1. Lesson 11 Let’s eat Chinese food 我们吃中国菜
After completing the lesson, you will be able to:
• Making suggestion
• Form tag questions
• Talk about different types of food
Dialogue
Li Dashan: 你的家人喜欢吃什么?
Nǐde jiārén xǐhuān chī shénme?
Lin Jun: 我们常吃美国菜,可是我们也喜欢吃中国菜。你呢?
Wǒmen cháng chī měiguó cài, kěshì wǒmen yě xǐhuān chī zhōngguó cài, nǐ ne?
Li Dashan: 我的家人常吃中国菜,我们也喜欢吃日本菜。
Wǒde jiārén cháng chī zhōngguó cài, wǒmen yě xíhuān chī rìběn cài.
Lin Jun: 你家谁做饭?
Nǐ jiā shéi zuò fàn?
Li Dashan: 我爸爸妈妈都很喜欢做饭,他们都会做中国菜。
Wǒ bàba māma dōu hěn xǐhuān zuò fàn, tāmen dōu huì zuò zhōngguó cài.
Lin Jun: 你喜欢喝茶吗?
Nǐ xǐhuān hēchá ma?
Li Dashan: 我很喜欢喝茶。
Wǒ hěn xǐhuān hēchá.
Lin Jun: 下课一起去吃饭,怎么样?
Xiàkè yìqǐ qù chīfàn, zěnme yàng?
Li Dashan: 你想吃什么?
Nǐ xiǎng chī shénme?
Lin Jun: 我们去吃中国菜,怎么样?
Wǒmen qù chī zhōngguó cài, zěnme yàng?
Li Dashan: 太好了,我们今天吃中国菜。
Tài hǎo le, wǒmen jīntiān chī zhōngguó cài.
2. English Translation of the Dialogue
Li Dashan: What does your family like to eat?
Lin Jun: We eat America food often, but we like Chinese food, too. How about you?
Li Dashan: My family eat Chinese food often. We like to eat Japanese food, too.
Lin Jun: Who is cooking in your family?
Li Dashan: Both my dad and my mom like to cook. They cook Chinese food.
Lin Jun: Do you like to drink tea?
Li Dashan: I like to drink tea very much.
Lin Jun: Let’s eat after class, how is it?
Li Dashan: What do you want to eat?
Lin Jun: Let’s eat Chinese food, how is it?
Li Dashan: Great, let’s eat Chinese food today.
Reading Practice
林君的家人常吃美国菜,可是他们也喜欢吃中国菜。李大山的家人
常吃中国菜,他们也喜欢吃日本菜。李大山的爸爸妈妈都会做中国
菜,他们常在家做饭。李大山很喜欢喝茶,林君也喜欢喝茶。 今
天下课他们想一起去吃中国菜。
Lín Jūn de jiārén cháng chī měiguó cài, kěshì tāmen yě xǐhuān chī zhōngguó cài. Lǐ dàshān de
jiārén cháng chī zhōngguó cài, tāmen yě xǐhuān chī rìběn cài. Lǐ dàshān de bàba māma dōu huì
zuò zhōngguó cài, tāmen cháng zài jiā zuòfàn. Lǐ dàshān hěn xǐhuān hē chá, Lín Jūn yě xǐhuān hē
chá. Jīntiān tāmen xiǎng yìqǐ qù chī zhōngguó cài.
3. Vocabulary
Simplified
Character
Traditional
Character
Pinyin English Meaning
1.常 常 cháng Adv. Often
2. 做
做饭
做
做飯
zuò
zuòfàn
V.
VO.
To do
To cook
3. 吃
吃饭
吃
吃飯
chī
chīfàn
V.
V.O.
To eat
Eat a meal
4. 喝
喝茶
喝
喝茶
hē
hēchá
V.
V.O.
To drink
Drink tea
5. 下课 下課 xiàkè V.O. Class dismissed
6. 一起 一起 yìqǐ Adv. Together
7. 怎么样 怎麼樣 zěnme yàng Pron. How is it
8. 想 想 xiǎng V. To think, to want
9. 太好了
太
太好了
太
tài hǎo le
tài
Adv.
Adv.
Great, too good
Too
Pinyin Exercise:
1. Listen and repeat the following sound.
1. chī zhōngguó cài chī rìběn cài
2. hē zhōngguó chá hē yīngguó chá
3. chīfàn zuofàn
4. shàngkè xiàkè
5. zěnmeyàng tài hǎo le
2. Listen and repeat the following sound.
1. liān lián liǎn liàn
2. chā chá chǎ chà
3. qiāng qiáng qiǎng qiàng
4. guān guán guǎn guàn
5. xiāng xiáng xiǎng xiàng
4. 3. Repeat the following phrases.
1. Nǐ xiǎng chī shenme?
2. Nǐ xiǎng hē shénme?
3. Xiàkè yìqǐ chī fàn.
4. Wǒ cháng zài jiā zuò fàn.
5. Nǐ huì búhuì zuò fàn.
Grammar
1. Word Order with 也(yě), 都(dōu), 常(cháng), 一起(yìqǐ) and 很 (hěn)
也, 都, 常 , 很 occur before the verbs they modify. For example,
Adverb + Verb More than one adverb + Verb
我们也吃中国菜。
Wǒmen yě chī zhōngguó cài.
我们一起吃中国菜。
Wǒmen yìqǐ chī zhōngguó cài.
我们常吃中国菜。
Wǒmen cháng chī zhōngguó cài.
我们都吃中国菜。
Wǒmen dōu chī zhōngguó cài.
我们很喜欢吃中国菜。
Wǒmen hěn xǐhuān chī zhōngguó cài.
我们也常吃中国菜。
Wǒmen yě cháng chī zhōngguó cài.
我们也都吃中国菜。
Wǒmen yě dōu chī zhōngguó cài.
我们也都常吃中国菜。
Wǒmen yě dōu cháng chī zhōngguó cài.
我们也常一起吃中国菜。
Wǒmen yě cháng yìqǐ chī zhōngguó cài.
我们也都很喜欢吃中国菜。
Wǒmen yě dōu hěn xǐhuān chī zhōngguó cài.
5. 2. Tag Questions
A tag question is a question attached to a statement. The purpose of using a tag question can
be:
(Audio L11.8)
a. Confirmation of the previous statement (对吗 duì ma / 对不对 duì búduì / 是吗 shì ma /
是不是 shì búshì)
你是美国学生,对吗? Nǐ shì měiguó xuéshēng, duì ma?
她是中文老师,是吗? Tā shì zhōngwén lǎoshī, shì ma?
他会说中文,对吗? Tā huì shuō zhōngwén, duì ma?
b. Asking a similar situation (你呢 nǐ ne / 他呢 tā ne / 我们呢 wǒmen ne)
我喜欢吃中国菜,你呢? Wǒ xǐhuān chī zhōngguó cài, nǐ ne?
他住在日本,你呢? Tā zhù zài rìběn, nǐ ne?
他们去吃日本菜,我们呢? Tāmen qù chī rìběn cài, wǒmen ne?
c. Making a suggestion (好吗 hǎo ma / 好不好 hǎo bùhǎo / 怎么样 zěnme yàng)
我们一起回家,好吗? Wǒmen yìqǐ huí jiā, hǎo ma?
我们去吃中国菜,怎么样? Wǒmen qù chī zhōngguó cài, zěnme yàng?
下课我们去吃饭,怎么样? Xiàkè wǒmen qù chī fàn, zěnme yàng?
d. Asking permission to do something (行吗 xíng ma / 行不行 xíng bù xíng)
我想回家,行吗? Wǒ xiǎng hui jiā, xíng ma?
他想吃韩国菜,行吗? Tā xiǎng chī hánguó cài, xíng ma?
6. 3. To want, to think 想(xiǎng)
(Audio L11.9)
The verb 想(xiǎng) means to think, to wish, to want and to express a future desire. 想
(xiǎng) has the following meaning associated with it.
a. To want
我想吃中国菜。
Wǒ xiǎng chī zhōngguó cài.
我想喝茶。
Wǒ xiǎng hē chá.
b. Would like to
你想去中国吗?
Nǐ xiǎng qù zhōngguó ma?
你想喝茶吗?
Wǒ xiǎng hē chá.
c. To miss something or someone
我想我爸爸妈妈。
Wǒ xiǎng wǒ bàba māma.
妈妈说她很想我。
Māma shuō tā hěn xiǎng wǒ.
Word Building
吃
吃饭
吃中国菜
我们吃中国菜
今天我们吃中国菜
做
做饭
我会做饭
妈妈很会做饭
妈妈常在家做饭
想
我想吃饭
我不想喝茶
我们想去吃日本菜
我们想一起去吃日本菜