1. B: Jīntiān wǒmen yìqǐ qù chī zhōngfàn, hǎo ma? 今天我們一起去吃中飯，號碼？ Let’s go have lunch together today. Okay? A: Hǎo a, dào Dōngmén Cānting qù chī ba. 好啊。到東門餐廳去吃吧。 All right. Why don’t we go to the East Gate Restaurant? 2. B: Dōngménde cài kǒngpà méiyou Dàhuáde cài nàme hǎo ba. 東門的菜沒有大華的菜那麽好吧。 I’m afraid that the food at the East Gate isn’t as good as the food at the Great China. A: Suírán bú tài hǎo, kěshi lí wǒmen zhèli jìn. 雖然不太好，可是離我們這裏近。 Even though it [East Gate] is not too good, it is close to us. 3. B: Òu, hái yǒu yíge xīn kāide fànguǎnzi lí wǒmen zhèli gèng jin. 哦，還有一個新開的飯館子離我們這裏更近。 Oh, there is also a newly opened restaurant that is even closer to us. B: Tāmen nàlide cài fēicháng hǎo. 他們那裏的菜非常好。 The food there is extremely good. B: Jīntiān wǒ qǐng ni dào nàli qù chī. 今天我請你到那裏去吃。 Today I am going to invite you to go there to eat. 4. A: Nà bù hǎo yìsi! 那不好意思！ I can’t let you do that! (That would be too embarrassing!) B: Bié kèqi, méi shenme. Nèige dìfangde cài yòu hǎo yòu piányi. 別客氣，沒什麽。那個地方的菜又好又便宜。 Don’t be polite. It’s nothing. The food there is both good and cheap. 5. A: Nǐ shuōde dìfang yídìng hǎo. 你説的地方一定好。 Any place you suggest is sure to be good. B: Tāmen nàli yǒu hǎoxiē cài biéde dìfang chībuzháo. 他們那裏有好些菜別的地方吃不着。 They have a good many dishes there that you can’t find (at) other places. 6. bù yídìng 不一定 not necessarily; it’s not definite 7. kànfa 看法 opinion, view 8. wǎnfàn 晚飯 supper, dinner 9. xiǎngfa 想法 idea, opinion 10. yìxiē 一些 some, several, a few 11. zǎofàn 早飯 breakfast 12. zuòfa 做法 way of doing things, method, practice