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A: 高文，你來點菜吧。

Ga¯ o We´n, nˇı la´i diaˇn ca`i ba.

Gao Wen, why don’t you order?

B: 不不不，我不會點，還是你們來吧。

bu`

bu`, woˇ

bu`hu`ı diaˇn, ha´ish`ı nˇımen la´i ba.

No, no, no... I’m no good at ordering. You guys better do it.

A: 那崔建，這家店你熟，你點吧。

na`

Cu¯ı Jia`n, zhe`

jia¯

dia`n nˇı sho´u, nˇı diaˇn ba.

Then Cui Jian, you’re familiar with this restaurant. You order.

C: 我不知道你們愛吃什麼呀。蔣軍，你瞭解大家，

你來吧。

woˇ

bu`

zh¯ıda`o nˇımen a`i ch¯ı she´nme ya. Jiaˇng Ju¯ n, nˇı liaˇojieˇ

da`jia¯ , nˇı la´i ba.

I don’t know what you all like to eat. Jiang Jun, you know everyone well; you do it.

D: 我只會吃，不會點。

woˇ

zhˇı hu`ı ch¯ı, bu`

hu`ı diaˇn.

I only know how to eat, not how to order.

A: 哎呀，你別客氣了。我們都餓壞了。快點吧。

a¯ iya¯ , nˇı bie´

ke`qi le. woˇmen do¯ u e`

hua`i le. kua`i diaˇn ba.

Oh, stop it. We’re all famished. Hurry up and order.

D: 好好好，我點。大家有什麼不吃的，就說。服務

員，再拿幾份菜單。

haˇo haˇo haˇo, woˇ diaˇn. da`jia¯ yoˇu she´nme bu` ch¯ı de, jiu` shuo¯ .

fu´wu`yua´n, za`i na´ jˇı fe`n ca`ida¯ n.

OK, OK, OK. I’ll order. Everyone, if there’s something you don’t eat, speak up. Waiter, bring us a few more menus.

E: 好的。合！

haˇo de. geˇi!

Sure. Here you are.

D: 哎，你們這裡有什麼特色菜？合我們推薦一下。

a¯ i, nˇımen zhe`lˇı yoˇu she´nme te`se` y¯ıxia`.

ca`i? geˇi woˇmen tu¯ıjia`n

Um, do you have any house specialties? Recommend us something.

E: 咖哩雞，蝦仁，…

ga¯ l´ıj¯ı, xia¯ re´n,…

Curry chicken, shrimp...

D: 我們來個咖哩雞，怎麼樣？

woˇmen la´i ge ga¯ l´ıj¯ı, zeˇnmeya`ng?

How about we order curry chicken?

B: 可以啊。

keˇyˇı a.

OK.

D: 你們吃辣嗎？點個水煮魚怎麼樣？

nˇımen ch¯ı la`

ma? diaˇn ge shuˇızhuˇyu´

zeˇnmeya`ng?

Do you guys eat spicy? How about the spicy boiled fish?

C: 好的，好的。

haˇo de, haˇo de.

OK, yeah.

E: 先生，你們點了兩個冷菜，六個熱菜，一個湯。

還需要嗎？

xia¯ nsheng, nˇımen diaˇn le liaˇng ge leˇngca`i, liu` ta¯ ng. ha´i xu¯ ya`o ma?

ge re`ca`i, y¯ı ge

Sir, you ordered two cold dishes, six hot dishes, and one soup. Do you need anything else?

D: 先這些，不夠我們再點。

xia¯ n zhe`xie¯ , bu`go`u woˇmen za`i diaˇn.

These are fine for now. If it’s not enough, we’ll order more.

A: 服務員，上菜快點兒啊！

fu´wu`yua´n, sha`ng ca`i kua`i diaˇnr a!

Waiter, be quick serving the food!

E: 好的，請稍等。

haˇo de, qˇıng sha¯ odeˇng.

OK, one moment, please.

---Key Vocabulary---

點菜 diaˇn ca`i to order dishes

點 diaˇn to order

熟 sho´u to be familiar with

瞭解 liaˇojieˇ to understand, to know

壞了 hua`i le to be broken [fig. ...to an extreme]

份 fe`n [measure word for dishes]

菜單 ca`ida¯ n menu

特色 te`se` speciality, characteris- tic