Stage 3 · Lesson 15

Cooking a meal together

Describe meal preparation and portions.

17 new words2 sessions · 20–25 minutes each0/40 correct without hintsReview the preceding lesson

Listen, read, and retell

Pinyin Meaning

Pass 1: understand the situation. Pass 2: hide meanings and read. Pass 3: retell it in your own words.

Conversation

安安

今天jīn tiān我们wǒ men一yī起qǐ做饭zuò fàn吧ba。家jiā里lǐ有yǒu米mǐ、油yóu、蛋dàn，还hái要yào买mǎi什么shén me食shí物wù？

Let us cook together today. We have rice, oil and eggs. What other food do we need?

小禾

买mǎi一点儿yī diǎn er鸡jī肉ròu、牛niú肉ròu和hé鱼yú，再zài买mǎi些xiē菜cài。两liǎng个gè人rén吃chī，不bù用yòng买mǎi太tài多duō。

Some chicken, beef, fish and vegetables. There are only two of us, so we need not buy too much.

安安

这zhè瓶píng水shuǐ放fàng在zài哪儿nǎ er？我wǒ把bǎ瓶píng子zi洗xǐ好hǎo，再zài切qiè几jǐ片piàn菜cài。饭fàn熟shú了le就jiù能néng吃chī吗ma？

Where should this bottle of water go? I will wash the bottle and slice some vegetables. Can we eat when the rice is cooked?

小禾

先xiān看kàn看kàn其qí他tā食shí物wù也yě做zuò好hǎo了le没有méi yǒu。我wǒ来lái拿ná碗wǎn和hé筷kuài子zi，把bǎ饭fàn分fēn成chéng两liǎng份fèn，尝cháng尝cháng味wèi道dao再zài说shuō。

Check whether the other dishes are ready too. I will get bowls and chopsticks, divide the rice into two portions and taste it.

Extension reading

饭fàn做zuò好hǎo以yǐ后hòu，安ān安ān把bǎ一碗yī wǎn饭fàn放fàng在zài小xiǎo禾hé面miàn前qián。她tā发fā现xiàn自zì己jǐ做zuò的de饭fàn不bù一yī定dìng特tè别bié好看hǎo kàn，但dàn味wèi道dao很hěn合hé自zì己jǐ的de习惯xí guàn。

Anan places a bowl before Xiao He. Her cooking may not look especially impressive, but its flavour suits her taste.

他们tā men慢màn慢màn吃chī，觉得jué de饱bǎo了le就jiù停tíng下xià，没有méi yǒu为wèi了le把bǎ所suǒ有yǒu东西dōng xī吃chī完wán而ér多duō吃chī。最zuì后hòu，两liǎng个gè人rén一yī起qǐ把bǎ桌子zhuō zi收shōu好hǎo。

They eat slowly and stop when full, rather than overeating just to finish everything. They then clear the table together.

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