M: Dajia hao. Huan ying nimen dao Xianzai Xue Hanyu. Wo shi ML.S: Dajia hao, wo shi Stuart. 今天我们学第五十二课。
M: Lesson 52 is a revision lesson. Di wu shi er ke shi ge fuxi ke, fuxi ke.
S: Remember to repeat everything out loud with us. ML, women zai nar?
M: We’ve arrived at the restaurant. 我们到了餐馆 women dao le canguan.
S: Na hen hao, yinwei wo e le!
M: And the waitress asks us,
WTRS:几位, ji wei?
S: Liang wei, two people, liang wei.
S: Now to ask for the menu and order food, dian cai.
M:小姐，我们要点菜, women yao dian cai.
WTRSS: 好，here’s the menu. 给你菜单，gei ni caidan.
M: Xiexie. Stuart, what do you fancy eating, 你想吃什么，ni xiang chi shenme?
S: Wo bu zhidao.
M:这是菜单，zhe shi caidan.
S: Hao, 我看一看，wo kan yi kan. So many dishes! 这么多菜, zheme duo cai.
M: Now, you guys at home, how do we say ‘cold dishes’? Dui le, 凉菜，liang cai. And hot dishes? Mei cuo! 热菜, re cai.
S: And what is 牛肉, niu rou? Dui le! Beef, niu rou.
M: What is 猪肉, zhu rou? Yes, pork, zhu rou.
S: And ‘chicken’? Dui le. Ji rou, ji rou.
M: So fish is? Yes. Yu yu.
S: And a vegetarian dish is? Su cai, su cai. Now say, ‘I fancy eating fish and a vegetarian dish’.
M: Dui le: 我想吃鱼和素菜, wo xiang chi yu he su cai. Or, for green leafy vegetables, you can say 青菜 qing cai.
S: All very good to eat! 都很好吃, dou hen hao chi.
M: There’s only the two of us, 只有我们两个人, zhi you women liang ge ren.
S: 所以, 不要点太多, suo yi, bu yao dian tai duo.
M: Wo tong yi. But, I fancy …. this, this, this, 这个 zhei ge, zhei ge, zhei ge, he 羊肉mutton yangrou。
S: Is 8 dishes enough? 八个菜够吗, ba ge cai gou ma?
M: 八个菜，wo xiang gou le.
S: Soup? Ni bu yao tang ma?
M: Wo wang le! Wo hai yao yi ge tang.
S: Calories, calories!
S: And lesson 51, di wu shi yi ke, women xue le shenme?
M: Wo xiang yi xiang. 我们学了, bowl 碗 wan.
S: Dui le. And what else? 还有呢？hai you ne?
M: Hai you, 我们要一个汤，so we need to use spoons. 所以，我们要用勺子, women yao yong shaozi.
S: Spoon, shaozi, shaozi. Hai you ne? Anthing else? Hai2 you3 ne?
M: 还有，我们吃中餐， 所以我们要用筷子, suoyi women yao yong kuaizi.
S: Dui le. We don’t use a knife and fork. 我们不用刀叉, women bu yong dao cha.
M: But we still haven’t got our food!
S: Maybe next lesson. Till then, zai jian.
(Source:english.cri.cn)
