FSI-Chinese/Numerisés-new/FSI-StandardChinese-OptionalModuleRST-StudentText.txt

FSI - Standard Chinese - Optional Module RST
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STANDARD CHINESE A Modular Approach

OPTIONAL MODULES:

-   • Restaurant

-   • Hotel

-   • Post Office and Telephone

-   • Car

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PREFACE

Standard. Chinese: A Modular Approach originated in an interagency
conference held at the Foreign Service Institute in August 1973 to
address the need generally felt in the U.S. Government language training
community for improving and updating Chinese materials to reflect
current usage in Beijing and Taipei.

The conference resolved to develop materials which were flexible enough
in form and content to meet the requirements of a wide range of
government agencies and academic institutions.

A Project Board was established consisting of representatives of the
Central Intelligence Agency Language Learning Center, the Defense
Language Institute, the State Department's Foreign Service Institute,
the Cryptologic School of the National Security Agency, and the U.S.
Office of Education, later Joined by the Canadian Forces Foreign
Language School. The representatives have included Arthur T. McNeill,
John Hopkins, John Boag, and Hugh Clayton (CIA); Colonel John F. Elder
III, Joseph C. Hutchinson, Ivy Gibian, Major Bernard Muller-Thym, and
Colonel Roland W. Flemming (DLl); James R. Frith and John B. Ratliff III
(FSI); Kazuo Shitama (NSA); Richard T. Thompson and Julia Petrov (OE);
and Lieutenant Colonel George Kozoriz (CFFLS).

The Project Board set up the Chinese Core Curriculum Project in 197^ in
space provided at the Foreign Service Institute. Each of the six U.S.
and Canadian government agencies provided funds and other assistance.

Gerard P. Kok was appointed project coordinator, and a planning council
was formed consisting of Mr. Kok, Frances Li of the Defense Language
Institute, Patricia O'Connor of the University of Texas, Earl M.
Rickerson of the Language Learning Center, and James Wrenn of Brown
University. In the fall of 1977, Lucille A. Barale was appointed deputy
project coordinator. David W. Dellinger of the Language Learning Center
and Charles R. Sheehan of the Foreign Service Institute also served on
the planning council and contributed material to the project. The
planning council drew up the original overall design for the materials
and met regularly to review their development.

Writers for the first half of the materials were John H. T. Harvey,
Lucille A. Barale, and Roberta S. Barry, who worked in close cooperation
with the planning council and with the Chinese staff of the Foreign
Service Institute. Mr. Harvey developed the instructional formats of the
comprehension and production self-study materials, and also designed the
communication-based classroom activities and wrote the teacher's guides.
Ms. Barale and Ms. Barry wrote the tape scripts and the student text.
From 1978 until the project's completion, writers for the course were
Ms. Barale and Thomas E. Madden. They revised the field-test editions of
the first six core modules and accompanying optional modules, and
produced the materials subsequent to Module 6.

All Chinese language material was prepared or selected by Chuan Ouyang
Chao, Yunhui Chao, Ying-chih Chen, Hsiao-jung Chi, Eva Diao, Jan Hu, and
Tsung-mi Li, assisted for part of the time by Leslie L. H. Chang,
Chieh-fang Ou Lee, Ying-ming Chen, and Joseph Yu Hsu Wang. Anna
Affholder, Mel-li Chen, and Henry Khuo helped in the preparation of a
preliminary corpus of dialogues.

Administrative assistance was provided at various times by Joseph
Abraham, Vincent Basciano, Lisa A. Bowden, Jill W. Ellis, Donna Fong,
Judith J. Kieda, Renee T. C. Liang, Susan C. Pola, Peggy Ann Spitzer,
and Kathleen Strype.

The production of tape recordings was directed by Jose M. Ramirez of the
Foreign Service Institute Recording Studio. The Chinese script was
voiced by Mr. Chang, Ms. Chao, Ms. Chen, Mr. Chen, Ms. Diao, Ms. Hu, Mr.
Khuo, and Mr. Li. The English script was read by Ms. Barale, Ms. Barry,
Mr. Basciano, Ms. Ellis, Mr. Madden, Ms. Pola, and Ms. Strype.

The graphics were originally produced by John McClelland of the Foreign
Service Institute Audio-Visual staff, under the general supervision of
Joseph A. Sadote, unit chief.

Standard Chinese: A Modular Approach was field-tested with the
cooperation of Brown University, the Defense Language Institute Foreign
Language Center, the Foreign Service Institute, the CIA Language
Learning Center, the United States Air Force Academy, the University of
Illinois, and the University of Virginia.

The Commandant of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center
authorized the support necessary to print this edition.

7^1*40

/ J^ines R. Frith, Chairman

^/Chinese Core Curriculum Project Board

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface

How to Study an Optional-Module .Tape . . • • .........• .

Objectives for the Restaurant Module ...............

Unit 1: Part I

Part II

Part III

Unit Vocabulary List

Unit 2: Part I

Part II

Part III

Unit Vocabulary List .........

Unit 3: Part I

Part II

Part III

Unit Vocabulary List

Unit Us Part I

Part II

Part III.....................*..

Unit Vocabulary List ....

Foods ..

Objectives for the Hotel Module

Unit 1: Part I

-   Part II

-   Part III

-   Part IV

Unit Vocabulary List

Unit 2: Part I

-   Part II

-   Part III

-   Part TV....

-   Unit Vocabulary List .•••••••••••••••••

-   Things in a Hotel Room .......... .......

Objectives for the Post Office and Telephone Module

Unit 1: Part I

-   Part II

-   Part III

-   Part IV

Unit Vocabulary List

Unit 2: Part I

-   Part II

-   Part III

-   Part IV

Unit Vocabulary List

Objectives for the Car Module

Unit 1: Part I

Part II

Part III

Unit Vocabulary List

Unit 2: Part I

Part II

Part III......

Unit Vocabulary List

Parts of a Car

How to Study an Optional-Module Tape

The format of the optional modules is quite different from the format of
the core modules, although both focus on what you need to know to deal
with particular practical situations.

Each tape of an optional module is roughly equivalent to the five
different tapes of a core-module unit, in the sense, at least, that it
is intended as a self-contained presentation of a set of words and
structures. Actually, however, an optional-module tape is closer to a
combination of the C-l and P-1 tapes of a core-module unit with almost
all explanations left in the notes. Moreover, an optional-module tape
introduces considerably more vocabulary than a core-module unit.

Each tape is divided into several parts. Each part introduces words and
sentences, some of them for comprehension only, next reviews all
production items, and then reviews comprehension in extended dialogues.

You may have found that you could work through the C-l and P-1 tapes of
a core-module unit a single time each, perhaps going back over a few
sections once or twice. You are almost sure to find, however, that you
need to work through an optional-module tape more than once, perhaps
frequently backing up and frequently stopping to read the Notes.

When a new word or sentence is introduced, there is a‘pause on the tape
before you hear the Chinese. On your first time through the tape, you
may use this pause to glance at the word or sentence in the Reference
List. On your next time through the tape, you may use it to try to say
the Chinese, using the Chinese after the pause as a confirmation.

In the dialogues at the end of each part, there are very short pauses
between sentences. These should be just long enough for you to stop and
start the tape without missing anything. Stop the tape whenever you want
to think over the previous sentence or try to translate it.

O'bj ectives

General

The purpose of the Restaurant Module (RST) is to acquaint you with
Chinese cuisine and eating customs and to provide you with the
linguistic skills you need to be able to order food in a restaurant or
to dine at home.

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Specific

When you have finished this module, you should be able to:

-   1. Name four foods or dishes suitable as a snack or as an in-between
    meal.

-   2. Name four dishes in Chinese you might order for dinner.

-   3. Name 5 types of meat, fish or fowl.

-   U. Translate the names of 10 Chinese dishes (either soups, main
    courses, or desserts) into English.

5« List the food which accompanies various main courses: rice, noodles,
pancakes, steamed bread, flower rolls.

-   6. Order a Western-style breakfast.

-   7. Order one of the "fixed meals" offered in small restaurants.

-   8. Order Mongolian Barbecue or Mongolian Hot Pot.

-   9. Discuss with a friend what to order for a snack.

-   10. Ask for a menu and for help in reading it. Discuss with the
    waiter or waitress what the various dishes are. Ask for suggestions
    in ordering the meal.

-   11. Comment on the meal: how the dishes were made, which were most
    pleasing, and when you’ve had enough.

-   12. Ask for the check and ask to have the tip figured into the
    total.

-   13. Call to make reservations for a dinner party. Discuss the menu
    and cost of the dinner.

1U. List the different types of courses which go to make up a banquet:
cold dishes, main courses, soups, and desserts.

15. Partake in a formal banquet: toasting friends, wishing them well,
and responding to the host's hospitality.

Restaurant Module, Unit 1

PART I

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  1. Nl xi&ng chi shénme?               What do you want to eat?
  2. Suíbiàn. Nl dian ba.               As you like. You order.
  3. Wōmen yào èrshige guōtiē.          We want twenty fried dumplings.
  U. Wōmen yào sìge bāozi.              We want four bāozi.
  5. Wōmen yào liángwǎn suān là tāng.   We want two bowls of sour and hot soup.
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NOTES ON PART I

chi: 'to eat'. The verb 'to eat' is often expressed using a general
object compound, chi fàn, instead of the simple verb chi.

Nl chī fàn le ma?                    Have you eaten?

Wō hái méi chi fàn.                   I haven't eaten yet.

suíbiàn: This word meaning 'as you please*, or more literally 'following
convenience', has a variety of uses.

Nl suíbiàn mài ba.                   Buy what you want.

Nl qù bu qu? Suí nlde               Are you going? Do what you

biàn ba.                               like.

guōtiē: This has been translated here as 'fried dumpling', but actually
a guōtiē differs from a dumpling in several respects. We usually think
of a dumpling as a solid lump of leavened dough dropped in soup to cook.
A guōtiē, however, is made of thin, unleavened dough, which serves as a
wrapper for a filling. This filling may be Chinese cabbage, port, beef,
lamb, or any combination, thereof. Secondly, a guōtiē is not dropped in
soup, but is steamed and fried, so that the bottom is crisp and the top
is soft.

bāozi: This is a round of steamed bread filled with salty stuffing
(cabbage, pork, beef, shrimp, etc.) or sweet stuffing (red bean puree,
walnuts, almonds, etc.). The steamed bread is made from a raised dough
and forms a thick bun, somewhat similar in concept to a hamburger.

suān là tāng: A thick spicy soup made of pork, white bean curd, "red
bean curd" (actually dried chicken or pork blood), dried tiger lily
flowers, mushrooms, bamboo shoots and egg.

liingwin...; The word for 'bowl’, win, is used as a counter here.

Taipei:

A conversation in a small restaurant.

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  M:   Yùzhēn, nl xiāng chi shénme?                        Yùzhēn, what do you want to eat?
  F:   Suíbiàn. NX diin ba.                                As you like. You order.
  M:   WSmen diin diin guōtiē, suān là tāng, hio bu hio?   We'll order some fried dumplings and sour and hot soup, Okay?
  F:   Hio a.                                              Okay.
  M:   Hái yào Jīge bāozi, zēnmeyàng?                      How about a few bāozi, too?
  F:   Hio a. BÚ yào diin tài duō le.                      Okay. Don't order too much.
  ---- --------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------

(Now the man talks with the waitress.)

F2: Nlmen diin dian shénme?          What will you order?

M: W&nen yào èrshige guōtiē         We want twenty fried

sìge bāozi, liingwin             dumplings, four bāozi,

suān là tāng.                    two bowls of sour and

hot soup.

F2: Hio. Jiù líi.                   Okay, it'll be here right

away.

NOTES ON THE DIALOGUE

Hái yào jige bāozi, zēnmeyàng?: The toneless syllable ji-means 'a few'
or 'several'. It may be difficult to distinguish between jige. 'a few',
from jīge. 'how many' in rapid speech. Usually there will be other clues
such as intonation and context to help you distinguish them. This is
discussed again in Unit 3 of the Directions Module.

Bú yào diān tài duō le.: The phrase bú yào is used to mean 'don't' in
sentences expressing a command. You'll learn more about this in the
Transportat ion Module. The marker le for new situation is used here to
reinforce the idea of 'excessive'. Whenever a speaker says something is
excessive, he is actually saying that it has BECOME excessive.

Nīmen diān dian shenme?: The first word diān is the verb 'to order*. The
second word dian (from yìdiān, 'a little') means ' some'.

Ershige guōtiē, sìge bāozi: You can tell from the amount ordered that
the guōtiē are more or less bite-sized, while the bāozi are larger.

6. xiǎoohidiàn

little eatery

Taipei:

A conversation between an American student and a Chinese friend in front
of a small restaurant.

M: Wōmen chi dian dōngxi, hāo bu hao?

F: Hāo a. Nī xiāng chī shenme?

M: Chī dian diānxīn.

F: Nī chīguo guōtiē ma?

M: Mēi chīguo.

Let's eat something, okay?

Okay. What do you want to eat?

Some snacks.

Have you ever eaten fried dumplings?

No.

F: Wōmen kéyi zài zhège xiǎochìdiàn chī diǎn diǎnzīn, hǎo bu hǎo?

M: Hǎo. Tāmen dōu yōu shénme?

F: Hēn duō dōngxi. You guōtiē, bāozi, suān là tāng.

M: Hen hǎo, hen hǎo.

We can eat some snacks in this little eatery. Okay?

Okay. What do they have?

Many things. Fried dumplings, bāozi, sour and hot soup.

Good, good.

NOTES ON THE DIALOGUE

xiǎochìdiàn: This is a small place where you can grab something to eat.
(XiSochi means 'snack’.) If you are in a city in China, you are probably
not far from one. A xiǎochìdiàn is often run by one or two people. It
may be arranged so that the cooking area faces the street, in which case
you'll probably walk through the kitchen as you head for a table.
Putting the kitchen at the front, facing the street, makes for better
ventilation and allows people on the street to see and smell what is
being cooked. Inside you are likely to find small tables without
tablecloths, and stools. There is generally no menu, but some of the
dishes may be written on a blackboard or on,red pieces of paper which
are hung on the wall. Since the xiǎochìdiàn is often a small operation,
it may only offer a few things or it may specialize in serving one type
of food, such as noodles or dumplings. The word xiǎo in xiǎochìdiàn,
refers not to the size of the establishment, but to the types of food
offered.

Tāmen dōu yōu shénme?: The word dōu in this sentence refers to the
object, not the subject. In other words, the sentence is translated as
'What all do they have?' in this context. In another conversation the
same sentence might mean 'What do they all have?'

This type of question with dōu expects an answer with more than one item
mentioned. The dōu may be thought to refer to the object in the answer.

Nl dōu mǎi shénme le?           What all did you buy?

Wō mǎile shíge bāozi, sānjīn I bought ten baozi, thr-e píngguo, liùpíng
qìshuì. catties of apples, six bottles of soda.

But notice that in the answer dōu is NOT used even though the object is
plural in number or a series of items.

PART II

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  7.     Qing ni gěi wo kànkan nlmende càidānzi.   Please give me your menu to look at.
  8.     Nlmen mài zhēng jiao ma?                  Do you sell steamed dumplings?
  9.     Gěi wo lái yìlěng zhēng Jiao.             Bring me a basket of steamed dumplings.
  10.    Nlmen mài tāng miàn bu mai?               Do you sell soup-noodles?
  11.    Nlmen mài chǎo miàn bu mai?               Do you sell fried noodles?
  12.    Y8u shénme yàngde tāng miàn?              What kinds of soup-noodles are there?
  13.    Gěi wo lái yìwǎn niúròu miàn.             Bring me a bowl of soupnoodles with beef.
  11».   jiāosí                                    boiled dumplings
  15.    rbusi miàn                                soup-noodles with shreds of pork
  16.    pàigǔ miàn                                soup-noodles with a pork ohop
  17.    ... shinmede                              ... and so on. (after a series of items)
  ------ ----------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------

NOTES ON PART II

zhēng jiào: These are crescent-shaped dumplings filled with cabbage and
meat which are steam cooked. The steaming is done by-placing the
dumplings in a bamboo basket, which is one layer in a stack of bamboo
baskets called a zhēng 16ng, and then placing the whole stack over a
container of boiling water.

gěi wo lái ...: The verb lái here means not ’to come’ but ’to bring’
since it is followed by a noun. The word gěi is the prepositional verb
’for’.

yìlòng zhēng ji&o: Steamed dumplings are sold by the basket and served
in the basket that they are steamed in. The word for one tier of such
baskets is used as a counter, -16ng (yìlòng, liànglòng. etc.).

tang miàn: This is the name for a class of dishes made of noodles and
soup. Unlike the Western idea of soup with some noodles, tāng miàn is
basically noodles with some soup added. Because Northern China is a
wheat growing area, noodles are a staple in the diet of that region. A
bowl of noodles can be used to make a side dish for a large meal, or,
with a little soup and meat added, can be a meal in itself. Noodles are
commonly made in six-to-ten-foot lengths in China, and are regarded as a
symbol of longevity.

ch&o miàn: One of the verbs translated 'to fry' is chip. It is also
sometimes translated as 'stir fry'. The Chinese language has several
verbs meaning 'to fry'. Chào means to fry in a little oil, stirring
rapidly and constantly, not unlike sautéing.

niúròu miàn: This dish consists of noodles in soup with pieces of beef.
The word for 'beef is niúròu, literally 'cow', nifi. and 'meat', ròu. In
the names of Chinese dishes, the thing the dish is primarily composed
of, in this case noodles, is at the end of the phrase. Those words
coming before describe the additional foods with which the dish is
prepared or the style in which it is prepared.

.1 i£ozi: A crescent-shaped dumpling, made of white dough and stuffed
with a mixture of meat and scallions or mixed vegetables. Ji&ozi nay be
served steamed, zhēng jiKo or boiled, shul jilo. It is said that Marco
Polo took the idea of these dumplings back to Italy inspiring the
creation of ravioli.

ròusī miàn: This is noodles in soup with shreds of pork and vegetables.
Actually, the word ròu means simply 'meat', not 'pork'. But the basic
meat of China has always been pork, and therefore ròu on a menu refers
to pork unless otherwise specified.

shénmede: This word, used after a series of nouns, means 'and so on' or
'etcetera'.

Qìshuī, píjiǔ, shénmede          We need to buy soda, beer,

dōu dei m&i.                     and so on.

Taipei:

A conversation between a waiter and a customer at a small eatery.

M: NÍn yào chi diàn shénme?

What do you want to eat?

F: Qíng ni gěi wo kànkan nīmende càidānzi.

M: Ou, duìbuqi, wSmen zhèli méiyou càidānzi. WSmen zhèli Jiù mài zhéng
Jiào, tāng miàn, chSo miàn, shénmede.

F: Y3u shénme yàngde tāng miàn?

M: Y3u niúròu miàn a, y3u rdusí miàn a, hái y3u páigǔ miàn.

F: Gěi wo lāi yìwàn niúrSu miàn.

M: Hào. NÍn yào bu yao zhéng JiSo?

F: HSo. Zěnme mài?

M: Yìléng zhéng Jiào èrshikuài qián.

F: Yìlóng y5u duōshaoge?

M: Yìlóng y3u báge.

F: Hāo, gěi wo lái yìléng zhéng Jiao, lái yìwàn niúròu miàn.

Please give me your menu to look at.

Oh, I’m sorry. We don’t have a menu. We only sell steamed dumplings,
soupnoodles, fried noodles, and so on.

What kinds of soup noodles are there?

There's soup-noodles with beef, soup-noodles with shreds of pork, and
soupnoodles with a pork chop.

I’ll have a bowl of soupnoodles with beef.

Good. Do you want some steamed dumplings?

Okay. How are they sold?

A basket of steamed dumplings is twenty dollars.

How many in a basket?

There's eight in a basket.

Okay, bring me a basket of steamed dumplings, a bowl of soup-noodles
with beef.

NOTE ON THE DIALOGUE

duōshaoge: The word duōshao may be used either with or

without a counter.

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  18.   ríusí ohǎo miàn     fried noodles with pork shreds
  19.   sǎnxiǎn ch&o miàn   three-delioious fried noodles
  ----- ------------------- --------------------------------

sanxian: This word occurs in the names of rice dishes, noodle dishes and
soups. It can be roughly translated as 'three delicacies', more
literally, 'three fresh'. It means that the dish is made with two
different meats, such as chicken and pork, and a seafood, such as
shrimp, in addition to the vegetables.

Taipei:

A conversation at another small eatery.

F: Ní xiǎng chi dian shénme?

M: Nimen zhèli mài guōtiē bu mai?

F: Guōtiē, jiǎozi, wōmen zhèli dōu bú mài. Wōmen zhèli jiù mài miàn.
Tāng miàn, chǎo miàn dōu yōu.

M: Yōu shénme yàngde chǎo miàn?

F: Yōu rdusī chǎo miàn, yōu sǎnxiǎn chǎo miàn.

M: Wō yào sǎnxiǎn chǎo miàn.

F: Hǎo.

What do you want to eat?

Do you sell fried dumplings here?

We don't sell fried dumplings or boiled dumplings at all. We only sell
noodles. We have both soup-noodles and fried noodles.

What kinds of fried noodles are there?

There's fried noodles with strips of pork; and there's fried noodles
with three delicious things.

I want fried noodles with three delicious things.

Fine.

PART III

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  20.   W8 yào chī chāo jīdàn gēn huStuī.   I want to eat scrambled eggs and ham.
  21.   W3 he kāfēi♦                        I'll drink coffee.
  22.   W3 hāi yào kāo miànbāo.             I also want some toast.
  23.   Qīng zài lāi yìbēi kāfēi.           Please bring another cup of coffee.
  2U.   Ut ybu shaobing ma?                 Do you have sesame rolls?
  25.   W6 yào li&nggēn yóutiáo.            I want two deep-fried twists.
  26.   Ni hS bu he dòiijiāng?              Do you drink dòufiāng?
  27.   Nl xlhuan ti&nde hàishi xi&nde?     Do you like the sweet kind or the salty kind?
  28.   Mtnqtian z&oshang gèi nin yubei.    We'll prepare it for you tomorrow morning.
  ----- ----------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------

NOTES ON PART III

ch&o Jīdàn: This is literally translated as 'fried eggs'. Since chāo
means 'to stir fry’, however, it actually refers to scrambled eggs.

kāo miàribāo: 'Toast'. This phrase is the verb kāo 'to roast' and the
word for 'bread', miànbāo.

Qīng zài líi...: Here again you see the verb lāi used to mean 'bring*.
The word zài is the adverb 'again'. Literally translated, this phrase
means something like 'Please again bring...'. This is the standard way
to ask someone to bring more of something.

shāobing: This is a baked roll with layers of dough and covered with
sesame seeds. It comes in two shapes, one oblong and the other round
like an English muffin, only not as thick. It is usually eaten at
breakfast.

liǎnggēn yóutiǎo: This is a long, twisted, puffy roll which is
deep-fried. It resembles a cruller, but it is not sweet. Literally, the
name means 'oil stick'. It is usually eaten at breakfast, along with
dòujiāng and perhaps a shǎobing. The counter for long, thin objects,
like yéutiǎo is -gēn.

dòujiāng: This is a liquid produced when beancurd, dòufu, is made from
soybeans. It is white, resembling milk, and high in protein. It may be
flavored so that it is sweet or salty. It is sometimes called soybean
milk.

tiǎnde/xiǎnde: Many foods in China such as bāozi and ddujlǎng come in
two sorts: tiǎnde and xiǎnde. Although the Chinese categorize foods as
either salty or sweet, this does not mean that food which is labeled
'salty' is terribly salty. Sometimes the label 'salty' simply means 'not
sweet'.

Peking:

A conversation at the Peking Hotel.

M: ZSo!

F: Nín hǎo! Nín xiǎng chi diar shénme?

M: NĪmen ySu shǎobing, yáutiǎo ma?

F: Shǎobing, yéutiǎo, jIntian méiyou. Míngtian chi ba! Nl hē bu he
ddujiāng?

F: Chi shǎobing, yéutiǎo, déi hē ddujiāng.

F: Nl xìhuan tiǎnde hǎlshi xiǎnde?

M: WS xlhuan tiǎnde.

F: Hǎo, míngtian zǎoshang gěi nín yùbei. Jintian nín chi shénme?

Good morning!

How are you? What would you like to eat? '

Do you have sesame rolls, and deep-fried twists?

Today there aren't any crisp sesame rolls or deep-fried twists. How
about having them tomorrow? Do you drink doujiang?

When you eat crisp sesame rolls or deep-fried twists you should drink
doujiang.

Do you like the sweet kind or the salty kind?

I like the sweet kind.

All right, we'll prepare it for you tomorrow morning. What will you eat
today?

  ---- ----------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------
  M:   W3 chī chǎo jīdǎn, huǎtul, kǎo miǎnbāo.   I'll have scrambled eggs, ham and toast.
  F:   He shénme?                                What will you drink?
  M:   Kāfēi.                                    Coffee.
  F:   Hao.                                      Good.
  ---- ----------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------

(Later.)

M: Qlng zài lái yìbēi kāfēi

Please bring another cup of coffee.

F: Hǎo.

All right.

NOTES ON THE DIALOGUE

Breakfast at the Peking Hotel: The Peking Hotel is said to have the best
Western style food in the city. While they serve both Western and
Chinese style lunches and dinners, they are not always prepared to serve
certain kinds of Chinese breakfast foods, such as shāobing and yáutiáo.
If you would like to eat these typical Chinese breakfast foods you
should ask in advance.

  ----- -------------- -------------------------------------------------------
  29.   xíf&n          a gruel of rice and water usually eaten for breakfast
  30.   mántou         eteamed bread
  31.   xihóngshlshi   tomato juice
  32.   jùzi shut      orangeade, orange juioe
  33.   ehulgub        fruit
  3U.   xiǎngjiao      banana
  ----- -------------- -------------------------------------------------------

xlfàn: This is another breakfast food. It is a white ‘ porridge made of
rice and water. In the northern parts of China it is eaten along with
salted pickles, ham, salted vegetables, salted eggs or peanuts.

mántou: 'Steamed bread.'. While the word miànbāo refers to Western style
bread, mántou refers to a Chinese version of bread, a large steamed roll
made of white dough. It is heavy and moist with no crust.

Vocabulary

+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| bāozi                             | steamed rolls made of bread dough |
|                                   | with a filling of meat and/or     |
|                                   | vegetables, or sweet bean paste.  |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| càidānzi (yìzhāng) chāo           | menu                              |
|                                   |                                   |
| chāo miàn chī                     | fried, to fry, sauté fried        |
|                                   | noodles                           |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | to eat                            |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| diān                              | to order                          |
|                                   |                                   |
| dàufiāng                          | soy bean milk, soy milk           |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| gii ntn yùbei gāi wo lái (noun)   | to prepare for you bring me       |
| guōtiē                            | (something) steam-fried dumplings |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| he huōtul                         | to drink ham                      |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| -Jiǎo jiàoai jīdàn jfai shut      | dumpling                          |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | boiled dumpling                   |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | (chicken) egg                     |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | orangeade, orange juice           |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| kāfēi kāo                         | coffee roasted, toasted           |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| là                                | peppery-hot                       |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| mántou miàn miànbāo               | eteamed bread noodles bread       |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| niúrdu niúrdu miàn                | beef soup-noodles with beef       |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| p&igìl miàn                       | soup-noodles with a pork ohop     |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Qīng zài lái...                   | Please bring another...           |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| ràusl ohào miàn                   | fried noodles with shreds of      |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| ròusi miàn                        | pork                              |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | soup-noodles with shreds of pork  |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+

sànxiàn ohào miàn shāobing ...sfyénmeds shulguÓ suān suíhiàn

tāng ting alia tián

teián xi&ngjiào xifàn xih6ngshìshl

yìngzi yìlóng

yóutiio

zhēng

noodles fried with three fresh things

sesame rolls ...and so on fruit to he sour as you like

soup soup-noodles to be sweet

to be salty banana gruel of rioe and water tomato juice

kind, variety a tier of a steamer

deep-fried twist

to cook something hy steaming

Restaurant Module, Unit 2

PART I

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  1.    Shénme shi kèfàn?                                 What is a fixed meal?
  2.    Kèfàn Jiù shi yíge tāng, yíge cài, hái y3u fàn.   A 'fixed meal' is a soup, a main dish, and rice.
  3.    Kèfàn jiù y3u yìzhSng ma?                         Is there only one kind of 'fixed meal'?
  U.    Nl shuō nāge cài hāochí?                          Which dish did you say is tasty?
  5.    W3 huì yàng kuàizi.                               I can use chopsticks.
  6.    W3 ydng kuàizi chi fàn.                           I eat with chopsticks.
  7.    Nl xíhuan chī niúròu hāishi chi JI.               Do you like to eat beef or chicken?
  8.    VS xiSng oht dian ji&nddnde.                      J want to tat something simple.
  9.    Xiàoi sài dht biède.                              Next time eat something else.
  10.   qingjiāo niúrdu                                   beef with green pepper
  11.   báiōài ròusi                                      shreds of pork with oabbage
  12.   xuèddu jipiàn                                     aMoken slices with snow peas
  ----- ------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------

NOTBS ON PART I

kèfàn: This refers to a type of meal in which soup, a main dish, rice
and tea are all served for one price. Much of the meal is prepared ahead
of time, which makes it quick, convenient and inexpensive for the
customer. It is referred to here as a 'fixed meal*. Other translations
are 'fixed dinner', 'blue plate special' and 'combination plate'.

Kèfàn jiù you yìzhSng ma?: When you ask this question, the person you
are speaking to might think you are asking about the different price
categories that kèfàn is available in. Restaurants which offer kèfàn
often have an inexpensive, a moderate and a top-of-the-line kèfàn each
day.

cài: This is the word for any dish which is not soup, rice or noodles.

yòng: Like the word gěi, 'to give', the word yòng can act aa either a
full verb or a prepositional verb. As a full verb, it means 'to use*. As
a prepositional verb, it means 'with'. Here are some examples of both
usages.

Nī kéyi yòng wěde diànshàn.      You can use my electric fàn.

Tā yòng kuàizi chī fàn.          He eats with chopsticks.

jī: While often the word for a type of meat, such as 'beef, niúròu,
contains the syllable ròu, 'meat', the word for chicken does not.

xiàcì: The words for 'last time', 'this time' and 'next time' are formed
according to the same principle as you've learned for other time words,
like 'last week' and 'last month'. ‘

+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| shàngcì shàngge xingqī shàngge    | last time last week làst month    |
| yuè                               |                                   |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| zhècì                             | this time this week this month    |
|                                   |                                   |
| zhège xingqi zhège yuè            |                                   |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| xiàcì xiàge xingqī xiàge yuè      | next time next week next month    |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+

Taipei:

A conversation between an American woman and a Chinese friend, who are
out to eat on their lunch hour.

M: NX xiàng chī shenme?

F: W5 xlāng chī dian jilndānde.

M: Nà, chī kèfàn zènmeyàng?

F: Shénme shi kèfàn?

M: Kèfàn Jiù shi yíge tāng, yíge cài, hái ySu fan.

F: Kèfàn jiù yōu yìzhōng ma?

M: Bù. Yōu sān-slzhōng. Yòu sìshikuàide, yōu wǔshikuàide, yōu
liùshikuàide.

F: Dōu yōu shénme cài?

M: Jīntian yōu báicài ròusi, qingjiāo niúròu, xuédòu Jīpiàn.

F: Nī shuō n&ge cài h&ochl?

M: Dōu hén h&o. Jīntian nī kéyi chī qingjiāo niúròu. Xiàci zài chī
biéde.

F: H&o.

M: H&o. Nī yào yíge qīngjiāo niúròu. Wō lái yíge xuèdòu Jīpiàn.

What do you want to eat?

I want to eat something simple.

Then how about eating a 'fixed meal'?

What is a 'fixed meal'?

A 'fixed meal' is a soup, a main dish, and rice.

Is there only one kind of 'fixed meal'?

No. There are three or four kinds. There's the forty dollar kind, the
fifty dollar kind, and the sixty dollar kind.

What main dishes do they have?

Today there's shreds of pork with cabbage, beef with green peppers, and
chicken slices with snow peas.

Which dish do you say is more tasty?

They are all good. Today you might eat beef with green peppers. Next
time eat something else.

Okay.

Okay. You take the beef with green peppers. I'll have the chicken slices
with snow peas.

M: Nl huì yòng kuàizi ba?           You can use chopsticks, I

suppose?

F: WS zài Míiguo yljing             I learned in America,

xuíguo.

NOTES ON THE DIALOGUE

Nà: At the beginning of the sentence, nà means 'then* or 'veil then'.

Y8u sān-sìzhōng: 'three or four kinds'. Two consecutive numbers may be
used together to give the idea of an approximate figure. The exception
to this rule is that 10 and multiples of 10 can not combine with the
number coming immediately before or after them. You will learn this in
more detail in the Transportation Module.

H&o. NX yào yíge clngjiāo niúrdu. .While at an informal meal each person
at the table may choose one of the dishes, everyone at a Chinese meal
eats from all the dishes, which are put in the center of the table.

Taipei:

A conversation in a small restaurant.

M: NX xi&ng chi shénme?

F: Wō xiàng chi dian Jiàndinde.

M: Nà wōmen chi kèfàn ba.

F: Hāo a. Nl chlguo tāmen zhèlide kèfàn ma?

M: Chlguo.

F: Hāo bu hàochī?

M: Dōu hèn hlochì.

What would you like to eat?

I would like to eat something simple.

Then let's eat the 'fixed meal'.

Okay. Have you eaten any of their 'fixed meals' here?

Yes.

Are they tasty?

All were very tasty.

F: Kèfàn dōu yōu shénme yàngde cài?

M: Yōu sānzhōng. Yìzhōng shi qingjiāo niúrèu, yìzhōng shi báicài ròusī,
yìzhōng shi xuědòu Jípiàn.

F: Wō yào qīngjiāo niúròu.

M: Wō yào xuédōu Jipiàn.

What kinds of main dishes are there in the ’fixed dinners'?

There are three kinds. One kind is beef with green peppers, one kind is
pork shreds with cabbage, one kind is chicken slices with snow peas.

I’ll have the beef with green peppers.

I’ll have the chicken slices with snow peas.

MOTES ON THE DIALOGUE

HSO BU HSOCHL?: The compound h&ochì, 'to be tasty', can be broken apart
to form a question.

Kèfàn dōu yōu shénme yàngde cài?: The adverb dōu in this sentence refers
to the plural subject kèfàn, 'fixed dinners'.

PART II

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  13.   Wo yào xiārén chǎo miàn.                I want fried noodles with shrimp.
  1U.   Women hái yào yíge báicài dòufu tāng.   We also want a cabbage and bean curd soup.
  15.   Huotuí chāo fàn bú cud.                 The fried rice with ham is not bad.
  16.   LiSngge cài yíge tāng gòu le.           Two main dishes and one soup is enough.
  17.   Bié kèqi.                               Don't be formal. (Don't stand on ceremony.)
  18.   W3 yījing bāo le.                       I've already had my fill.
  19.   Qíng ni gěi wo zhàngdānzi.              Please give me the check.
  20.   Jiù zhèyàng le.                         That'll be it.
  21.   Ni duo ahi yidiSn.                      Eat a little more.    >
  22.   W zài ahi.                              I am eating.
  ----- --------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------

NOTES ON PART II

xiārén: This word refers to small shrimp without shells.

dòufu: ’Bean curd’. This is a soft white substance made from soybeans,
with the consistency of jello or custard. It has only a faint taste, but
is rich in protein and minerals. It is a staple found all over the
Orient and may be found in everyday food as well as festive foods.

bú cud: This phrase is used for 'not bad*, in the sense of 'pretty
good', 'pretty well', 'all right'.

Bié kèqi: Because this phrase is one of the most basic phrases in the
system of Chinese customs and manner, it is difficult to translate.
Here, it may be translated as 'Don't be formal.' or 'Don't stand on
ceremony.' But it should be viewed in context to determine its full
meaning.

bāo: This is an adjectival verb meaning 'to be satisfied', literally 'to
be full'.

Nl duō chi yìdi&n: Notice the word order of this sentence. The word du5
is used as an adverb, and therefore precedes the verb chi. The word
yìdiān is used as the object of the action and therefore follows the
verb.

Wō zài chī: The word zài can be used as a marker of ongoing action^
You’ll learn more about this in the Meeting Module.

Taipei:

A conversation between two friends lunchtime.

M: Zhèlide chSo miàn, chāo fàn gén tāng miàn dōu bú cud.

F: Dōng wo kànkan càidānzi.

... Wōmen yào yíge xiārén chāo miàn, hāo bu hao? NÌ zài di&n yíge ba.

M: Wōmen yào yíge huōtuí chāo fàn, hāo bu hao? Zài yào yíge cài gēn yíge
bíicài dōufu tāng.

F: Wō xiāng tài duō le. Bú yào cài le.

F: Jiù yào yíge chāo fàn, yíge miàn, yíge tāng, Jiù gōu le.

in a small restaurant at

The fried noodles, fried rice and soup-noodles are all good here.

Wait while I have a look at the menu. ... We'll have a fried noodles
with shrimp. Okay? You order something else.

We'll have a ham fried rice, all right? And another main dish and a
cabbage and bean curd soup.

I think that's too much. Let's not have the main dish.

If we Just have one fried rice, one noodle dish, and one soup, then
that'll be enough.

(Now the man speaks to the waiter.)

M: Wōmen yào yíge xiārún chāo miàn, yíge huōtuí chāo fàn, híi yào yíge
bíicài ddufu tāng. Jiù zhèyàng le.

We want a fried noodles with shrimp, a ham fried rice, a cabbage and
bean curd soup. That'll be it.

(Later while they are eating.)

F: Zhège xiārén chǎo miàn hǎn hǎo chī. HuÚtuī chǎo fin yǎ bú cud. NX duo
chī yìdiǎn. Bií kèqi.

M: W8 zài chī. Nī yǎ bié kèqi. Duo chī yìdiǎn.

The fried noodles with shrimp is very good. The ham fried rice isn't bad
either. Eat a little more. Don't be formal. (Please help yourself.)

I am eating. Don't you be formal either. Eat a little more.

(After they have finished eating.)

M: NĪ yào bu yao chī dian tiǎn diǎnxīn?

Do you want to eat seme dessert?

I don't want any more. I’ve already had my fill.

F: Bú yào le. W3 yījing bǎo le.

(He speaks with the waiter.) M; Qīng ni gǎi wo zhàngdinsi.

Please give me the check.

BOTES ON THE DIALOGUE

Nī zài diǎn yí«e ba.: The word zài here means 'additionally' or 'more'.

W5 xiǎng tài duo le, Bú yào cài le ba.; Here are two examples of the
marker le for new situations. In the first sentence it is necessary to
use le to indicate that the food order has now become too much. In the
second sentence, it is necessary to use the marker le to indicate that
the meat and vegetable is not wanted anymore.

23. M HnMolt.

I’vt had plenty.

Taipei:

At another small restaurant:

M: NĪ xlǎng chī shénme?

F: WSmen dian yíge chǎo miàn, yíge chǎo fan. Zài léi yíge tāng,
zǎnmeyàng?

M: Hāo a. Nī xiǎng chī shénme chǎo miàn, chǎo fan a?

F: Suíbiàn. NĪ diǎn ba.

M: WSmen diǎn yíge xiārén chǎo miàn, yíge huòtuī jīdàn chǎo fan. Hǎi lài
yíge báicài dòufu tāng, hǎo bu hao?

F: Hǎo.

(After they have finished eating.

M: Nī xiǎng bu xiang chī dian tiénde dōngxi?

F: Bú yào le. WS bǎo le.

M: Nī bié kèqi a!

F: WS bú shi kèqi. WS chīde hen bǎo le.

What do you want to eat?

We’ll order a fried noodles, and a fried rice, and also have them bring
soup, all right?

Okay. What kind of fried noodles and fried rice do you want to eat?

As you like. You order.

We’ll order a fried noodles with shrimp, a fried rice with ham and eggs,
and have them bring a cabbage and bean curd soup, all right?

Good.

Do you want to eat something sweet?

I don't want anything else. I've had enough.

Have some more!

Thanks. I've had plenty.

NOTES ON THE DIALOGUE

Zài lai yíge tāng, zǎnmeyàng?: Here you see another example of the word
zài. meaning 'additionally* or 'more'.

Nl xiǎng bu xiang chi dian tiǎnde dōngxi?: The Chinese are not
accustomed to eating desserts as are some other cultures. While they
have invented some rather lucious desserts, these are usually served
only at more formal dinners. At a modest meal or in a xiǎochìdiàn, the
only dessert available is probably fruit.

PART III

  ----- ------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
  2U.   W5 zhldao nī xīhuan chī làde.   I know you like to eat peppery-hot things.
  25-   Dángrán hái yào yíge tāng.      Of course, we'll also want a soup.
  26.   Nī ,1 iàode tài duō le.         You've ordered too imich.
  2T.   Mapó dòufu.                     a spiay Szechuan dish made with bean curd
  28.   yíixiāng giézi                  aromatic fish-style eggplant (A Szeahwan dieh)
  29.   góngbdo aiding                  diced chicken, bamboo shoots, onions, and red peppers (a Szeahwan dish)
  30.   xiarén guōba tāng               shrimp and sizzling rice soup
  31.   bàsl pingguo                    spun taffy apples
  ----- ------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------

NOTES ON PART III

zhldao: The verb ’to know*, zhldao is a state verb and therefore can be
negated, only with the syllable bù.

W3 zuótian bù zhldao tā          Yesterday I didn’t know

zài nār.                          where he was.

Notice also that the verb 'to know', zhldao, has a neutral tone on the
last syllable. But when it is negated, the verb 'to know' has tones on
all syllables, bù zhīdào.

Nī .Hàode tài duo le.; 'You've ordered too much.' A more literal
translation might be 'What you’ve ordered is too much.' The phrase Nt
jiàode is a modifying phrase with the modified noun (perhaps 'food' or
'dishes') deleted.

Máp6 dòufu: This is a peppery hot dish made of bean curd, finely chopped
beef or pork and hot bean paste. This dish is typical of the Szechwan
style of cooking, which is noted for hot spicy dishes.

yúxiāng qiézi: This name literally means ’fragrant-fish eggplant *.
However. there is no fish used in the preparation of the dish. It is
made with scallions, ginger, garlic, hot bean paste, vinegar and soy
sauce. Yúxiāng refers to a famous Szechwan manner of preparation which
was originally used to make fish dishes, but was later applied to other
foods, such as pork, beef, and eggplant.

jlding: Earlier you saw the word jīpiān. 'chicken slices', now you see
the word jlding, which means 'chicken cubes' or 'diced chicken'. Both
are commonly used in the names of dishes.

gōngbāo Jiding: This is a famous dish which originated in Szechwan. It
is made with diced chicken, bamboo shoots, scallions, red peppers, soy
sauce, and garlic.

xiārén guoba tāng; This is a shrimp and tomato soup into which squares
of dried crispy rice are dropped. These squares of rice bear some
resemblance to 'rice crispies'. They are the crisp browned part of the
rice left at the bottom of the pot. As the crispy rice squares are
poured into the hot soup, a sizzling, crackling sound is given off.

básī píngguo: This is a dessert made of apple slices Which are covered
with a light batter and- deep fried. The fried apples are then dipped in
a hot mixture of sugar-syrup and sesame seeds. The apples are coated
much in the same way taffy apples are. These hot sugar-coated apples are
then dropped into a bowl of ice water, which hardens the sugar syrup
covering into a crisp candy coating. The result is a dessert which
combines a number of textures and tastes. The name for this dessert is
translated many ways: 'spun taffy apples', 'caramel apple fritters',
'pulled silk apples'. Bananas can also be prepared in this way.

Taipei:

A conversation between two Chinese friends who are out to dinner

in a Szechwan restaurant.

M: Nī xiǎng chī shénme cài?

F: Suíbiàn. Nī diǎn ba.

M: W3 zhīdao nī xīhuan chī làde. Women diǎn yíge Mǎpé dòufu, yíge
yúxiāng qiézi, yíge gōngbǎo Jīdīng, zǎnmeyàng? Dāngrǎn hái yào yíge
tāng.

F: Ei, nī Jiàode tài duo le. WSmen liǎngge rén Jiào liǎngge cài, yíge
tāng Jiù gòu le.

M: Hǎo. Nàme nī shuō wSmen Jiao nǎi liǎngge cài.

F: Yíge MapS dòufu, yíge gōngbǎo Jīdīng, hǎi yào yíge xiārén guōba tāng,
hǎo bu hao?

M: Hǎo. Zài yào yíge bǎsī píngguo.

F: Hǎo.

What would you like to eat?

As you like. You order.

I know you like to eat peppery-hot things. How about if we order Mapó
bean curd, yuxiāng eggplant and chicken cubes with red peppers? Of
course we'll also want a soup.

Hey, you’ve ordered too much. If the two of us order two dishes and one
soup, that will be enough.

Okay. Then which two dishes do you say we should order?

Mǎpé bean curd, chicken cubes with red peppers, and shrimp and sizzling
rice soup, okay?

Okay. And spun taffy apples.

Okay.

NOTES ON THE DIALOGUE

Dinner in a Szechwan Restaurant; China has a rich and varied tradition
of cooking, due to the size of the country, the many different foods
available, and the long history of its culture. The numberous styles of
cooking may be grouped into the following schools: The Northern School
(Jīng cài), The Sichuan School (Chuān Cài), The Húnǎn School (Xiǎng
Cài), The Shànghǎi School (HÙ Cài). The Fújiàn School (Mln Cài), The
Canton School (Yuè Cài)» each with its own distinct style and famous
dishes. It is common to find restaurants representing most of these
schools of cooking in many cities in China.

Dāngr&n h&i yào yíge tāng: The speaker says 'Naturally w'n also want a
soup.' because soup is a part of every Chinese meal, from the simplest
lunch to the most elaborate dinner. The reason for this is that, unless
toasts are being drunk, the Chinese do not drink beverages along with
their meal. The soup, which is served at the end of the meal, is the
main liquid of the meal.

  ----- --------------------------- --------
  32.   xihíngsM (Northern China)   tomato
  33.   fānqii (Southern China)     tomato
  3U.   ahāsi                       fork
  35.   dāosi                       knife
  36.   shaèr (shāozl)              spoon
  37.   tiáoging                    spoon
  ----- --------------------------- --------

shíor (shíozi)/tiíogēng: The word shāor is used more in Peking, while
tiāogēng is used in other parts of the country, too.

Vocabulary

biiaài bio biéde bié kèqi

bú cuò

cài ohāzi

dāngrin dāozi dòufu

fānqié

hǎochī

JI ji&ndānde Jiào jtding jipiàn

kèfàn

qiézi qingjiāo

shàor

tiàogèng

xiàoi xiārén xihSngsht xuédbu.

cabbage

to be satisfied

other, different

don't be formal; don't stand on ceremony

'not bad', in the sense of ’pretty good', 'pretty well'

main dishes, food

fork

naturally, of course knife soy bean curd

tomato

to be tasty, good to eat

chicken

something simple to order diced chicken chicken slices

'fixed meal', a type of meal in which soup, a main dish, rice and tea
are all served for one price.

eggplant green pepper

spoon

spoon

next time

shrimp tomato

snow peas

+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| yìzhòng yòng yòng kuàizi          | a kind, one kind                  |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | to use; with                      |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | to use chopsticks; with           |
|                                   | chopsticks                        |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| zhàngdānzi zhldao                 | check to know                     |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+

Restaurant Module, Unit 3

PART I

+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 1.                    | Wō bù dōu kàndedǒng.  | I can’t read all of   |
|                       |                       | it.                   |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 2.                    | Tīngting nīde jiànyì  | Let’s hear your       |
|                       | ba.                   | suggestions.          |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 3.                    | Jlntiande huānghuā vú | Today’s yellow fish   |
|                       | hen xlnxian.          | is fresh.             |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| U.                    | Lai ge Hongshāo Yú    | How about having one  |
|                       | gen yíge Cōngbào      | Red-cooked Fish and   |
|                       | Niúròu, zài lái yige  | one Beef with Spring  |
|                       | Yúxiāng Qiézi, hāo bu | Onions, and then how  |
|                       | hao?                  | about an Aromatic     |
|                       |                       | Fish-style Eggplant?  |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 5.                    | Wo hen xīhuan Zhàcài  | I like Szechwan Hot   |
|                       | RÒusī Tāng.           | Pickled Cabbage and   |
|                       |                       | Pork Shreds Soup.     |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 6.                    | Nímen yào chī mīfàn   | Do you want to eat    |
|                       | háishi huājuǎr?       | rice or flower-rolls? |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| T.                    | Qing ni suan yíxià    | Please figure out the |
|                       | zhàng, bǎ xiǎofěi yě  | bill, and figure in   |
|                       | suàn zài līmian.      | the tip, too.         |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 8.                    | Iftmen jiwèi?         | How many are you?     |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 9.                    | \tŌ gěi nimen zhǎo ge | I’ll look for seats   |
|                       | wèizi.                | for you.              |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 10.                   | Jintiande oài dōu zài | The dishes for today  |
|                       | heibanshang xiězhe    | are written on the    |
|                       | ne.                   | blackboard.           |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 11.                   | Zhèr shi gōngnángbìng | This is a laborers',  |
|                       | shitáng.              | farmers’, and         |
|                       |                       | soldiers’ dining      |
|                       |                       | hall.                 |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 12.                   | Zhèr mèi shénme hǎo   | There really aren’t   |
|                       | oài, ohīdelái ma?     | any unusually good    |
|                       |                       | dishes here.          |
|                       |                       |                       |
|                       |                       | Is it all right for   |
|                       |                       | you?    1             |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

NOTES ON PART I

kāndedǒng: This is a compound verb of result meaning ’can read and
understand (It)’. Its negative counterpart is klnbudSng, ’can’t read and
understand (it)’. See Meeting Module. Reference Notes for Unit 1 for a
discussion of compound verbs of result.

Tā xiěde zì, wo kānbudSng. I can't read (understand) his writing.

Huánghuā Yú: The Seiaena Sohelegelì is translated here as 'yellow fish'.
It is sometimes referred to in Chinese as huáng yu. In English, it is
also called croaker, drum fish, or China Bass. Since the huánghuā yú is
a fish native to China, any American fish name given to it, such as
croaker, is at best only a rough equivalent.

Húngshāo Yú: The ’red-cooked' style of cooking involves stewing the
meat, or in this case, the fish, in soy sauce, sherry and water. It is
called 'red-cooked' because of the reddish-brown color the soy sauce
gives the dish.

Cōngbào Niúròu: Beef with Spring Onions. Literally, this means 'spring
onions-fried beef*. Bào is another method of cooking. It is similar to
chǎo 'sauté', but uses less oil and highet heat.

Zhācāi RousI Tāng: Although translated here as 'Szechwan Hot Pickled
Cabbage . zhācāi is properly made from mustard green roots preserved
with salt and hot pepper. It can be used to flavor foods or it can be
eaten by itself.

mlfǎn: This word refers to cooked rice. It can also refer to rice
dishes, such as chǎo fan.

huājuǎr: Flower-rolls are made of steamed bread, which has been shaped
into layers resembling petals.

suān yíxiā zhāng: The verb suān means 'to figure, to calculate '. Suan
zhāng means 'to figure accounts', 'to calculate the bill'. Here the word
yíxiā follows the verb. The use of yíxiā after a verb has an effect
similar to reduplicating the verb, that is it makes the action more
casual.

zāi hēibǎnshang xiǎzhe ne: -Zhe is the marker of DURATION of actions and
states. It indicates that an action or state lasted for an amount of
time. The marker ne, on the other hand, marks ONGOING (and therefore
present) actions or states. In this expression the marker -zhe tells us
that at some time the dishes CONTINUE in the state of being written on
the blackboard, and the marker ne tells us that that state is GOING ON
now. -Zhe is used in sentences to describe activities which last over a
period of time, whether that time is past, present or future. A verb
plus -zhe in Chinese often corresponds to the ’-ing’ form of the verb in
English.

Zōuzhe qù kéyi ma?

WSmen zuòzhe shuō huà, h£o bu hao?

MÍngtian wǎnshang, women shi zuòzhe chī, háishi zhànzhe chī?

Tā hái bìngzhe ne.

Can you get there by walking?

Let's sit awhile and talk, okay?

Tomorrow night will it be a sit-down dinner or will we eat standing up?

He is still sick.

gōngnōngbíng: This expression is a conglomeration of the words for
worker, gōngren, 'farmer’, nōngmín, and 'soldier', bing. Notice that the
first syllable (or only syllable) of each is used to make this
abbreviated form.

chīdelái: This is a compound verb of result with the syllable -de-
inserted between the action verb and the ending verb. This pattern is
₍used to express the meaning 'able to ____'. Usually

the second verb of the compound expresses the specific result of the
action, but here the verb lái expresses only the general idea of result.
(The verb lái in this position has been called a 'dummy result ending'.
Qù can also be used this way.) Although no specific result is expressed
here, the pattern is still used because it expresses the idea of 'can'
or 'able to*.

Měiguo cài, wǒ zuòdelúi;

Zhōngguo cài, wS zuòbulái.

Měiguo cài, w8 huì zuò;

Zhōngguo cài, wō bú huì zuò.

I can cook American food, I can't cook Chinese food.

I can cook American food, I can't cook Chinese food.

Peking:

Three American women, who have spent the morning sightseeing, enter a
cafeteria in a park. It is lunchtime and there are many people. As the
women get in line to order, an attendant in the cafeteria comes up to
them.

M: Nīmen sānwèi ma?! Wō gSi nīmen zhSo ge wèizi, zhèr rén tài duo. Qīng
gěn wo lái.

F: Xièxie.

(After sitting down.)

M: Nīmen yào chī diar shénme?

F: Tāmen dōu xiāng chī shénme? (looking at her 'friends and deferring
politely.)

M: Jīntiande cài dōu zài hěibān-shang xlézhe ne.

F: Wō bù dōu kàndedōng. Tīngting' nīde Jiànyì ba.

M: Jīntiande huánghuā yú hén xīnxian. Lái ge Hōngshāoyú, yige Cōngbào
Niúrdu, zài lái yíge Yúxiāng Qiízl, hāo bu hao?

F: Hāo. Jīntlan yōu shénme tāng?

M: Jīntlan shi Xīhōngshì Jīdàn Tāng.

F: Wō hén xīhuan Zhàcài Rōusī Tāng. Nīmen yōu ma?

M: Wōmen kéyi géi nl zud.

F: Hāojíle.

There are three of you?! I’ll look for seats for you. There are too many
people here. Please follow me.

Thank you.

What would you like?

What would they like?

The dishes for today are written on the blackboard.

I can't read all of it. Let's hear your opinion.

Today's yellow fish is fresh. How about one Red-cooked Fish, one Beef
and Spring Onions, and one Aromatic Fish-style Eggplant, all right?

What kind of soup is there today?

Today it's Tomato and Egg Soup.

I like Szechwan Hot Pickled Cabbage and Pork Shreds Soup very much. Do
you have it?

We can make some for you.

Wonderful.

M: Nīmen yào chī mlfan hǎishi huājuǎr?

F: Lǎi sānwǎn fàn, sānge huājuǎr ba.

M: Nīmen huì yòng kuàizi ba?

F: Huì yòng, kěshi yòngde bú tài hǎo.

(After eating.)

F: Cài hen hǎo.

M: NÍn chīhǎo le?! Women zhèr shi gōngnóngbīng shitang. Mei shínme hǎo
cài. Chīdelǎi ba?

F: Fēichǎng hǎo. WSmen dōu chīde hen bǎo. Yígòng duōshao qiǎn?

M: NÍn deng wo suànsuan... Yígòng wǔkuài liù.

F: Xièxie. Zàijiàn.

M: Bú xiè. Qīng zài lai.

Do you want to eat rice or flower rolls

How about bringing three bowls of rice and three flower-rolls?

Can you use chopsticks?

Yes, but not too well.

The food was good.

Are you finished?! This is a laborers’, farmers’, and soldiers' dining
hall. There really aren't any unusually good dishes here. Was it all
right for you?

It was very good! We've all had plenty. How much is it altogether?

Wait while I figure it out... Altogether it's five dollars and sixty
cents.

Thank you. Good-bye.

Don't mention it. Please come again.

NOTES AFTER DIALOGUE IN PART I

Notice that in this situation the cafeteria attendant does not let the
foreigners stand in line for their food. Instead he waits on them
getting them special food when possible. The Chinese feel that
foreigners are their guests and should be treated accordingly.

Wo bù dōu kàndedǒng: Notice that the American woman chooses a rather
indirect way of letting the Chinese attendant know that she cannot read.
In the lines following, the attendant answers back simply suggesting
some of the more tasty dishes, a courteous and face-saving response.

Hui yòng, kěshi yōngde bú tài h&o: This is another courteous response.
Here the American lets it be known that they can handle chopsticks, but
does so modestly.

Chldelái ba?: Literally, ’Was it edible?’ or 'Could you eat it?'

Taipei:

Three friends enter a restaurant A waiter comes up to them.

M: Qingwèn, jiwèi?

F: Women yōu sānge rén.

M: Qíng gēn wo l&i. Zuò zài zhèli zěnmeyàng?

F: Hào, xièxie.

(After sitting down.)

M: Zhè shi càidān. Xiang diàn xiē shénme cài?

F: Women gang cóng Méiguo léi. Duì Zhōngguo cài bú tài dSng. Qíng ni
jièshào yíxià nimen zhèlide cài ba.

n downtown Taipei at lunchtime.

May I ask, how many are you?

There are three of us.

Please follow me. How about sitting here?

Fine, thank you.

This is the menu. What dishes would you like to order?

We've just come from America. We don't know much about Chinese food.
Please tell us about the dishes here.

M: WSmen zhèlide Hóngshāo Yú hen bú cuò. Cōngbào Niúròu, Yúxiāng Ròusi
ye hen hǎo.

F: Nà jiù Jiào zhè sānge cài ba.

M: Yào bu yao lái ge tāng?

F: Nimen yòu meiyou Zhàcài Ròusi Tāng?

M: You. Lái jīwǎn fan?

F: Xiān lái sānwǎn. Bú gòu zài jiào.

M: Nīmen huì bu hui yòng kuàizi? Rúguo bù fāngbian wo kéyi gǎi nīmen
huàn chāzi.

F: Bú yòng le. Wòmen dōu xīhuān yòng kuàizi. Ou! zhèli shǎole yíge
tiáogéng Qīng ni zài ná yige lái.

M: Hǎo, wo Jiù lái.

(After eating:)

M: Chī hǎole ba? Cài zǎnmeyàng?

F: Cài hǎn hǎo. WSmen chide hǎn bǎo. Qīng ni suàn yíxià zhàng, bǎ
xiǎofèi ye suàn zài līmian.

M: Hǎo, xièxie. Zhè shi zhàngdān.

The Red-cooked Fish is not bad here. The Beef with Spring Onions and the
Aromatic Fish-style Pork are also good.

Then we’ll order these three dishes.

Would you like to order a soup?

Do you have Szechwan Hot Pickled Cabbage and Pork Shreds Soup?

Yes. And how many bowls of rice shall I bring?

First bring three bowls. If that is not enough, then we’ll order more.

Can you use chopsticks? If it’s not convenient for you, I can change
them to forks.

It’s not necessary. We all like to use chopsticks.

Oh, we're short one spoon here. Please bring another.

Okay, I'll be right back.

Are you finished? How was the food?

The food was good. We've had plenty. Please figure out the bill, and
figure in the tip, too.

Okay, thank you. This is the bill.

UO

F: Zhè shi sānb&i kuài. Bú bi zh&o le. W3men z5u le. ZàiJian.

Here is three-hundred dollars Keep the change. We're leaving. Good-bye.

M: Xièxie. Zàljiàn.

Thank you. Goodbye.

NOTES AFTER DIALOGUE IN PART I

W&nen gang cúng Mèiguo lái: In this sentence and the ones which follow
the American modestly explains their situation and then asks for help.
The waiter replies in a friendly and polite manner.

PART II

-   1. Women hái méi chī ySumíngde Kǎo Yángrōu.

-   2. Chī Shuàn Yángròude shíhou hái chī shénme?

-   3. Chúle niú-yángròu yīwài, you shāobing, hái y3u háicài, fensI,
    shénmede.

U. Chī Shuàn Yángròu, dōu yōu shénme zuéliào?

-   5. Eng! Shuōde wǒ dōu £ le.

-   6. Ybu j icing yóu, xiāruj uóu, xiāna cài, doufù lǔ, ahlma jiang,
    shénmede.

-   7. Qu Hóngbinlóu ba.

-   8. Dui, jiù shi nèige Hutmtn fànguar.

We still have not eaten the famous Mongolian Barbecued Lamb.

When you’re having Mongolian Hot Pot, what else do you eat with it?

Aside from beef and lamb, there’s shaobing, cabbage, cellophane noodles
and so on.

When you're having Mongolian Hot Pot, what condiments are there?

We’ve talked so much I've gotten hungry.

There's soy sauce, sesame oil, Chinese parsley, fermented bean aurd
sauce, sesame paste, and so on.

Let's go to the Hóngbinlóu.

Right, it's that Moslem restaurant.

NOTES ON PART II

yōumíng: 'To be famous', literally, 'to have a name', is always negated
with méi.

Kǎo Yángrou: This is Mongolian Barbecued Lamb. It is thin slices of lamb
dipped in a sauce of soy sauce, scallions, Chinese parsley, sugar, and
sherry, and other condiments you can mix to your own taste, then grilled
quickly over high heat. This meal is prepared at specialty restaurants
which usually serve little else.

Shuàn Yángrōu: This meal requires that a pot with a source of heat
beneath it (huōguō, literally ’fire pot’) be placed in the middle of the
table. Usually the pot is shaped in a ring with a chimney containing the
heat source in the center. Each guest cooks his meat and vegetables in
the boiling water of the fire pot, often with four or five people
simultaneously keeping track of their food as it is cooking. After his
meat is cooked he then dips it into various sauces and eats it. By the
end of the meal, the water in the pot has become a highly flavored soup.
Fěnsi (see below) and vegetables are then dropped into it, and it is
eaten.

chúle...yiwài: This pattern is used to express the idea ’except for.•.’,
’besides...', or ’aside from...'. The second part, yiwài, is sometimes
omitted.

Wō chúle mǎi yìběn shū, hái In addition to buying one yào mǎi yìběn
zázhì.            book, I also want to buy

one magazine.

fěnsl: These are called ’cellophane noodles’ because their appearance is
clear and glass-like. They are made from pea-starch and are sometimes
called pea-starch noodles.

zuōliào: This refers to various sauces used to dip the'lamb in, and
therefore translates as 'condiment'. In other contexts, zuōliào can mean
'ingredient'.

shuōde wo dōu è le: Here you see a verb, shuō, the syllable de, and the
result of the action of talking (wō dōu ě le.) A literal translation of
the expression might be 'Talk to (the point that) I'm already hungry.'
The marker de carries the meaning 'to the point of, 'to the extent that*
in this expression.

xiāng cài: A coarse, leafy, strong tasting type of parsley.

Peking:

This conversation takes place in late spring in Peking. A foreign
student talks with a few of his Chinese classmates.

-   M: Wō lái Beijing zhànme jiǔ        I've been in Peking for so

le, hái méiyou jīhui qù          long and I haven't yet

chi yōumíngde Kao Yángrōu, had the chance to eat Shuàn Yángrōu.
                  the famous Mongolian

Barbecued Lamb or Lamb Hot Pot.

F: Rúguo xiǎng chī, jiù kuài qù chī ha. Tiān rè le, jiù méiyou le.

M: Nà zhǎo Jige péngyou zhèige Xīngqīliù qu chī Shuàn Yángrōu. Nī shuō
dào nǎr qù chī?

F: Qù Hōngbīnlōu ba. Nèige fànguǎr hen hǎo.

M: Hōngbīnlōu?! Shi bu shi zài Xīdān nàr? Wō Jide wō qù nàr chīguo
guōtiē.

F: Duì, Jiù shi nèige Huímín fànguǎr.

M: Tāmende guōtiē zhēn hǎochī yě piányi.

F: Wǔge guōtiē yìmáoèr, shi bu shi?

M: Shi, wō chile shiwǔge, mēi chī biéde, chide hen bǎo. Ei! Chī Shuàn
Yángròude shíhou hai chī shénme?

F: Chúle niú-yǎngròu yīwài, yōu shāobing, hǎi yōu báicài, fěnsī,
shénmede.

M: Chī Shuàn Yángròu dōu yōu shénme zuōliào?

F: Yōu Jiàng yōu, xiang yōu, xiǎng cài, dōufu lǔ, zhīma jiàng, shénmede.

If we want to eat it, then we should go soon. There won’t be any
available after the weather gets warmer.

Well then, let's find some friends and go eat Mongolian Lamb Hot Pot
this Saturday. Where do you think we should go?

Let's go to the Hōngbīnlōu. That's a good restaurant.

Hōngbīnlōu?! Is that over by the Xīdān? I remember I went there once and
ate guōtiē.

That's right, it's that Moslem restaurant.

Their guōtiē are really tasty and cheap.

Five guōtiē for twelve cents, right?

Yes, I ate fifteen, didn't eat anything else, and was full. Hey, when
you're having Lamb Hot Pot, what else do you eat?

Aside from beef and lamb, There's shāobing, cabbage cellophane noodles
and so on.

When you're having Mongolian Hot Pot, what condiments are there?

There's soy sauce, sesame oil, Chinese parsley, fermented bean curd
sauce, sesame paste, and so on.

M: Eng! Shuōde wō dōu è le, yā dào chī zhōngfànde shíhou le.

F: Zōu, qù shítáng chī fàn qù.

Oh, we’ve talked so much I've gotten hungry, and it's lunch time.

Let's go, we'll go to the dining hall and eat.

Taipei:

This conversation takes place in winter in Taipei. A foreign student and
some of his Chinese classmates are in a northern

Chinese restaurant, waiting for the

F: Jīntian chī Shuàn Yángrōu hen hǎo.

M: Shi, wō záo Jiù tīngshuō Shuàn Yángrōu shi yōumíngde Zhōngguo běifāng
cài.

F: Chī Shuàn Yángrōu, rén duō, chīqilai fēicháng yōu yìsi.

M: Tīngshuō chī Shuàn YángrŌude shíhou yào yōng hen duō zuōliào, shi bu
shi?

F: Duì, yōu Jiàng yōu, xiāng yōu, xiāng cài, dōufu lǔ, zhīma Jiàng.
Chúle rōu gēn zuōliào yīwài, hái yōu báicài, dōufu> fánsī, shénmede.

M: Dōngxi zhēn bù shāo a.

F: Hāo, nī kàn, lái le.

food to come.

It's nice to be having Mongolian Hot Pot today.

Yes, I've heard for a long time that Mongolian Hot Pot is a famous
northern Chinese dish.

If we have more people, eating Mongolian Hot, Pot is very interesting.

I've heard that when you eat Mongolian Hot Pot, you use a lot of
condiments.

That's right, there's soy sauce, sesame oil, Chinese parsley, femented
bean curd sauce, and sesame paste. Aside from the meat and the
condiments, there are also cabbage, dōufu, cellophane noodles, and so
on.

There are really lots of things.

Good, look, it*8 here.

NOTES AFTER DIALOGUE IN PART II

běifāng cài: The syllable -fang means ’place* or ’region*. It is added
to direction words to form the name of a place. Běifāng cài refers to
Northern Chinese cuisine. Nánfāng cài refers to cuisine south of the
Yangtze river, including the Shanghai school of cooking and the
Cantonese school of cooking.

PART III

  ---- ---------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------
  1.   Zhèxiē cài dōu shi wō zìjǐ zuòde.                    I cooked all these dishes myself.
  2.   Wō juéde Zhōngguo rén jiāli zuòde cài zhēn hāochī.   I feel that Chinese home-cooked dishes are truly tasty.
  3.   Lai ge báobing gēn Mùxu Ròu.                         Have a báobíng and some Moshi Pork.
  U.   Zhège sùcài hen xiāng.                               This vegetarian vegetable dish is very fragrant.
  5.   Zhège cāi Jiao Tánecù Báicài.                        This dish is called Sweet and Sour Cabbage.
  6.   Nī yào bu yao dian Qīngdòu Xiārén.                   Would you like some Shrimp with Green Peas?
  ---- ---------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------

NOTES ON PART III

báobǐng: These are thin, wheat cakes, usually rolled out and cooked in
pairs that are separated before use. They resemble thin, French crepes
in appearance. They are eaten with dishes instead of rice.

Mùxu Ròu: This is a pork dish cooked with egg. It is eaten with baobǐng.
A spoonful of Mùxu Ròu is placed in the middle of a báobìng. Then it is
rolled up and eaten.

sùcài: This is a vegetable dish made with no meat sauces or flavorings
at all, and is therefore correctly called a vegetarian vegetable dish.
Although sùcài are made without the use of meat sauces or meat
flavorings, they are often artfully seasoned and formed in such a way
that they resemble meat very closely.

xiāng: This is the adjectival verb *to be fragrant'. Zhège sùcài hen
xiāng., could also be translated as 'This vegetarian vegetable dish has
a good aroma'. The verb xiāng is often used when talking about food to
refer to dishes with garlic or ginger.

Taipei:

Miss Wang invites an American couple, Mr. and Mrs. White to her
apartment for dinner. They are just sitting down to dinner.

F: Qing zuò! Qing zuò!

... Dōu shi wō zìjl zuòde. Bu zhīdào hǎo bu hǎochī.

M: Yídìng hǎochī. Wō juǎde Zhōngguo rén jiāli zuòde cài zhēn hǎochī.

(As she gives Mr. White some f<

F: Lái ge bǎoblng gēn Mùxu Ròu.

Please sit down. Please sit down. ... I made this all myself. I don’t
know if it’s tasty or not.

It will certainly be tasty. I feel that Chinese home-cooked dishes are
truly tasty.

, Miss Wang says:)

Have a bǎoblng and some Moshi Pork.

M: Zhège sùcài hen xiǎng. Jiao shenme?

F: Jiào Tǎngcù Báicài.

M: Wǎng Xiǎojie, nī hǎn huì zuò cài. Nī shi zài nǎli xuǎde?

F: Jiù shi zài jiāli xuǎde.

Wō mùqin hǎn huì zuò cài, kǎshi wō jiù huì zuò jige cài, yǎ zuòde bú tài
hǎo.

M: Nī tài kèqi. Zhège shi xiā ba.

F: Duì le. Zhège shi Qīngdòu Xiārén. Nīmen hǎi yào bu yao diǎn fàn?

M: Bú yào le. Wōmen yījīng chide hǎn duō le.

F: Hǎo. Qīng nīmen duō chī diǎn cài.

This vegetarian vegetable dish is very fragrant. What is it called?

It's called Sweet and Sour Cabbage.

Miss Wang, you really know how to cook. Where did you learn?

I just learned at home. My mother really knows how to cook, but I only
know how to cook a few dishes, and I don’t make those very well.

You're too polite. This must be shrimp.

That's right. This is Shrimp with Green Peas. Would you like some more
rice?

No. We've already eaten a lot.

All right. Please have more of the dishes.

Vocabulary

+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| báobing                           | thin rolled, wheat-flour pancake  |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| ahidel&i                          | Is it all right for you (to eat)? |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| chúle ... yīwài cōng Cōngbào      | aside from, in addition to        |
| Niúròu cù                         | scallion                          |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | Beef with Spring Onions vinegar   |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| dòufu lǔ                          | fermented bean curd sauce         |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| è                                 | to be hungry                      |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| fěnsī                             | cellophane noodles                |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| gōngn&ngbing                      | workers, farmers, soldiers        |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| hēibSn Hóngbīnlóu Húngshāo Yú     | blackboard name of a restaurant   |
| huājuàr huánghuā yú HutrrAn       | Red-cooked Fish flower-rolls      |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | yellow fish           ¹           |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | Moslem                            |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Jiànyf jiàng you juéde            | proposal, suggestion soy sauce to |
|                                   | feel that                         |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| k&o                               | to roast                          |
|                                   |                                   |
| K&o Yángròu                       | Mongolian Barbecued Lamb          |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| mifàn                             | rice (cooked)                     |
|                                   |                                   |
| Mùxu Ráu                          | Moshi Pork (pork fried with eggs) |
|                                   | and served with báobing           |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| qīngdòu Qingdòu Xiārén            | green peas                        |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | Shrimp with Green Peas            |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| shit&ng Shuàn Y&ngrdu suàn suàn   | eating hall                       |
| zhang sùcài                       |                                   |
|                                   | Mongolian (Lamb) Hot Pot to       |
|                                   | calculate, figure out to figure   |
|                                   | out the check vegetable dishes    |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| tángcù                            | sweet and sour                    |
|                                   |                                   |
| Tángcù Báicài                     | Sweet and Sour Cabbage            |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | U9                                |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+

+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| -wM MWSÌ                          | counter for persons (polite)      |
|                                   | seat, place                       |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| xiāng xiāngcài xiāngyéu xilortl   | to be fragrant Chinese parsley    |
| xinxian                           | sesame oil tip, gratuity to be    |
|                                   | fresh                             |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| yíngrdu ySumíng                   | lamb to be famous                 |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| zhācāi                            | hot pickled, cabbage (Szechwan)   |
|                                   | marker of DURATION of an action   |
| -the                              |                                   |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| sWmtx jiàng zìjī zufiliāo         | sesame paste oneself              |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | condiments, ingredients           |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+

Restaurant Module, Unit U

PART I

-   1. Wō dǎsuan zhèige Xīngqīliù wǎnshang liùdiǎn zhōng ding yìzhuō xí.

-   2. Wō xiǎng zài nimen nàli qing liǎngzhuō kè.

-   3. Nī yào duōshao qiánde biāozhǔn?

b. Nī kàn duōshao qián yíge rén héshì ne?

-   5. Wōmen qlngde kèren duōbàn shi Zhōngguo rén.

-   6. Cài shi nī zìjī diǎn ne hǎishi ràng women pěi ne?

-   7. Sìge lěngpǎn, liùdào cài, yíge tāng, yíge tiáncài, zǎnmeyàng?

-   8. Jiǔ del lìngwài suàn.

-   9. Ěméi Canting

-   10. Xiàge Xingqitiān shi v<5 xiānshengde shēngri..

-   11. Fēngzèyuàn.

I’d like to arrange a (one table) dinner party for this Saturday evening
at six o'clock.

I'd like to have two tables of guests at your place.

What price level would you like?

What price per person do you think would be suitable?

Most of the guests that we invited are Chinese.

Will you choose the dishes yourself or have us select them?

How about four cold dishes, six main courses, one soup, and one dessert?

The liquor is figured separately.

The Omei Restaurant. (A restaurant in Taipei.)

Next Sunday is my husband’s birthday.

(The name of a restaurant in Peking.)

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NOTES ON PART I

ding yìzhuō xí; ’To arrange a formal dinner', more literally 'to make
arrangements for a one table banquet’. The counter for xí, 'a feast or
banquet', is -zhuō, 'table'.

duōshao qiánde biāozhún: 'What price level'. Biāozhún literally means
'standard'. Duōshao qiánde biāozhun could also be translated more
literally as 'a standard costing how much', where duōshao qián 'how much
does it cost?' modifies biāozhun, 'standard'.' You will also hear
duōshao qián biāozhúnde, with the marker de placed at the end of the
phrase. In this case the whole phrase 'what price level' modifies the
noun jiúxí, 'banquet', which has been left out of the sentence because
it is understood.

kè: This word for guest is interchangeable with kèren.

duōbàn: 'Most of...'. Duōbàn is a noun and is used in the subject
position.

Tāmen duōbàn dōu bú qù.         Most of them are not going.

Duōbàn shi niàn Zhōngwén ne.    Most of them are studying

Chinese.

ràng wōmen pěi...: 'Have us select...', or more literally 'allow us to
select...'. The verb pel means 'to match'. Dishes are matched to make a
formal menu in Chinese.

lěngpán: 'Cold dishes' or appetizers start off the menu in a formal
Chinese dinner. Four cold dishes followed by six to eight main courses,
a soup and a dessert is one type of menu arrangement used for formal
dinners. Four cold dishes, four sautéed dishes and four main dishes,
soup and dessert in another type of formal menu.

Cold dishes are usually prepared so as to be pleasing to the eye as well
as the palate. Cold cooked meats and vegetables are arranged in colorful
designs.

jiú: Literally, this means 'liquor'. It is a term referring to any kind
of alcoholic beverage from light beers and wine to hard liquor.

Ěméi Cāntlng; This is the name of a restaurant offering Szechwan style
cuisine. Omei (fimái) is the name of a mountain range running through
Szechwan.

Peking:

A conversation on the telephone.

M: Wèi!

F: Wèi! Shi Fēngzéyuán ma?

M: Shi a! Nín n&r a?

F: Wō xìng Huál Tè.

M: Ou, Huái Tè Nushì.

F: Wō dǎsuan zhèige Xīngqīliù wànshang liùdiSn zhōng ding yìzhuō xí.

M: Duōshǎowèi ne?

F: Shíge rén.

M: Nín yào duōshao qiánde biāozhún?

F: Nl kàn duōshao qián yíge rén héshì ne?

M: Wōmen yōu shíèrkuài qián biǎozhǔnde, yōu shíwǔkuài qián biǎozhǔnde,
yè yōu èrshikuài qián biǎozhǔnde. Hái yōu gèng guide.

F: Ou, wō xiāng shíwǔkuài qián biāozhiínde jiù xíng le.

M: Cài shi nín ziji diǎn ne háishi ràng wōmen pài ne?

F: Wō bú tài dōng. Nímen gōi wo pèi ba.

Hello!

Hello! Is this the Fengzeyuan?

Yes. Who is this?

My name is White.

Oh, Ms. White.

I'd like to arrange a (one table) dinner party for this Saturday evening
at six o'clock.

How many people?

Ten people.

What price level would you like?

.What price per person do you think would be suitable?

We have a 012 standard, a 015 standard and a 020 standard. There are
also more expensive ones.

Oh, I think the 015 standard will be all right.

Will you choose the dishes yourself or have us select them?

I don't know too much about it. You select them for me.

M: Sag, hǎo ba. Women gěi nin pel. ... Yíge dà lēngpǎn, bǎdào cài, yíge
tāng, yíge tiǎncài.

F: Hǎo.

M: Ou, nīmen hē Jiǔ ma?

F: Hē, keshi hēde bú tài duō.

M: Jiǔ dēi lìngwài suàn.

F: Ou, nà mēi wènti.

M: Hǎo. Jiù zhènme ban ba.

F: Hǎo. Xièxie ni.

Mun, okay. We'll select for you. One large cold platter, eight main
courses, one soup, and one dessert.

Good.

Oh, will you be drinking something (alcoholic)?

Yes, but we won't be drinking too much.

The liquor is figured additionally.

Oh, that's no problem.

Okay. Then let's do it that way.

Good. Thank you.

ROTES FOLLOWING DIALOGUE I

Ni yào duōshao qián biāozhǔnde?: In restaurants in Peking, dinners for a
group of people can be arranged on a price per person basis. The
restaurants often have several standard priced menus to choose from.

Yíge dà lěngpǎn: One large cold platter instead of several smaller cold
dishes may be used in making up the menu for a dinner. One large cold
platter, eight main courses, a soup and a dessert is another type of
menu for a dinner.

  -- ----- ----------------- ----------------------------------------
     12.   Hóngshāo Yúahì    Red-cooked Shark's Fin
     13.   Xiāngsū. là       Fragrant Crispy Duck
     1U.   Gānshāo Mtngxiā   Dry-cooked Jumbo Shrimp Szechuan Style
     15.   Fùgui Ji          Beggar's Chicken
     16.   Tángcù Yù         Sweet and Sour Fish
  -- ----- ----------------- ----------------------------------------

  ----- --------------- ----------------------------------------------------
  IT.   Mìzhi Huotui    Ham in Honey Sauce
  18.   Dōnggua Zhong   Winter Melon Soup served in the Carved Melon Shell
  19.   Babǎo Fàn       Eight Jewel Rice
  20.   Xìngrén DÒufu   Almond Pudding
  ----- --------------- ----------------------------------------------------

NOTES ON VOCABULARY NOS. 12-20

Hongshāo Yuchì: Shark’s Fin is considered a delicacy by the Chinese
because it is rare, nutritious and has a smooth, chewy texture when
cooked. Some people think that it is best prepared in the red-cooked
style.

Xiāngsū Yā: Fragrant Crispy Duck is marinated and steamed with onions,
wine, ginger, pepper and anise, then deep fried quickly for a crispy
result. This method of preparing duck is an example of southern style
cooking.

Fùguì JI: 'Beggar’s Chicken* is a whole chicken wrapped in wet clay,
then roasted until very tender. It is said that this method of
preparation was first used by beggars. Originally this dish was called
Jiǎohua JI, literally 'Beggar's Chicken'; but as the dish became popular
among the upper class, the name changed to Fùguì JI, literally 'Riches
and Honor Chicken'.

Dōnggua Zhong: Winter melon, mushrooms, and ham go into this soup. On
festive occasions the melon shell is carved with decorations, such as
dragons, and used as a bowl for serving the soup. This is a Cantonese
specialty.

Xìngrěn DÒufu: This is translated here as 'Almond Pudding'. Because
Xìngrén D§ufu, with its light consistency, is somewhere between a
pudding and a gelatin, 'Almond Gelatin’ would also be a fitting
translation of the name.

Babǎo Fan: 'Eight Jewel Rice'. This is sweet sticky rice (ndmìY with
preserved fruits. The rice is shaped into a mound and decorated with
some of the preserved fruit.

Taipei:

An American woman calls a restaurant in Táiběi.

M: Wèi. Éméi Canting.

F: Wèi. Wō shi Bái Tìitai. Xiàge Xīngqītiān shi wō xiānshengde shēngrì.

Wō xiāng zài nimen nàli qing liāngzhuō kè.

M: Hāo, hSo.

F: Wōmen yōu èrshige rén. Wō yào ding liangzhuo cài. Nī kàn děi duōshao
qián?

M: Zuì shSo děi vǔqiān kuài yìzhuō. Nl shi Měiguo rén ma?

F: Shi. Wō shi Měiguo rén.

M: Nl qīngde kèren ne?

F: Duōbàn shi Zhōngguo rén.

M: Hao. Wō xiāngyixiang zěnme gěi ni pèi cài. ... Eng. Yíge dà lěngpán,
liùdào cài, yíge tāng, yíge tiāncài, zěnmeyàng?

F: Eng. Hāo! Hāo! Nl gěi wo shuōshuō liùdào cài shi shénme cài.

M: Nimen xihuan chi làde, shi bu shi?

F: Duì. Wōmen xihuan chī làde.

Hello. Omei Restaurant.

This is Mrs. White. Next Sunday is my husband's birthday. I'd like to
invite two tables of guests at your place.

Good, good.

There will be twenty of us. I'd like to reserve two tables and order
some dishes. How much do you think it will cost?

At least five thousand dollars a table. Are you an American?

Yes, I'm an American.

And the people you've invited?

Most of them are Chinese.

Okay. Let me think how

I'll choose the dishes for you. ... Mmn. How about one large cold dish,
six main dishes, one soup, and one dessert?

Mmn. Good. Good. Tell me a bit about what the six main course are.

You like to eat hot dishes, don't you?

That's right. We like to eat hot dishes.

  ---- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  M:   Hio. Wō gěi ni pèi Jige là cài. DÌyī, HŌngshāo Yúchì.                      Okay. I'll select some hot dishes for you. First, Red-cooked Shark's Fin.
  Fs   Hio.                                                                       Good.
  M:   Dìèr, Xiāngsū Yi.                                                          Second, Fragrant Crispy Duck.
  F:   H&o.                                                                       Good.
  M:   DÌsān, Gānshāo MÍngxiā.                                                    Third, Dry-cooked Jumbo Shrimp Szechwan Style.
  F:   Hāo.                                                                       Good.
  M:   Dìsì, Fùguì JI.                                                            Fourth, Beggar's Chicken.
  F:   Hào.                                                                       Good.
  M:   Zài lái yíge Tángcù Yú gēn yíge Mìzhī Huōtuì zěnmeyàng?                    And how about a Sweet and Sour Fish and a Ham in Honey Sauce, too?
  F:   Hen háo, hěn hāo. Tāng shi shénme tāng?                                    Very good, very good. > What is the soup?
  M:   Dōnggua Zhong.                                                             Winter Melon Soup served in the carved Melon Shell.
  F:   H8o.                                                                       Good.
  M:   Tiāncài ni kàn yào Básì Píngguo, háiahi Bābāo Fàn, hāishi XÌngrén DÒufu?   For dessert do you think you want Spun Taffy Apples, or Bight Jewel Rice, or Almond Pudding?
  F:   WŌ kàn BǎbSo Fàn hāo yìdiin.                                               I think the Right Jewel Rice would be better.
  M:   Hāo.                                                                       Fine.
  ---- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

PART II

-   21. Mādīng Nǔshì, jīntian shi gěi ni sòngxíng.

-   22. Nī shi zhǔkè.

-   23. Dàjiā dōu qīng zuò.

2k. Bié jīn gěi wo jiān cài.

25. Qīng dàjiā dōu gān yìbēi.

26. Zhù tā shēntī j iànkāng, gōngzuò shùnlì.

2?. Hái yào zhù ta yílù píngān!

28. Wǒ bú huì hē jiǔ. Dàjiā dōu suíyì ba.

29• Zuí Ji

Ms. Martin, today we bid you farewell.

You are the guest of honor.

Everyone, please sit down.

Don’t just be selecting out food for me.

Let's all drink a glass.

Let's all wish her good health and work that goes well.

And we also want to wish her a good journey!

I'm not much of a drinker. Please everyone, drink as you like.

Drunken Chicken

NOTES ON PART II

zhǔkè: At a Chinese banquet the guest of honor sits farthest away from
the door, the inner-most place in the room. The host sits nearest the
door, on the serving side of the table.

Bié jīn gěi wo jiǎn cài: This expression is often used at dinner
parties. It is good hospitality for the host or hostess to serve the
guests individually from time to time, picking out tender morsels for
them. Fellow guests may also do this for the guest of honor.

gān yìbēi: 'Drink a glass', literally 'dry * glass' (meaning 'to make
the glass dry by emptying it). Since wine cups are small, the usual
toast is Gān bēi!. 'Bottoms up!' For people who don't like to drink too
much, the phrase Suíyì, 'As you like', will serve as a reply indicating
that the whole cup need not be emptied. See the note on suíyì below.

Zuì Ji: ’Drunken Chicken’. The name of this dish comes from the way in
which it is prepared. The verb zuì ’to get drunk’, refers to the fact
that the chicken is marinated in wine at least over-night. This dish
originates with the Shanghai school of cooking. It is served cold.

Wo bú huì hē jiu. Dàjiá dōu suíyì ba.: Chinese drinking etiquette
requires that if someone doesn’t want to participate in the full range
of drinking activities, he should so indicate early on.

Peking:

M: Hèi! Nīmen dōu lǎi le.

Qing zuò, qing zuò.

... Mǎdīng Nushì, jintian shi gěi ni sòngxíng. Nī shi zhǔkè. Qing ni zuò
zài zhèr.

Fl: Hāo. Xièxie, xièxie.

M: Dajiā dōu qing zuò.

(After everyone has sat down and and wine are served.)

M: Mǎdīng Nushì, ni chi diǎr zhèige lěngpán.

Fl: Hǎo, wō zìjī lǎi.

... Eng, zhèige Zuì Ji zuòde zhēn hao.

Hey! You’ve all come. Please sit down, please sit down. Ms. Martin,
today we bid you farewell. You are the guest of honor. Please sit here.

Okay, thank you, thank you.

Everyone please sit down.

chatted for awhile* the col,d dishes

M: Yàoshi xihuan chī jiù duō chī yìdiǎr.

(Here he serves or points to the

Fl: Hǎo.

Ms. Martin, have some of this cold dish.

Fine, I'll serve myself. ... Mmn, this Drunken Chicken is made really
well.

If you like it then have a little more.

dish with his chopsticks.)

All right.

(Ms. Martin turns to Section Chief Wang who is sitting next to her and
has just given her a little bit of one of the dishes.)

Fl: Wǎng Kēzhǎng! Nī yě chī a! Section Chief Wang. You Bié jīn gěi wo
jiān cài.         eat too! Don't just be

selecting out food for me.

F2: Hāo. Wō chī, wō chī.

M: Jīntian wSmen gěi Madīng Nushì sòngxíng. Qīng dàjiā dōu gān yìbēi!
Zhù tā shēntī jiànkāng, gōngzuò shùnlì.

F2: Hái yào zhù tā yílù píngān!

Fl: Xièxie Lī Chùzhāng^ Xièxie Wáng Kēzhang. Xièxie dàjiā. Wō bú huì hē
jiǔ. Dàjiā suíyì ba.

(The hot dishes are now being

Okay, I’m eating

Today we bid Ms. Martin farewell. Let’s all drink a glass. Let's all
wish her good health and work that goes well.

And we also want to wish her a good journey!

Thank you Division Chief Li. Thank you Section Chief Wang. Thank you
everyone. I'm not much of a drinker. Everyone drink as you like.

served.)

M: Dàjiā mànmār chī. Duō chī yìdiār.

Everyone take your time. Have a little more.

NOTES FOLLOWING PART II DIALOGUE

Most of the entertaining at a Chinese dinner party takes place at the
dinner table, although there is some tea drinking and chatting both
before and after the meal in other rooms. The dinner is served at a
leisurely pace so that each dish may be savored and talked about. A good
dish is appreciated for its appearance as much as its taste, texture and
aroma. As each dish is eaten, toasts will be made. The host will start
off by toasting the guest of honor and then other guests as a group. As
the evening progresses he will toast each guest in turn and each guest
will probably propose a toast of his own in honor of the host. A
strongly flavored liquor (gāoliang jiǔ). a milder rice wine (huíng jiǔ).
or beer may be served. Guests usually drink only when toasting. If you'd
like to take a drink of something you either propose a toast or catch
someon's eye and silently toast each other.

tnanmAr ehī In sentences expressing commands or requests, an adjectival
verb describing manner precedes the main verb.

Kuài yìdiār kāi!                Drive a little faster!

Kuài lái!                        Come here quickly!

In the sentence, mfrnmār chī. the adjectival verb coming before the main
verb, man, is reduplicated with the second syllable changing to a high
tone. This also happens in a few other instances.

Kuàikuārde chī!

HXohārde zud!

Quickly eat!

Do it well!

PART III

  ----- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  30.   Xiànzài rang women dàjiā jìng ta yìbēi.                                                                                                   Now let's all toast her.
  31.   Zhèige Kao Yā nl yě changchang.                                                                                                           You must also taste the Peking Duck
  32.   V3 xiān ná yige báóblng. Ba yā ròu fàngzai zhōngjiān. Zài bā cōng gēn jiàng fang-zai yā ròu shàngtou. Ránhòu jùangilai jiù kéyi ohl le.   I first take a pancake. (Be is separating one pancake.) Take the duck meat and put it in the middle. Then take the scallion and the paste and put it on top. After that, roll it up, and then you can eat it.
  33.   Xūn Ji                                                                                                                                    Smoked Chicken
  3U.   Zhà Xiāqiú                                                                                                                                Deep Fried Shrimp Balls
  ----- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

NOTES ON PART III

jìng: This is the verb ’to offer (something) respectfully'. It is used
here ceremonially in the phrase 'offer her a glass' meaning 'to toast
her'.

JuSnqilai: This compound verb is made of Juan. 'to roll', qì, 'to rise,
go or come up', and lái 'to come'. Both Peking Duck and Màxu Ròu are
eaten rolled up in pancakes.

Xūn Ji: For this dish, chicken is smoked in a vapor from burning tea
leaves. This example of Peking cuisine is served as a cold dish or a hot
dish.

Zhá Xiāqiú: Zhá is the verb 'to deep fry'. This is a Shanghai dish of
shredded shrimp shaped into balls and then deep fried.

Jiàng: 'Paste'. The paste which is eaten with Peking Duck is
tiánmiànjiàng. 'sweet bean paste'.

Taipei;

M: Jīntlan women dàjiā zài zhèli chī fàn shi huānyíng Wèi Xiaójie cong
Méiguo dào Táiběi lái gōngzuò. Xīwang tā zài women gongsi gōngzuo
shùnlì.  ... Xiànzài rang

women dàjiā jìng tā yìbēi!

F: Xièxie, xièxie.

(The hot dishes are being served.)

M: Wèi Xiáojie, zhè shi Kao Yā. Nī zài Meiguo chfguo méiyou?

F: Méiyou. W3 zài Mèiguo chīguo jicì Zhōngguo fàn, kěshi méi chīguo Kāo
Yā.

Hāo. WS gaosu ni zenme chī.

W8 xiān ná yíge báobīng. Bā yā ròu fàngzai zhōngjiān. Zài bā cōng gēn
Jiàng fàngzai yā ròu shàngtou. Ránhòu Juānqilai jiù kéyi chī le.

F: Hāo. WS zhldao le.

(Miss Williams tries it.)

F: Eng. Zhège Kāo Yā zhēn hāochī.

M: Zhège Xūn Jī gen Zhá Xlāqiú nī yè chángchang.

F: Hāo. Hāo. W8 ztjī lái.

Today we are all here at this banquet to welcome Miss Williams who has
come from America to work in Taipei. We hope that her work at our
company goes smoothly. ... Now let's all toast her!

Thank you! Thank you!

Miss Williams, this is Peking Duck. Have you ever eaten this in America?

No. I've eaten Chinese food several times in America, but I've never
eaten Peking Roast Duck.

Okay, I'll tell you how>it is eaten. I first take a báobīng and put the
duck meat in the middle. Then take a scallion and some paste and put it
on top of the duck meat. After that, roll it up, then you can eat it.

Good, now I've got it.

Mnn. This Peking Duck is really tasty.

You should try the Smoked Chicken and the Deep Fried Shrimp Balls, too.

Good. I'll serve myself.

(After they finish eating.)

M: Wèi Xiáojie, ni chībǎo le ma?

F: Chībǎo le.

M: Jintian wǎnshangde cài ni zuì xīhuan nǎge a?

F: Mèige cài dōu hǎochī. Kǎshi wō zuì xlhuan Kǎo Yā.

M: Òu, nà h&o. Xià yícì wōmen kéyi zài lái zhèli chi Kǎo Yā.

F: Hen hǎo. Hen hǎo. Xièxie, xièxie

Miss Williams, have you eaten your fill?

Yes.

Which of tonight's dishes do you like the most?

All the dishes are tasty. But I like the Peking Roast Duck best.

Oh, that's good. We'll have to come here again to eat Peking Roast Duck
sometime.

Good. Thank you.

NOTES AFTER DIALOGUE FOR PART III

Wō zìjī lái: This is a polite way for a guest to respond when the host
has been serving him specially.

Xià yícì women kéyi zài lái zhèli chī Kǎo Yā.: The use of the phrase xià
yícì makes it sound as if they are making definite plans about the next
time they come to eat here, when in fact they are Just talking generally
about some future time. In English, we use 'sometime' rather than 'next
time', as in 'We'll have to get together again sometime.'

+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
|                                   | Vocabulary                        |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Bdb&o Fàn biāozhǔn                | Eight Jeuel Rioe level or         |
|                                   | standard                          |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| chíng                             | to taste, to savor                |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| dàj iā -dào                       | everybody (counter for a course   |
|                                   | of a                              |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | meal)                             |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| ding yìzhuō xí                    | reserve a table for a'dinner      |
|                                   | party                             |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Dōnggua Zhbng                     | Winter Melon Soup served in the   |
|                                   | Carved Melon Shell                |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| duōbàn                            | most of, the greater part of      |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Emèi Cāntlng                      | The Omei Reetaurant (a restaurant |
|                                   | in Taipei)                        |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| F&ngzéyu&n                        | (The name of a reetaurant in      |
|                                   | Peking)                           |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Fùguì Ji                          | Beggar¹ s Chióken                 |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Gānshdo Mingxià                   | Dry-aoóked Jumbo Shrimp ,         |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| gān yìbēi                         | Sseohuan Style to drink a glass   |
|                                   | (lit. to                          |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| gōngzuù shùnlì                    | make a glass dry) the work that   |
|                                   | goes well                         |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| héshì RóngehSo Yúohi              | to be suitable, to be fitting     |
|                                   | Red-oooked Shark's Fin            |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| JiSn jlinking jiàng jin Jìng Jiǔ  | to select, pick out to be healthy |
| juànqilai                         | pastSf bean paste (continually),  |
|                                   | only, Just to offer someone       |
|                                   | something liquor, wine to roll up |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| x&o is ki (kiren)                 | Peking Duok guest(s)              |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| iSngp&n lìngvìi                   | cold dish in addition to,         |
|                                   | additionally                      |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | 65                                |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+

+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| míngxiā Mìzhi Huātui              | shrimp                            |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | Ham in Honey Sauce                |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| pèi                               | to find something to match, to    |
|                                   | match things                      |
| pel cài                           |                                   |
|                                   | to select dishes for a formal     |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | menu                              |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| rang                              | to allow, to have someone do      |
|                                   | something                         |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| shēngrì                           | birthday                          |
|                                   |                                   |
| shēntl jiànkāng shùnlì sòngxíng   | good health                       |
| sulyì                             |                                   |
|                                   | to go well, without difficulty to |
|                                   | see a person off according to     |
|                                   | one's wishes                      |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Tángcù Yú tiáncài                 | Sueet and Sour Fish dessert       |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Xiāngsū Yā Xlngrèn DÒufu Xūn Ji   | Fragrant Crispy Duck              |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | Almond Pudding Smoked Chicken     |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| yā                                | duck                              |
|                                   |                                   |
| yílù píngān                       | have a nice trip; bon voyage      |
|                                   |                                   |
| yú                                | (lit. a safe journey)             |
|                                   |                                   |
| yúchì                             | fish shark's fin                  |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| zhù zhǔkè                         | to wish (someone something) guest |
|                                   | of honor                          |
| Zhá Xiāqiú zhāngjiān Zuì Ji       |                                   |
|                                   | Deep Fried Shrimp Balls           |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | middle                            |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | Drunken Chicken                   |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+

FOODS

Unit Ròu (Meat)

  --------- ------------ ----
  huotuí    ham          1
  niúrdu    beef         1
  páigu     spare ribs   «.
  yángròu   lamb         3
  zhūrdu    pork         
  --------- ------------ ----

JI, Yāzi (Chicken, Duck)

  ------------- -------------------------- --------------
  Jí yā, yāzi   chicken duck               2 U
                Yú Xiā (Fish and Shrimp)   
  bàoyu         abalone                    —
  dàxiā         prawn                      ■ *
  huanghuā yú   yellow fish                3
  lóngxiā       lobster                    
  pangxie       crab                       
  xiārén        shrimp                     ,          2
  yúuyu         squid                      
  yuchì         shark's fin                ū
  ------------- -------------------------- --------------

Shuìguo (Fruit)

  ----------- ---------------------- ---
  fènglí      pineapple (Taiwan)     —
  buōluó      pineapple (Mainland)   —
  Júzi        tangerine (Taiwan)     *
  Júzi        orange (Mainland)      
  lìzhī       lichee                 —
  līzi        plum                   —
  liǔdīng     orange (Taiwan)        
  mángguo     mango                  
  píngguo     apple                  
  pútao       grape                  
  xiāngjiāo   banana                 —
  xīgua       watermelon             
  ----------- ---------------------- ---

ftlngcài (Vegetables)

bái luóbo bāicài bōcài cōng dōnggū dōnggua dōngsǔn dòuyá fānqié húluóbo
huánggui là Jiao màSr qiézi qlngdòu qīngjiāo qíncài xiāngcài xīhóngshì
xuSdèu yángcōng yánggū

gall huājiāo hújiāo Jiang Jièmo suàn yán zhlma

hāo yóu hóng yóu huāshēng yóu Jiàng yóu là yóu má yóu xiāng yóu

white radish cabbage                                2

spinach scallion* green onion                  3

dried black mushroom winter melon bamboo shoot bean sprouts
                          2

tomato carrot cucumber red (hot) pepper wood ear, tree fungus eggplant
                              2

green peas green pepper celery Chinese parsley tomato snow pea pods
onion button mushroom Zuóliao (Spices) curry fragrant (Szechwan) pepper
black pepper ginger mustard garlic salt sesame seed

Yóu (Oil)

oyster sauce red (hot) pepper oil peanut oil soy sauce

red (hot) pepper oil sesame oil (Taiwan) sesame oil (Mainland)

Jiàng (Sauces, Pastes)

+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| douban jiàng tiánmiàn jiàng zhīma | bean paste sweet bean paste       |
| jiàng                             | sesame paste                      |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | Jiǔ (Liquor)                      |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| gāoliáng jiǔ huáng jiu pl jiǔ     | gāoliáng win (sorghum) yellow     |
| pútáo Jiǔ Shaoxing jiǔ            | wine beer grape wine              |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | (a yellow vine made in Shaoxing)  |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+

Zá Xlàng (Miscellaneous)

báoblng chá cù dòufu dòufu lǔ dòujiSng fǔnsl

jldàn kāfēi miàn miànbāo miànfǔn mlfǔn pídàn (Táiwan) sònghuā dàn
(Mainland) zhàcài

noodles 3 chicken egg 1 coffee 1

wheat-flour noodles 1 bread 1 flour

thin rolled, wheat-flour pancake 3 tea vinegar bean curd fermented bean
curd soybean milk, soy milk cellophane noodles, bean thread rice flour,
or rice flour noodles preserved egg preserved egg

hot pickled cabbage (Szechwan)         3

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