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World Gourmand: A Foodie's Paradise

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ID: 2908 Upper Intermediate
Warning! If you're hungry, it's best to eat something before taking this lesson because we're going to be discussing the wonderfully diverse cuisines of China. In this lesson, a friend discusses their new food channel which will travel around the different provinces of China and interview the chefs and discuss the delicious food. If you're a foodie like us folks at ChinesePod, you'll enjoy this lesson. Photo by Run Mizumushi-Kun
Fiona Tian,Constance Fang
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
灵通 língtōng fast and abundant; clever; effective; psychic
饕客 tāokè gourmand
陆续 lùxù gradually; one by one
思路 sīlù way of thinking
怎么样最近挺忙吧听说你们台又新开了一个美食节目啊
zěnmeyàng 怎么样zuìjìn 最近tǐng 挺máng 忙ba 吧tīngshuō 听说nǐmen 你们tái 台yòu 又xīn kāi 新开le 了yī 一gè 个měishí 美食jiémù 节目ā 啊
How's it going, you must be very busy lately? I heard that your channel has launched a new food program, has it?
嘿消息还真灵通我们台确实要开一个天下饕客的节目呢
hēi 嘿xiāoxi 消息hái 还zhēn 真língtōng 灵通wǒmen 我们tái 台quèshí 确实yào 要kāi 开yī 一gè 个tiānxià 天下tāokè 饕客de 的jiémù 节目ne 呢
Hey, news spreads so fast. Our channel is, in fact, launching a program called "World Gourmand".
怎么要介绍世界各地的美食啊听起来像个外景节目哦
zěnme 怎么yào 要jièshào 介绍shìjiègèdì 世界各地de 的měishí 美食ā 啊tīng qǐlai 听起来xiàng 像gè 个wàijǐngjiémù 外景节目ò 哦
What's it about, is it going to introduce cuisine from around the world, it sounds like a travel program.
确实如此呢我们节目组的计划是先把国内各地的美食介绍一圈儿然后再陆续介绍国外的
quèshí 确实rúcǐ 如此ne 呢wǒmen 我们jiémù 节目zǔ 组de 的jìhuà 计划shì 是xiān 先bǎ 把guónèi 国内gèdì 各地de 的měishí 美食jièshào 介绍yī quānr 一圈儿ránhòu 然后zài 再lùxù 陆续jièshào 介绍guówài 国外de 的
It is indeed, the plan of our programming team is to first introduce cuisine from all over the country, then to gradually introduce overseas food.
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