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Can We Not Eat There?

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ID: 3038 Intermediate
Trying to decide what to eat can be tricky. In today's lesson, a friend suggests a nice hot pot restaurant since it's the perfect place to go during the cold winter months. However, the other friend really doesn't want to go there. Let's find out why not. Image from Avlxyz
Wed Mar 01 2017 | Fiona Tian, Gwilym
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
火锅 huǒguō hot pot
棒 bàng great
选择 xuǎnzé to choose
换 huàn to switch
我们快找地方吃点东西吧，我肚子快饿扁了。
wǒmen kuài zhǎo dìfang chī diǎnr dōngxi ba ，wǒ dùzi kuài èbiǎn le 。
Let's find somewhere to get some good food, I'm so hungry I could die.
我也是，从中午到现在连一口饭都没吃。
wǒ yě shì ，cóng zhōngwǔ dào xiànzài lián yīkǒu fàn dōu méi chī 。
Me too, I haven't eaten a thing since midday.
要不要去上次没吃到的那家火锅店？天气冷的时候没有比火锅更棒的选择了。
yào bù yào qù shàngcì méi chī dào de nà jiā huǒguō diàn ？tiānqì lěng de shíhou méiyǒu bǐ huǒguō gèng bàng de xuǎnzé le 。
Why don't we eat at the hot pot restaurant we didn't get the chance to eat at the last time? When the weather is cold, there's no better choice than hot pot.
可以换别的吗？常吃火锅对身体不太好。
kěyǐ huàn biéde ma ？cháng chī huǒguō duì shēntǐ bùtài hǎo 。
Can we get something else? It's not good for you to eat hot pot so often.
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