Unit 13

Part I: Listen and Learn 1

Click on the speaker icon of each sentence and listen to the recording. The Chinese characters are in big5 format.

1. W sh Zhnggu rn, xhun ch Zhnggu ci.
   I am a Chinese. (I) like to eat Chinese food.
   我是中國人，喜歡吃中國菜。

2. Zhnggu ci hn ho ch.
   Chinese food is very delicious.
   中國菜很好吃。

3. W xhun ch ru.
   I like to eat meat.
   我喜歡吃肉。

4. Niru, zhru, j, y, w du xhun.
   Beef, pork, chicken, duck, I like them all.
   牛肉、豬肉、雞、鴨，我都喜歡。

5. Ksh w b ti xhun ch y h xi.
   But I don't like to eat fish and shrimp.
   可是我不太喜歡吃魚和蝦。

6. W mitin ch hn du shci.
   I eat lots of vegetables every day.
   我每天吃很多蔬菜。

7. Shci l yu g zhng wishngs, du shngt yu hoch.
   Vegetables have various types of vitamins. (They are) good to health.
   蔬菜裡有各種維生素，對身體有好處。

• 'ci' literally means 'dish, vegetable'. 'Zhnggu ci' means 'Chinese cusine, Chinese dish'. The actual meaning depends on the context. For example, 'n xhun ch shnme ci' may mean 'what kind of food, what nationality's cusine do you like?' or 'what specific dish do you like?'

• 'hoch' literally means 'good to eat'. Many adjectives in Chinese are formed in this pattern. 'hokn' means 'good to look, beautiful'. The opposite is 'b hoch' and 'b hokn'.

• 'li' in 'shci l yu g zhng wishngs' is a preposition like 'in' in English. This sentence literally can be translated as 'In vegetable there are various types of vitamins.'