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Lesson One: Vocabulary--Food and Drink

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Learning Objectives

  • Students will learn the vocabulary of food and drink.
  • Students will be able to recognize the new words when doing the practice exercises.
  • Students will know the vocabulary well enough to use it in the following lessons.


Vocabulary 词汇: Food and Drink 饮食

Basic Concepts

   饭     fàn       meal
   菜     cài       1)cuisine/ 2)dish

Note: 菜

1) a general concept of cuisine, like 中国菜(Chinese food).

2) to name specific dishes.

Verbs

   喝   hē    drink
   吃   chī   eat

Note: In Chinese, 吃 is generally used with an object. 

 Eg:
 吃饭 (chī fàn/ to eat) -- 吃(eat)饭(food,meal)
 吃药 (chī yào/ to take medicine）-- 吃(eat)药(medicine)

How you feel

   饱   bǎo   full 
   饿   è     hungry 
   渴   kě    thirsty


Drinks

   酒    jiǔ        alcoholic beverage  
   啤酒  pí jiǔ     beer 
   白酒  bái jiǔ    white wine 
   红酒  hóng jiǔ   red wine 



   饮料  yǐn liào   beverage
   咖啡  kā fēi     coffee 
   果汁  guǒ zhī    juice 
   可乐  kě lè      coke 
   牛奶  niú nǎi    milk 
   豆浆  dòu jiāng  soy milk 
   
   水    shuǐ       water
   
   茶    chá        tea 
   绿茶  lǜ chá     green tea 
   红茶  hóng chá   black tea

The Tastes

    酸    suān      sour
    甜    tián      sweet
    苦    kǔ        bitter
    辣    là        spicy
    咸    xián      salty

Meals

   早餐/ 早饭  zǎo-cān/ zǎo-fàn    breakfast 
   午餐/ 午饭  wǔ-cān/ wǔ-fàn      lunch
   晚餐/ 晚饭  wǎn-cān/ wǎn-fàn    dinner


Extended Vocabulary

   奶昔   nǎi xī          milk shake 
   奶茶   nǎi chá         milk tea
   饭店   fàn-diàn        restaurant
   快餐   kuài cān        fast food 
   快餐店 kuài cān diàn    fast food restaurant

Lesson One Exercise 第一课练习

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