Restaurant Walk-Ins 餐厅现场候位
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ID: 4721
Pre-Intermediate
A hungry couple without a reservation is turned away from a fully booked hotel restaurant. Learn how to mark completion with V + 了, say 'not yet' with 还 + 没, build temporal clauses with 的时候, and offer service personally with 我来 + V.
Yvonne, Cary
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| SIMPLIFIED | PINYIN | ENGLISH | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 肚子饿 | dù zi è | hungry (literally 'stomach hungry') | |
| 原来 | yuán lái | oh, so that's why | |
| 听说 | tīng shuō | I heard that | |
| 出名 | chū míng | famous |
啊，肚子很饿，原来已经一点了。
A, dùzi hěn è, yuánlái yǐjīng yī diǎn le.
Ah, I'm starving — oh, it's one o'clock already.
听说这酒店的猪扒饭很出名，去试一试吧。
Tīngshuō zhè jiǔdiàn de zhūpáfàn hěn chūmíng, qù shì yī shì ba.
I heard this hotel's pork chop rice is famous — let's give it a try.
中午好，请问两位有预订吗？
Zhōngwǔ hǎo, qǐng wèn liǎng wèi yǒu yùdìng ma?
Good afternoon — may I ask, do the two of you have a reservation?
没有。
Méiyǒu.
No.
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