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Chinese Food at Foreign Prices

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ID: 2326 Intermediate
Chinese and foreigners alike would prefer it didn't happen, but shop owners do try to overcharge foreigners now and then. In this lesson, a foreigner visiting Luoyang heads to a local restaurant for a bowl of noodles, only to find an alarming discrepancy in the prices.
Mon Nov 25 2013 | Vera, Greg
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
洛阳 Luòyáng Luoyang, a city in Henan Province
面食 miànshí noodles
有名 yǒumíng to be famous
尝 cháng to taste
先生，里面请！请坐，想吃点什么？
xiānsheng ，lǐmiàn qǐng ！qǐng zuò ，xiǎng chī diǎn shénme ？
Sir, please come in! Please sit. What would you like to eat?
你们洛阳有什么好吃的？
nǐmen Luòyáng yǒu shénme hǎochī de ？
What's tasty here in Luoyang?
我们这里的面食很有名。要不要尝一尝？
wǒmen zhèlǐ de miànshí hěn yǒumíng 。yào bu yào cháng yi cháng ？
Our noodles are very famous here. Do you want to try them?
行，有菜单吗？我看一下菜单。
xíng ，yǒu càidān ma ？wǒ kàn yīxià càidān 。
Okay. Do you have a menu? I'll take a look at the menu.
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