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How to Eat Crawfish

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ID: 2298 Intermediate
Autumn is the season for shellfish in Shanghai, and that includes crawfish. Across the city, shops will sell these miniature crustaceans by weight for hungry customers. But how do you eat them? In this lesson, ChinesePod shows you how!
Wed Oct 16 2013 | Dilu, John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
斤 jīn jin, catty (roughly half a kilogram)
小龙虾 xiǎolóngxiā crawfish
上菜 shàngcài to serve food
特别 tèbié especially
服务员，来两斤小龙虾！
fúwùyuán ，lái liǎng jīn xiǎolóngxiā ！
Waiter, bring us two jin of crawfish!
好！马上！
hǎo ！mǎshàng ！
Okay! Coming up!
上菜挺快的。来，快吃吧！这家的小龙虾特别好吃！
shàngcài tǐng kuài de 。lái ，kuài chī ba ！zhè jiā de xiǎolóngxiā tèbié hǎochī ！
They brought the food so fast. Come on, let's eat! This restaurant's crawfish are especially good!
小龙虾的头真大。怎么吃呢？我不太会吃。
xiǎolóngxiā de tóu zhēn dà 。zěnme chī ne ？wǒ bùtài huì chī 。
The crawfish heads are really big. How do you eat them? I don't really know how.
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