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    1) A conversation between a student and teacher discussing ordering food in Chinese. 2) They go over ordering various meats like beef, pork, mutton, chicken, and fish. 3) They also discuss ordering two vegetable dishes and deciding if eight dishes total is enough.

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    1) A conversation between a student and teacher discussing ordering food in Chinese. 2) They go over ordering various meats like beef, pork, mutton, chicken, and fish. 3) They also discuss ordering two vegetable dishes and deciding if eight dishes total is enough.

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    I Want Fish

    sorry, the audio is missing)M: Dajia hao. Huan ying ni dao Xianzai Xue Hanyu. Wo shi ML.
    S: Nimen hao, wo shi Stuart. First, Say, ‘I fancy eating meat'.
    M: Hen hao. Wo xiang chi rou. Wo xiang chi rou.
    S: Now, ‘do you fancy fish?'
    M: Dui le. 你想吃鱼吗, ni xiang chi yu ma?
    S: And ‘menu' is? mei cuo. Caidan, caidan.
    M: Hao. Zhe shi caidan. Wo kan yi kan.
    S: Now we'll order some food. 现在我们点菜, xianzai women dian cai.
    M: Only the two of us, 只有我们两个人, zhi you women liang ge ren.
    S: So, suoyi, don't order too much. 所以, 不要点太多, suo yi, bu yao dian tai duo.
    M: Wo tong yi. I fancy a cold dish 一个凉菜, yi ge liang cai; beef, 牛肉 niurou; pork, 猪肉
    zhurou; mutton 羊肉 yangrou; chicken 鸡肉 jirou; fish 鱼 yu; and two veggie dishes; 和两个
    青菜, he liang ge qing cai.
    S: 8 dishes! Is 8 dishes enough? 八个菜够吗, ba ge cai gou ma?
    M: 八个菜。我想够了, ba ge cai, wo xiang gou le. I think that's enough.
    S: Oh dear, I'll never lose weight in China!
    M: Now to learn the new stuff.
    S: Only the two of us, 只有我们两个人.
    M: zhi you women liang ge ren. 只 ZHI zhi, means ‘only' zhi. 有 YOU you, here means ‘is' or
    ‘are'. 只有 there's only; women liang ge ren, we two people. Zhi you women liang ge ren,
    there's only two of us. Say it, zhi you women liang ge ren. Zai lai yi ci: zhi you women liang
    ge ren.
    S: 所以, 不要点太多. 所以 SUO YI suoyi, is ‘therefore', or ‘so', suo yi. 不要 bu yao, ‘don't'.
    dian tai duo, order too much. So don't order too much. Suo yi, bu yao dian tai duo.
    S: Now let's quickly learn some animals. First, a member of the cattle family is 牛 NIU niu.
    Niu. Say mooo, then niu. Good. Help to remember it.
    M: And ‘rou', ROU, rou, is meat, 肉。So niu2rou4, literally ‘cattle meat' is – of course beef.
    Niúròu, 牛肉。
    S: 猪 ZHU zhu is ‘pig'. So pork is?
    M: Duile, zhurou, zhu rou.
    S: 羊 YANG yang is sheep. So what is mutton? Right, Yangrou, yangrou.
    M: 鸡 JI ji, is a chicken. The meat is? Yes, ji rou, ji rou.
    S: And 青 QING, 1st tone, qing, means ‘green'. Qing cai, green leafy veggies. Qing cai.
    M: Yi ge liang cai; niurou; zhurou; yangrou; jirou; yu; he liang ge qing cai.
    S: Ba ge cai gou ma?
    M: Ba ge cai, wo xiang gou le.
    S: Wo xiang tai duo le! Anyway, we'll see next lesson.
    M: Till then, zai jian.

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