Lesson Three: Conversations and Culture
Learning Objectives
- Students should be able to use the sentence structures and new vocabulary learned in lesson 1 and lesson 2 to make sense of the following conversations.
- By going through this lesson, students will synthesize and practice what they learned in the previous two lessons.
Conversation and Culture
Conversation 1
李明和王华正准备出去吃饭：
李明：你想吃快餐吗？
王华：不想吃。我们还是吃点儿别的吧。
李明：你想吃中国菜还是美国菜？
王华：吃中国菜吧。
李明：好。
Conversation 2
在去饭店的路上：
王华：你觉得这个饭店怎么样？
李明：一般。我不是很喜欢这家饭店的菜。我觉得那家饭店的菜不错。
王华：对，那家饭店的菜是不错。我们就去这家吧。
Conversation 3
在饭店：
李明：你想喝酒还是喝饮料？
王华：喝饮料吧。
李明: 你喜欢喝哪种饮料,可乐还是果汁？
王华：我喜欢喝果汁。
Translation
Li Ming and Wang Hua are about to go out to eat:
李明：Do you want to eat fast food?
王华：I'd rather not. Let's have something else to eat.
李明：Do you want to eat Chinese food or American food?
王华：Let's have Chinese food.
李明：Ok.
On the way to the restaurant:
王华：What do you think of this restaurant?
李明：It's alright. I don't quite like this restaurant's food. I think that restaurant's food is not bad.
王华：Yes, that restaurant's food is pretty good. Let's go there.
At the restaurant:
李明：Do you want to drink alcoholic or soft beverage?(Do you want to drink?)
王华：A soft beverage.
李明: Which kind of soft beverage do you prefer, coke or juice?(Which do you prefer, coke or juice?)
王华：I prefer juice.