Unit 13 Part III Practice Makes Perfect

Learn to say the following phrases. Click on the phrases and speak out.

• Chinese food, western food, Sichuan food, Guangdong food
• delicious, hot and spicy, sour, salty, tasteless, greasy, tender
• pork, beef, chicken, shrimp, fish, vegetables, hamburger, pizza, milk
• nutritious, good to health, cholesterol is not high, to have various types of vitamins
• to be used to, to be used to eating..., got used to...
• to be able to cook, to cook well
• once a week, once a month, once a year, twice a week

How to say the following sentences in Chinese?

• I like to eat Chinese food, because it is very delicious.
• I like to eat Chinese food, nevertheless I also like to eat western food.
• I drink milk every day, because it is very nutritious.
• I drink milk, nevertheless I also drink soy bean milk.
• I fairly like to eat Sichuan dish.
• I like to eat Sichuan dish best.

Please click on the speaker icon and listen to the question. Answer the questions based on your own situation.

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What are you supposed to say in the following situations:

• You want to invite your friend to a dinner.
• You are invited to a dinner. Do you san "thank you" immediately?
• Somebody is complimenting on your good cooking.
• Tell three reasons explaning why you like to eat chicken.
• Explain why you like to drink milk.

Try to say the following in Chinese:

I am an American. I like to eat American food, nevertheless I also like to eat Chinese food very much, because Chinese fod is very delicious. I particularly like Sichuan food, because it is very spicy. I like spicy food. But my wife doesn't like spicy food. She likes to eat sweet (food). We often go to Chinese restaurants to eat Chinese food. There is a Chinese restaurant near our home. We go there once a month. But our daughters don't like Chinese food. They are not used to eating Chinese food. They say that Chinese food is too greasy, not nutritious. They like to eat American food. They particularly like eat pizza and hamburger.