{"id":5822,"date":"2019-11-16T01:06:25","date_gmt":"2019-11-16T01:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/business-chinese\/lesson-058-thats-mapo-tofu\/"},"modified":"2019-11-16T01:06:25","modified_gmt":"2019-11-16T01:06:25","slug":"lesson-058-thats-mapo-tofu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/vi\/lesson-058-thats-mapo-tofu\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 058 That\u2019s MaPo Tofu."},"content":{"rendered":"
M: Pengyoumen, nimen hao. Wo shi ML.
S: Wo shi Stuart. Women mashang kaishi.<\/p>\n

M: Everybody, \u542c\uff0c\u8bf4\uff0c \u540c\u65f6\u731c\u4e00\u731c. Listen, speak, at the same time, guess. Ting, shuo, tong shi cai yi cai. Hen hao.<\/p>\n

S: In the restaurant. What are we saying? \u6211\u4eec\u5728\u8bf4\u4ec0\u4e48, women zai shuo shenme. Guess, \u4f60\u4eec\u731c\u4e00\u731c, nimen cai yi cai.<\/p>\n

M: Stuart, \u8fd9\u662f\u4ec0\u4e48, zhe shi shenme?<\/p>\n

S: \u6211\u4e0d\u77e5\u9053, wo bu zhidao.<\/p>\n

M: \u4f60\u731c\u4e00\u731c, ni cai yi cai.<\/p>\n

S: Hao, wo cai yi cai. This is fried noodles. \u8fd9\u662f\u7092\u9762, zhe shi chaomian.<\/p>\n

M: Mei cuo. Zhe shi chaomian. \u90a3\u662f\u4ec0\u4e48\u83dc, na shi shenme cai?<\/p>\n

S: Wo bu zhidao. Let’s have a look. \u6211\u770b\u4e00\u770b, wo kan yi kan.<\/p>\n

M: Try it. \u5c1d\u4e00\u5c1d, chang yi chang.<\/p>\n

S: I still don’t know. Wo hai shi bu zhidao.<\/p>\n

M: Ask. \u4f60\u95ee\u4e00\u95ee, ni wen yi wen.<\/p>\n

S: \u597d,\u6211\u95ee\u4e00\u95ee\uff0c wo wen yi wen. Xiaojie, na shi shenme cai?<\/p>\n

WTRS: \u6211\u770b\u4e00\u770b. \u90a3\u662f\u9ebb\u5a46\u8c46\u8150. That’s mapo dofu. Na shi mapo dofu.<\/p>\n

M: mapo dofu, spicy bean curd, mapo dofu.<\/p>\n

S: mapo dofu, \u662f\u9ebb\u8fa3\u7684\uff0cpeppery and hot, mala de.<\/p>\n

M: Dui, mapo dofu shi mala de. It’s a Sichuan dish. \u9ebb\u5a46\u8c46\u8150\u662f\u4e2a\u5ddd\u83dc, mapo dofu shi ge Chuan cai.<\/p>\n

S: I’ll eat a bit more. \u6211\u518d\u591a\u5403\u4e00\u70b9, wo zai duo chi yi dian. Mmm, hen hao chi.<\/p>\n

M: Now for the new stuff. Repeat everything. Ask, wen yi wen. This is a very common structure in Chinese.<\/p>\n

S: For example, I’ll take a look. \u6211\u770b\u4e00\u770b.<\/p>\n

M: wo kan yi kan.<\/p>\n

S: Let me think. \u6211\u60f3\u4e00\u60f3.<\/p>\n

M: Wo xiang yi xiang.<\/p>\n

S: Guess. \u4f60\u731c\u4e00\u731c.<\/p>\n

M: ni cai yi cai.<\/p>\n

S: I’ll taste it. \u6211\u5c1d\u4e00\u5c1d.<\/p>\n

M: wo chang yi chang. Mmmm, fei chang hao chi.<\/p>\n

S: And we heard, mapo dofu.<\/p>\n

M: mapo MAPO is just the name of this very famous Sichuan beancurd, or dofu, dish.<\/p>\n

S: dou DOU means ‘bean’. fu FU fu can mean ‘rotten’, or ‘corrupt’. Oh dear! Never mind, dofu, beancurd, very good for you. Dofu. Mapo dofu.<\/p>\n

M: And \u7092\u9762. Chao, stir-fried. Mian MIAN mian, means ‘flour’ or ‘noodles’. Fried noodles, chaomian, chaomian.<\/p>\n

S: Hen hao chi!<\/p>\n

S: Before we finish, here’s the dialogue again, Try to join in.<\/p>\n

M: Stuart, zhe shi shenme?<\/p>\n

S: Wo bu zhidao.<\/p>\n

M: Ni cai yi cai.<\/p>\n

S: Hao, wo cai yi cai. Zhe shi chaomian.<\/p>\n

M: Mei cuo. Zhe shi chaomian. Na shi shenme cai?<\/p>\n

S: Wo kan yi kan.<\/p>\n

M: Ni chang yi chang.<\/p>\n

S: Hao, wo chang yi chang. Wo hai shi bu zhidao.<\/p>\n

M: Ni wen yi wen.<\/p>\n

S: Hao, wo wen yi wen. Xiaojie, na shi shenme cai?<\/p>\n

WTRS: Na shi mapo dofu.<\/p>\n

M: Mapo dofu shi mala de. Mapo dofu shi ge Chuan cai.<\/p>\n

S: Wo zai chi yi dian. Mmm, hen hao chi.<\/p>\n

M: And now we leave the class. \u6211\u4eec\u4e0b\u8bfe, women xia ke.<\/p>\n

S: For homework, say everything we’ve learnt today at least ten times.<\/p>\n

M: Hao hao xuexi. Zai jian
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