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If It Rains, Then What?

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ID: 3076 Elementary
This lesson is all about how to use the "if__then" conditional structure (如果__的话 rúguǒ__dehuà). For example, if it rains, what shall we do? In today's lesson, they are trying to make dinner plans, but don't want to eat seafood again so instead suggest a picnic. But what if it rains?
Tue May 09 2017 | Fiona Tian, Gwilym
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
海味 hǎiwèi sea flavors; seafood
活鱼三吃 huóyú sānchī fresh fish restaurant which prepares fish in three ways
别 bié don’t
再 zài again
你说明天中午一起吃饭，要吃什么?
nǐ shuō míngtiān zhōngwǔ yīqǐ chīfàn ，yào chī shénme ?
Did you say we're eating together at noon tomorrow? What do you want to eat?
吃海味，怎么样？
chī hǎiwèi ，zěnmeyàng ？
How about seafood?
我昨天去吃了活鱼三吃，别再吃海味了。
wǒ zuótiān qù chī le huóyúsānchī ，bié zài chī hǎiwèi le 。
I ate at a fresh fish restaurant with three different kinds of cooking methods yesterday, I don't want seafood again.
那我们去野餐。
nà wǒmen qù yěcān 。
We can go on a picnic.
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