“Upper-Intermediate Speaking I” has 10 exercises — the first 3 are free
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Food & Culture — 食物与文化
食物与文化
Thirteen words every eater needs, two grammar points the dialogue runs on, and the eternal question: 你吃得惯吗？
Ears first, or eyes first?
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Dan 吃不惯什么菜？
Dan chī bú guàn shén me cài
Which food can't Dan get used to?
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Dan 为什么不吃花生？
Dan wèi shén me bù chī huā shēng
Why won't Dan eat peanuts?
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韩国的路边摊跟中国的有什么不一样？
hán guó de lù biān tān gēn zhōng guó de yǒu shén me bù yí yàng
How are Korean street stalls different?
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Dan 一个星期点几次外卖？
Dan yí gè xīng qī diǎn jǐ cì wài mài
How often does Dan order delivery in a week?
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去很火的网红餐厅，Dan 用什么办法不用干等？
qù hěn huǒ de wǎng hóng cān tīng Dan yòng shén me bàn fǎ bú yòng gān děng
How does Dan avoid queuing at a hot restaurant?
Word check — the new words, back at you生词复习
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这家店太火了，我们____等了一个小时才吃上。
zhè jiā diàn tài huǒ le，wǒ men ____ děng le yí gè xiǎo shí cái chī shàng。
The place was packed — we waited an hour for a table before we could eat.
每个地方都有自己的____，来了一定要尝尝。
měi gè dì fang dōu yǒu zì jǐ de ____，lái le yí dìng yào cháng chang。
Every place has its own signature dish — you have to try it.
他什么都爱吃，是个标准的____。
tā shén me dōu ài chī，shì gè biāo zhǔn de ____。
He'll eat anything — a textbook foodie.
在中国吃饭，筷子不能插在米饭上——这是重要的____。
zài zhōng guó chī fàn，kuài zi bù néng chā zài mǐ fàn shàng——zhè shì zhòng yào de ____。
In China you never stick chopsticks upright in rice — a key point of table manners.
想去那家网红餐厅吃饭，最好提前几天____。
xiǎng qù nà jiā wǎng hóng cān tīng chī fàn，zuì hǎo tí qián jǐ tiān ____。
If you want that internet-famous restaurant, book a few days ahead.
Memory hook
胃口 — appetite, and everything it pairs with
Memory hook
V＋得惯 / V＋不惯 — used to it, or never will be
胃口 and 得惯 — fill the gaps语言点练习
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泰国菜酸酸辣辣的，很合我的____。
tài guó cài suān suan là la de，hěn hé wǒ de ____。
Thai food, sour and spicy — right up my alley.
Shanghai food isn't really to my taste.
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Your sentence
Your turn — say it
我今天没胃口。
I've got no appetite today.
她太啰嗦了，真让人____。
tā tài luō suō le，zhēn ràng rén ____。
She rambles so much it really puts you off.
Have you got used to Chinese food?
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Your sentence
Dan 的吃饭日记——用词语库把空填上
Tap a word to fill the next gap; tap a filled sentence to clear it. Every word is used once.
Word bank
0/5这双高跟鞋跟儿太高，我____。
zhè shuāng gāo gēn xié gēn ér tài gāo，wǒ ____。
These heels are too high — I could never get used to them.
Your turn — say it
我吃不惯太辣的菜。
I can't get used to food that's too spicy.
See it, say it看图选词
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看图配词：夜宵、外卖、路边摊、大排档
Tap a picture, then choose its word. Match all the cards to finish.
On summer nights everyone likes eating seafood and drinking beer at the open-air stalls.
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Your sentence
Ears only听力反应
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How would you answer?
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上海菜也不太合我的胃口，什么都甜甜的。
Shanghai food isn't quite to my taste either — everything's sweet.
What can't he eat?
Your turn — say it
我早就学会了，太方便了，而且很便宜，比韩国的外卖便宜多了。
Learned ages ago — so convenient, and cheap, way cheaper than delivery in Korea.
Before you go课后回顾
- Role-play ①: call an internet-famous restaurant and book a table for two — day, time, and what if there's a wait?
- Role-play ②: your roommate wants a restaurant with a two-hour queue, in this heat. You refuse to queue. Find dinner you both accept.
- Role-play ③: travelling in India, your friend can't get used to the food (吃不惯) and wants Chinese; you insist on trying the local dishes. Convince each other.
- Introduce one signature dish of your country in five sentences, using at least five of today's words.