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ID: 2999 Upper Intermediate
In Asia, eating out is a common practice. Not only is tasty food available on every street corner, but also, many people live in small apartments where perhaps they don’t have a functioning kitchen. However, the downside of eating out regularly is that you can’t control what’s going into your food which can impact your health over time. Photo by gianlucaponti
Constance Fang,Fiona Tian
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
麻辣火锅 málà huǒguō spicy hot pot
外食 wàishí restaurant food; take-away
没办法 méi bànfǎ to have no solution
无可奈何 wúkěnàihé to have no other way
小莉晚餐吃什么要不要跟我一起去吃个麻辣火锅啊
Xiǎo Lì 小莉wǎncān 晚餐chī 吃shénme 什么yào 要bù yào 不要gēn 跟wǒ 我yīqǐ 一起qù 去chī 吃gè 个málà 麻辣huǒguō 火锅ā 啊
Xiaoli, what are you eating for dinner? Do you want to go with me to eat spicy hotpot?
我不去了晚上我想在家吃你最近好像常常吃外食
wǒ 我bù 不qù 去le 了wǎnshang 晚上wǒ 我xiǎng 想zài jiā 在家chī 吃nǐ 你zuìjìn 最近hǎoxiàng 好像chángcháng 常常chī 吃wàishí 外食
I don't want to go, I want to eat at home tonight. You seem to be eating out a lot lately?
没办法啊自从我搬家了以后几乎餐餐都在外面解决
méi bànfǎ 没办法ā 啊zìcóng 自从wǒ 我bānjiā 搬家le 了yǐhòu 以后jīhū 几乎cāncān 餐餐dōu 都zài 在wàimian 外面jiějué 解决
I've got no other choice. Since I moved house, I eat almost all of my meals out.
每餐都在外面吃这样不太好吧
měi 每cān 餐dōu 都zài 在wàimian 外面chī 吃zhèyàng 这样bùtài hǎo 不太好ba 吧
It's not to good to eat every meal out, is it?
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