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Bad Service Restaurant

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IN THIS LESSON
ID: 0755 Upper Intermediate
Cold tea, warm water, sticky menu, dirty chopsticks, and why in the world won't they bring the stinking rice--isn't this CHINA?! You're starting to recall why it was you don't tip as your 'fuwuyuan' shriek is drowned out by the clamor of the raucous beer-swilling luncheoners beside you. You are not alone. Listen to this lesson and learn how to stand up and yell for the waiter without shame.
Wed Jan 09 2008 | Jenny, John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
差劲 chàjìn no good
端 duān to hold something level
冲 chòng toward
打喷嚏 dǎ pēntì to sneeze
气死我了！
qì sǐ wǒ le ！
I'm so stinking mad!
不是去吃饭吗？怎么那么快就回来了？
bùshì qù chīfàn ma ？zěnme nàme kuài jiù huílai le ？
Didn't you just go out to eat? How come your back so quickly?
别提了。还吃什么，气都气饱了。那个破饭店，服务太差劲了。我这辈子再也不会去了！你也千万别去。
bié tí le 。hái chī shénme ，qì dōu qì bǎo le 。nàge pò fàndiàn ，fúwù tài chàjìn le 。wǒ zhè bèizi zàiyěbùhuì qù le ！nǐ yě qiānwàn biéqù 。
Don't ask. What could I eat, I was so mad I lost my appetite. That lousy restaurant, the service is so terrible. I'll never go there again in my life. Don't ever go there.
到底什么事把你气成这样啊？
dàodǐ shénme shì bǎ nǐ qì chéng zhèyàng ā ？
What in the world made you this angry?
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