♦A: 你在厨房里做什么？ Nǐ zài chúfáng lǐ zuò shénme? What are you doing in the kitchen? ♦B：我在想该做什么晚饭。有什么想法和建议吗？ Wǒ zài xiǎng gāi zuò shénme wǎnfàn. Yǒu shé me xiǎngfǎ hé jiànyì ma? I was thinking of cooking dinner tonight. Any ideas or suggestions about what I should make? ♦A：做烤鸡怎么样，或者做 中国菜？ Zuò kǎo jī zěnme yàng, huòzhě zuò zhōngguó cài? What about roast chicken? Or Chinese food? ♦B：我想吃中餐。 Wǒ xiǎng chī zhōngcān. I could go for Chinese food. ♦A：好吧。我们还需要买些 什么？ Hǎo ba. Wǒmen hái xū yāo mǎi xiē shénme? OK. Do we need to get anything? ♦B：我在列购物单。你喜欢吃什么蔬菜？ Wǒ zài liè gòuwù dān. Nǐ xǐhuan chī shénme shūcài? I’m making a shopping list right now. What kind of vegetables would you like? ♦A：洋白菜和土豆怎么样？ Yángbáicài hé tǔdòu zěnme yàng? How about cabbage and potatoes? ♦B：可以。这样的话，我们 要买一些猪肉，洋白菜和一袋土豆。 Kěyǐ. Zhèyàng dehuà, wǒmen yāomǎi yīxiē zhū ròu, yángbáicài hé yī dài tǔdòu. Sounds good. In that case, let’s get some pork, some cabbage, and a bag of potatoes. ♦A：要买什么甜品吗？ Yāomǎi shénme tiánpǐn ma? And what about dessert? ♦B：干吗不买点冰淇淋？ Gànma bú mǎidiǎn bīngqílín? Why don’t we have ice cream? ♦A：噢，真让人流口水。什 么样的冰淇淋？ Ō, zhēn ràng rénliú kǒushuǐ. Shénme yàng de bīngqílín? Mmmm-sounds delicious. What kind of ice cream? ♦B: 巧克力的怎么样？ Qiǎokèlì de zěnme yàng? How about chocolate? ♦A：太好了！ Tài hǎole! Great! ♦B: 我身上的钱不多了。去超市前我得去趟银行 。那得花点时间了。 Wǒ shēnshang de qián bù duōle. Qù chāoshì qián wǒ de qù tàng yínháng. Nà de huā diǎn shíjiānle. I don’t have much cash left. I’ll have to stop by the bank before I go to the supermarket. It might take me a while. ♦A：不用着急。我们可以晚点吃。 Bùyòng zhāojí. Wǒmen kěyǐ wǎndiǎn chī. Take your time. We can eat later tonight.
