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Making a Mojito

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ID: 2183 Upper Intermediate
Get your mojitos! Get your gin and tonics! Get your vodka sodas! In this lesson, ChinesePod gets mixed up in the world of cocktails.
Wed May 08 2013 | Vera, John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
放松 fàngsōng to relax
禽流感 qínliúgǎn bird flu
不如 bùrú not as good as, had better
调酒 tiáojiǔ to mix drinks, bartend
下班后一起去酒吧放松一下吧。
xiàbān hòu yīqǐ qù jiǔbā fàngsōng yīxià ba 。
After we get off work, let's go to the bar to hang out for a bit.
不去，最近禽流感，我不想去人多的地方。
bù qù ，zuìjìn qínliúgǎn ，wǒ bù xiǎng qù rén duō de dìfang 。
I'm not going. With all the flu outbreaks right now, I don't want to go to places with lots of people.
那不如去我家吧。我会调酒！去超市买些原料就行了。
nà bùrú qù wǒjiā ba 。wǒ huì tiáojiǔ ！qù chāoshì mǎi xiē yuánliào jiù xíng le 。
Then maybe going to my house would be better. I can mix drinks. If I go to the supermarket to buy the ingredients, we'll be all set.
你还会调酒？真厉害，教教我吧。
nǐ hái huì tiáojiǔ ？zhēn lìhai ，jiāo jiao wǒ ba 。
You can mix drinks? That's impressive. Teach me!
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