S: Wo shi Stuart. Let’s start with a question for our listeners. What lesson is it today?’ Jin tian shi di ji ke? …….

M: Jin tian shi di wu shi qi ke, lesson 57, di wu shi qi ke.

S: Dui le. Di wu shi qi ke.

M: Now, let’s learn more food things.

S: Hao zhuyi. You guys at home, as usual, listen, speak, at the same time, guess: 听，说，同时猜一猜, ting, shuo, tóngshí cai yi cai.

M: We ordered a few stir-fried dishes, but no soup. 我们点了几个炒菜，可是，我们没有点汤. Women dian le ji ge chao cai, keshi, women mei you dian tang.

S: 没有汤，mei you tang! That won’t do! 那不行, na bu xing.

M: ‘Hot and sour’ soup, ok? 我点酸辣汤， 行不行? Wo dian suan la tang, xing bu xing?

S: xing.

M: 小姐，请来一个酸辣汤, qing lai yi ge suan la tang.

WTRSS: 对不起，今天没有酸辣汤. Dui bu qi, jin tian mei you suan la tang.

M: Mei you a! So please bring a glass of iced water. 请来一杯冰水, qing lai yi bei bing shui.

WTRSS: Dui bu qi, dui bu qi, mei you bing shui.

S: Mei you a! Beer! 请来一杯啤酒, qing lai yi bei pijiu.

WTRSS: Dui bu qi. Mei you pijiu.

S: Mei you pijiu! Na bu xing!

M: Bing shui, pijiu, dou mei you! Anyway, let’s learn the new words, shēngzì.

S: First, ‘stir-fry’, 炒CHAO chao. You say it, chao, chao. So ‘stir-fried’ food is? …. Dui le, chao cai, chao cai.

M: But, no soup. 可是 KE SHI, ke shi, means ‘but’. Can you say, ‘but no soup’? …. mei cuo. Ke shi, mei you tang, ke shi, mei you tang.

S: And 行XING xing, can mean ‘Ok’. Xing. ML asks me.

M: Ok? Xing bu xing?

S: xing, ok, xing. Say it, xing. Or, ‘not Ok’. Bu xing, bu xing.

M: Next, ‘hot and sour soup’. 酸辣汤. 酸 SUAN, suan, is ‘sour’, suan.

S: 辣, we know, is ‘hot’. So, it’s ‘sour and hot’, suan la, in Chinese. ‘Hot and sour soup’, suan la tang, say it, suan la tang.

M: And, sorry. Dui bu qi. DUI BU QI, dui bu qi.

S: Say it, sound sorry, dui bu qi, dui bu qi.

S: Now, to end with the dialogue. Fast!

M: Women dian le ji ge chao cai, keshi, women mei you dian tang.

S: Mei you tang! Na bu xing.

M: Wo dian suan la tang, xing bu xing?

S: xing.

M: Xiaojie, qing lai yi ge suan la tang.

WTRSS: Dui bu qi, jin tian mei you suan la tang.

M: Mei you a! qing lai yi bei bing shui.

WTRSS: Dui bu qi, mei you bing shui.

S: Mei you a! Qing lai yi bei pijiu.

WTRSS: Dui bu qi. Mei you.

S: Mei you pijiu! Na bu xing! Wo shengqi le!

M: Tian a, Stuart’s angry. We’d better go. Zai jian.