大家饭店

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Note: The text is pasted here in case you want to copy/paste one of the words into a dictionary app, but the above video and zip file download are best inputting the content as they have audio and text-tracking.

A: 先生您好！欢迎来到“大家饭店”，请问您贵姓？

B: 我姓马。

A: 好的，马先生，请问几位？

B: 就我和我太太，两位。

A: 马先生，马太太这边请。请坐，这是菜单。

B: 好，谢谢！我先自己看看，你们再给我们介绍一下你们最有特点的菜。

A: 好的，没问题。

B: 我想吃有牛肉的菜，你们有哪些？

A: 这个菜和那个菜都是牛肉的，都很有名。

B: 两个都要，再要两碗米饭。对了，你们的洗手间在哪里呢？

A: 在那边，一直往前走，然后往右拐。

B: 好的。你们这儿可以用wechat买单吗？

A: 不好意思，马先生，今天我们的网坏了，所以只能收现金。

B: 可是我的包里没有多少现金。附近有银行吗？

A: 有一家银行，离这儿不远。出门左拐，再走两三分钟就到了。

B: 好的，我先去取钱。你们可以上菜了。

Top-Down Words

欢迎 huānyíng - welcome
位 wèi - MW for people (respectful)
就  jiù- exactly, just
碗 wǎn - bowl
呢 ne - (particle expressing inquisitiveness)
右拐 yòuguǎi - turn right
不好意思 bùhǎoyìsi - sorry
附近 fùjìn - nearby
离 lí - from (in giving distances)
左拐 zuǒguǎi - turn left
取钱 qǔqián - withdraw money

How to Use This Lesson

Step One

Watch the video here on the course platform. Feel free to take as much time as you'd like to understand the content, but don't feel obligated to understand the text right now fully. You'll download the video and return to it later. 

Step Two

Download the zip file from the sidebar (desktop/laptop) or below this description (Mobile APP). That zip file contains the following:

• Text tracking video(s) MP4 file(s)
• Audio MP3 file(s)
• Image file of the text & top-down words for your reference

Dialogues contain one text-tracking video file at 80% speed followed by native speed. 

Opinions & Short Stories contain two text tracking video files, one female voice, and one male voice. Both start at 80% speed, followed by native speed.

Step Three

At a time of your choosing, use the video files to practice shadowing. If you need a reminder, this lesson explains how to shadow. These video files are ideal for shadowing, especially if you download them to your phone because you can walk around while doing it.

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Member Comments from 2019-mid-2020

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Rebecca Wheble

I understood this completely apart from the very last sentence: 你们可以上菜了. What is he saying with上菜了?

Mandarin Blueprint

That means "to serve food". Once all dishes are on the table, waiters will often announce that by saying “菜都上齐了”. The 齐 means 'tidy', and in this context relates to being complete. Neat, huh!