Have you ever invite your Chinese friend to dinner? Here is something you must know before you start.

Vocabulary:

菜	cài	items served at table which are other than staple food, also the raw materials for such items collectively; dish; course; greens; vegetable
尝	cháng	to taste
吃	chī	to eat; to take
川菜	chuān cài	Sichuan food
川菜馆	chuān cài guǎn	Sichuan style restaurant
得	děi	to need; have to; must
得	dé	to get; to obtain; to gain
附近	fù jìn	nearby; close to
哥们儿	gē men er	buddy (slang. to male only)
今晚	jīn wǎn	tonight; this evening
开	kāi	to open; to turn on; to drive; to make out; to setup; to found; come into bloom; unfold; to hold (a meeting, ceremony, etc.)
辣	là	spicy
哪儿	nǎ er	where
请	qǐng	please; to request; to invite
听说	tīng shuō	hear of; it is said that
味道	wèi dào	taste; flavor
新	xīn	new; fresh
新	xīn	newly; recently
也	yě	too; also; even
在	zài	(time, location) at; on; in
在	zài	in the process of (doing something or happening); be doing something
在	zài	be living; exist
咱们	zán men	we; us

Dialogue:

  hēi gē men ér jīn wǎn wǒ qǐng nǐ chī chuān cài
A：嗨！哥 们 儿， 今 晚 我 请 你  吃 川 菜

      hǎo ā        zài nǎ
B：好 啊。 在哪？

       fù  jìn    xīn kāi     yìjiā chuāncài guǎn  tīngshuō wèidào bùcuò
A：附 近 新  开   一家 川 菜 馆，   听 说 味 道 不错。

       shì ma        nà dé qù chángcháng   kě wǒ bù  tài  néng chī là
B：是 吗？  那 得 去 尝 尝。  可 我 不 太 能  吃辣。

       yě  yǒu  bù   là de cài
A：也  有  不 辣的 菜。

      hǎoba   zanmenzǒu
B：好吧！咱 们 走！

Translation

A: Hey! Buddy! Let’s go to have some Sichuan Food. It’s on me.
B: Cool! Where is it?
A: There is a newly opened Sichuan restaurant nearby, and they say it is pretty good!
B: Really? We’d better have a try. But I am not good at eating spicy dishes.
A: there are non-spicy ones as well.
B: OK, let’s go!

 

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