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All You Can Eat and Drink

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ID: 0779 Upper Intermediate
Awww yeah. Another Olympic lesson for you, Olympics for gluttons that is. For many of us, the only four words more satisfying than 'your Chinese is excellent' and 'you look like Brad Pitt', are 'all you can drink.' In this podcast, find out how to take advantage of a Shanghai buffet phenomenon, in Mandarin.
Sat Feb 02 2008 | Jenny, John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
日本 rìběn Japan
料理 liàolǐ cuisine
自助餐 zìzhùcān buffet
上菜 shàng cài to serve food
好久没吃日本料理了。今天的自助餐一定要放开肚皮多吃点儿。
hǎojiǔ méi chī rìběn liàolǐ le 。jīntiān de zìzhùcān yīdìng yào fàngkāi dùpí duō chī diǎnr5 。
I haven't eaten Japanese food in a long time. At today's all you can eat restaurant we definitely have to loosen up our bellies so we can eat lots.
是啊。我今天连午饭都没吃，专门留着肚子吃大餐。
shì a 。wǒ jīntiān lián wǔfàn dōu méi chī ，zhuānmén liúzhe dùzi chī dàcān 。
Yeah. I didn't even eat lunch today, I was purposely saving my stomach to eat a feast.
我也是，饿死了。赶快点，这里上菜慢。
wǒ yě shì ，è sǐ le 。gǎnkuài diǎn ，zhèlǐ shàng cài màn 。
Me too, I'm starving. Hurry up and order, the food takes a long time to come here.
来一个刺身拼盘、多要一点三文鱼和金枪鱼。寿司、手卷也叫一点。
lái yī ge cìshēn pīnpán 、duō yào yīdiǎn sānwényú hé jīnqiāngyú 。shòusī 、shǒu juǎn yě jiào yīdiǎn 。
We'll have one order of mixed sashimi, we want more of the salmon and tuna. We also want an order of sushi rolls.
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