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ID: 2918 Upper Intermediate
Al dente! This lesson is all about authentic Italian pasta. If you're interested in spaghetti, sauce, noodles or food in general, this will get your tastebuds watering. Photo by Devika
Fiona Tian,Constance Fang
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
大力 dàlì energetically; strongly
推荐 tuījiàn to recommend
向 xiàng towards
保证 bǎozhèng to guarantee
终于订到这家你大力推荐的意大利餐厅了
zhōngyú 终于dìngdào 订到zhè 这jiā 家nǐ 你dàlì 大力tuījiàn 推荐de 的Yìdàlì 意大利cāntīng 餐厅le 了
I finally managed to book this Italian restaurant that you so enthusiastically recommended.
我向你保证这里卖的是百分之百地道的意大利面
wǒ 我xiàng 向nǐ 你bǎozhèng 保证zhèlǐ 这里mài 卖de 的shì 是bǎifēnzhībǎi 百分之百dìdào 地道de 的Yìdàlìmiàn 意大利面
I swear to you, what they sell here is 100% authentic pasta.
你在意大利住了那么久都是半个意大利人了你说好吃谁敢不信
nǐ 你zài 在Yìdàlì 意大利zhù 住le 了nàme 那么jiǔ 久dōu 都shì 是bàn 半gè 个Yìdàlì 意大利rén 人le 了nǐ 你shuō 说hǎochī 好吃shéi 谁gǎn 敢bùxìn 不信
How long did you live in Italy? You're pretty much half Italian now, eh? Who wouldn't believe you if you say it is tasty.
意大利面要做得好吃不难要做得让人回味就不容易了
Yìdàlìmiàn 意大利面yào 要zuò 做de 得hǎochī 好吃bùnán 不难yào 要zuò 做de 得ràngrén 让人huíwèi 回味jiù 就bù 不róngyì 容易le 了
It's not that hard to make tasty pasta, but it's hard to really make people think back on it after eating.
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