Lesson:79 我们 的 主食 是 饺子，因为 大家 都 爱 吃 饺子。
Our main food is dumplings, because everyone likes dumplings.
今天 是 星期五，晚上 我 和 三 个 朋友 一起 去 学校 附近 的 一 家 四川 饭馆 吃 饭。这 家 饭馆
比较 小，但是 菜 的 味道 很好，价格 也 不贵，所以 我们 老 去 那儿 吃 饭。
Today is Friday. In the evening, I went to a Sichuan restaurant near the school with three friends for dinner. This restaurant is small, but the food tastes good and the price is not expensive, so we always go there for dinner.
我们 点 了 两个 凉菜：小 葱 拌 豆腐、糖 醋 黄瓜，四 个 热菜：青椒 肉 丝、炒 土豆 丝、麻婆豆腐、西红柿 炒 鸡蛋，要 了 两 瓶 啤酒、两 瓶 果汁、四 听 可乐，还 要 了 一 盘 面粉 做 的
点心，没有 要 汤。我们 的 主食 是 饺子，因为 大家 都 爱 吃 饺子。今天 的 饭 菜 都 很 好
吃，啤酒 也 很 好 喝。我们 结 了 账 以后 还 唱 了 卡拉OK，大家 都 很 高兴，因为 明天 没有
课。
We ordered two cold dishes: green onion mixed with tofu, sweet and sour cucumber, four hot dishes: green pepper and shredded pork, fried potato, Mapo Tofu, fried egg with tomato, two bottles of beer, two bottles of juice, four cans of coke, and a plate of flour Dessert, no soup. Our main food is dumplings, because everyone likes dumplings. Today's food is very is
delicious, beer is good to drink. We also sang karaoke after we settled the account. Everyone was very happy, Because there's no class tomorrow.
我 想 明天 吃 了 早饭 以后 去 买 音乐 光盘。
I think I'll buy some music CDs after breakfast tomorrow.
Chinese Character and Word.
老 /lǎo/ 想 /xiǎng/ 要 /yào/ 了 /le/ 点 /diǎn/ 听 /tīng/ 汤 /tāng/ 瓶 /píng/ 盘 /pán/ 糖 /táng/ 葱 /cōng/ 拌 /bàn/ 醋 /cù/ 丝 /sī/ 炒 /chǎo/ 高兴 /gāo xìng/ 好吃 /hǎo chī/ 那儿 /nà r/ 附近 /fù jìn/ 啤酒 /pí jiǔ/ 因为 /yīn wèi/ 鸡蛋 /jī dàn/ 西红柿 /xī hóng shì/ 所以 /suǒ yǐ/ 好喝 /hǎo hē/ 味道 /wèi dao/ 价格 /jià gé/ 凉菜 /liáng cài/ 豆腐 /dòu fu/ 黄瓜 /huáng gua/ 热菜 /rè cài/ 青椒 /qīng jiāo/ 土豆 /tǔ dòu/ 麻婆豆腐 /má pó dòu fu/ 果汁 /guǒ zhī/ 面粉 /miàn fěn/ 点心 /diǎn xin/ 主食 /zhǔ shí/ 结账 /jié zhàng/ 卡拉OK /kǎ lā OK/ 四川 /sì chuān/ 西红柿炒鸡蛋 /xī hóng shì chǎo jī dàn/ 土豆丝 /tǔ dòu sī/
Chinese Grammars.
1: Review of word “了”
The aspect particle “了”
(1) It is used after a verb to indicate the completion of an action. Compare the following dialogues:
With “了”:
A: 你们 点 了 什么 菜？
B: 我们 点 了 西红柿 炒 鸡蛋。
A: What did you order?
B: We ordered scrambled eggs with tomatoes.
(The action “点” was completed)
A: 你们 晚饭 吃 了 什么？
B: 我们 吃 了 饺子。
A: What did you have for dinner?
B: We had dumplings.
(The action “吃” was completed)
With “了”:
A: 你们 点 什么 菜？
B: 西红柿炒鸡蛋 和 土豆丝。
A: What would you like to order?
B: Stir-fired eggs with tomatos and shredded potatoes.
(The action “点” was not completed)
A: 你们 晚饭 吃 什么？
B: 我们 想 吃 饺子。
A: What would you like to eat for supper?
B: We'd like dumplings.
(The action “吃” was not completed)
(2) The negative form of a sentence using the aspect particle “了” is “没/没有 + verb”.
For example:
我们 没 买 词典。
We didn't buy a dictionary.
我们 没 要 果汁。
We didn't order juice.
昨天 晚上 我们 没有 喝 啤酒。
We didn't drink beer last night.
(3) The aspect particle “了” only indicates the completion of an action, The action can be done before or after speaking.
For example:
昨天 我们 上 了 听力课。
Yesterday we had the listening course.
(The action “上” was completed before speaking)
昨天 晚上 我 给 家里 打 了 电话。
Last night I called my family.
(The action “打” was completed before speaking)
下 了 课 以后 我 想 回 房间 休息。
I want to go back to my home to have a rest after class.
(The action “下” will be completed after speaking)
我 明天 晚上 吃 了 晚饭 以后 去 看 朋友。
I am going to visit my friend after supper tomorrow night.
(The action “吃” will be completed after speaking)
(4) In a sentence with the structure “去 + place + verb”, the aspect particle “了” is used after the second verb.
For example:
昨天 他 去 商店 买 了 一 台 电视。
Yesterday he went to the store and bought a TV set.
下午 我 去 银行 取 了 钱。
I went to withdraw some money from the bank in the afternoon.
2: sentence pattern “因为.....所以.....”
It is used to show a cause-and-effect relationship. “因为” is used before the clause indicating cause or reason, and “所以” is used before the clause indicating effect or result.
For example:
因为 大家 都 爱 吃 饺子，所以 我们 点 了 三 斤 饺子。
We ordered three jin of dumplings because everyone likes them.
因为 他 明天 有 课，所以 今天 晚上 没 去 唱歌。
He didn't go to sing tonight because he will have classes tommorrow.
因为 那 家 饭馆 的 菜 又 便宜 又 好吃，所以 我们 常 去 那儿 吃饭。
We ofter go to have dinner at that restaurant because the dishes there are inexpensive and tasty.
It is OK that only one conjunction is used in the sectence.
For example:
他 妈妈 是 中国人，所以 他 会 说 一点儿 汉语。
He can speak a little Chinese Because his mother is Chinese.
今天 我们 没有 课，所以 我 十点 才 起床。
I didn't get up until 10 o'clock because we don't have classes today.
因为 下雨 了，我们 没 去 看 电影。
We didn't see the movie because of rain.
因为 大家 都 爱 吃 饺子，我们 点 了 两 盘 饺子。
We ordered two plates of dumplings because everyone likes them.
Note: “因为” must be used if the clause indicating reason is used after the clause indicating effect.
For example:
大家 都 很 高兴，因为 明天 没有 作业。
We are all very happy, because we won't have homework tomorrow.
他 今天 没 来 上课，因为 他 病 了。
He didn't come to class, because he is sick today.
今天 他 喝 了 很 多 酒，因为 他 很 高兴。
He drank a lot, because he is very happy today.
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