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Learning to Cook in Shanghai

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ID: 4023 Elementary
Have you ever dreamed of travelling somewhere to learn the local cuisine? In today's lesson, they have read an article about a famous chef who specialises in Shanghai cuisine and fancies travelling to the great metropolis to learn that style of cooking. For an elementary Qing Wen all about Question words 都 click here.
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
说 shuō to say
做菜 zuòcài to make food
哪里都 nǎli dōu where
篇 piān measure word for articles
你说你想去上海做什么
nǐ 你shuō 说nǐ 你xiǎng 想qù 去Shànghǎi 上海zuò 做shénme 什么
What did you say you want to go Shanghai to do?
我想去学做菜
wǒ 我xiǎng 想qù 去xué 学zuòcài 做菜
I want to go to learn to cook.
哪里都可以学做菜为什么要去上海学
nǎli 哪里dōu 都kěyǐ 可以xué 学zuòcài 做菜wèishénme 为什么yào 要qù 去Shànghǎi 上海xué 学
You can learn to cook anywhere, why do you need to go to Shanghai?
我看了一篇介绍上海名厨的文章觉得会做上海菜很厉害
wǒ 我kàn 看le 了yī 一piān 篇jièshào 介绍Shànghǎi 上海míngchú 名厨de 的wénzhāng 文章juéde 觉得huì 会zuò 做Shànghǎi cài 上海菜hěn 很lìhai 厉害
I read an article introducing a famous chef from Shanghai, so I feel that knowing how to make Shanghainese food would be great.
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