Lesson 156 It Seems Very Good to Eat!

M: Péngyǒumen, nǐmenhǎo! Huānyíng shōutīng xiànzài xué hànyǔ. Wǒshì ML.

S: Wǒshì Stuart. Lesson 156 today. It's a revision lesson. Mimic us as loudly as you can.

M: Let's start right away. I like fruits, 水果，fruits, very much.

S: ML, what are you eating? Nǐzài chī shénme? 你在吃什么？

M: I'm eating an apple. 我在吃苹果。Wǒzài chī píngguǒ.

S: It seems very good to eat! Kànqǐlái hěn hǎochī. 看起来很好吃！

M: 水果都很好吃。All fruits are good to eat. Shuǐguǒ dōu hěnhǎochī.

S: Yes, I can see that! On your table I also saw oranges, grapes, peaches and pears. Zài nǐde zhuōzi shàng wǒhái kàndàole chéngzi, pútao, táozi, he yā1lí.

M: Ha! What a big stomach I have!

M: 橙子、葡萄、桃子和鸭梨, they are all my favorites! Chéngzi, CHENG ZI, 橙子，orange. Pútao, PU TAO, 葡萄，grapes.

S: Táozi, TAO ZI, 桃子is peach; and yālí, YA LI, first tone second tone, 鸭梨，is pear. Out of interest, lí itself also means pear, but ‘yā' itself means ‘duck'. Be careful not to make a mistake here.

M: Stuart, 你喜欢吃哪几种水果？What kinds of fruits do you like to eat? Nǐ xǐhuān chī nǎjǐzhǒng shuǐguǒ?

S: Mm, wǒ xǐhuān chī bōluó, míhóutáo, xiāngjiāo, hé cǎoméi. I like eating pineapple, kiwi fruit, banana, and strawberry.

M: Stuart, your tummy is no smaller than mine!

S: Of course, I was born in the Year of the Monkey!

M: 菠萝，BO LUO, bōluó, first tone second tone, bōluó, pineapple. 猕猴桃，MI HOU TAO, míhóutáo, all in second
tone, is kiwi fruit. By the way, míhóu in English is macaque, and ‘táo', we've learnt in the last lesson, means peach.

S: Banana, xiāngjiāo, XIANG JIAO, 香蕉. And the last one is cǎoméi, strawberry, CAO MEI, 草莓。

M: So, we've learnt nearly ten kinds of fruit. What are their names? Right. 苹果、橙子、葡萄、桃子、鸭梨、菠萝、猕猴桃、香蕉，和草莓。Hěnhǎo!

M: Stuart, what color are apples? Píngguǒ shì shénme yánsède? 苹果是什么颜色的？

S: Red. Píngguǒ shì hóngsède.

M: 橙子是什么颜色的？

S: Chéngsède.

M:香蕉呢？Xiāngjiāone?

S: Yellow. Huángde. 黄色的。

M: 猕猴桃是什么颜色的？What's the color of kiwi fruit?

S: Green. Lǜde.

M: And grapes? 葡萄呢？

S: Purple. 紫的。Zǐde.

M: Very good. Now, 橙子是什么形状的？What shape is an orange? Chéngzi shì shénme xíngzhuàngde?

S: Yuánde. Chéngzi shì yuánde.

M: One more, Stuart, and then we can call it a day – 桌子是什么形状的？zhuōzi shì shénme xíngzhuàngde?

S: Easy question! It's square – zhuōzi shì fāngde.

M: Hěnhǎo! Now we can xiàkè. Zàijiàn!

S: zàijiàn.