyè 宵夜le 了ba 吧
Oh, you said you'd take me out for a bite to eat, and it's this place! Our number is over 70-- by the time they get to us, it'll be a midnight snack!
稍安勿躁这里天天都爆满我一个礼拜前就订了座位
shāo ānwùzào 稍安勿躁zhèlǐ 这里tiāntiān 天天dōu 都bàomǎn 爆满wǒ 我yī ge lǐbài 一个礼拜qián 前jiù 就dìng 订le 了zuòwèi 座位
Calm down, this place is always hopping. I made reservations a week ago!
嗯好香啊
ng4 嗯hǎo 好xiāng 香a 啊
Oh, it smells so good!
你多吃点儿俗话说狗肉滚三滚，神仙站不稳
nǐ 你duō chī 多吃diǎnr 点儿súhuà shuō 俗话说shénxiānzhàn bu wěn 狗肉滚三滚，神仙站不稳
Eat more! Doesn't the proverb go ''Dog meat is so tasty that even immortals go weak at the knees when they get a whiff!"
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