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吃不完的饭

A Chinese family dinner that never ends

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今天jīntiān，我wǒ的de男朋友nánpéngyǒu大卫dàwèi第一次dìyīcì来lái我家wǒjiā吃饭chīfàn。

桌子zhuōzi上shàng有yǒu十shí个gè菜cài。奶奶nǎinai说shuō：“大卫dàwèi，多duō吃chī一点儿yìdiǎnr！”她tā在zài大卫dàwèi的de碗wǎn里放fàng了le一yí块kuài肉ròu。

大卫dàwèi吃chī了le。妈妈māma说shuō：“来lái，吃chī这个zhège！”她tā也yě给gěi大卫dàwèi放fàng了le很hěn多duō菜cài。

大卫dàwèi也yě吃chī了le。爸爸bàba说shuō：“这个zhège好吃hǎochī！”他tā也yě给gěi大卫dàwèi放fàng了le一些yìxiē。

大卫dàwèi吃chī了le很hěn多duō很hěn多duō，可是kěshì碗wǎn里的de菜cài还是háishi很hěn多duō。

他tā问wèn我wǒ：“我wǒ不想bùxiǎng再zài吃chī了le，可是kěshì碗wǎn里还有háiyǒu菜cài，我wǒ还hái要yào吃chī吗ma？”

我wǒ告诉gàosù他tā：“在zài我家wǒjiā，你nǐ吃chī完wán了le，奶奶nǎinai就jiù会huì再zài给gěi你nǐ放fàng。”

大卫dàwèi看kàn着zhe碗wǎn里的de菜cài，不bù吃chī了le。

奶奶nǎinai看见kànjiàn了le，笑xiào着zhe说shuō：“大卫dàwèi吃chī好hǎo了le！”

吃chī完wán饭fàn，我们wǒmen要yào走zǒu了le。奶奶nǎinai给gěi了le大卫dàwèi一个yígè大dà饭盒fànhé：“这zhè是shì你nǐ明天míngtiān的de饭fàn！”

大卫dàwèi看kàn着zhe我wǒ，问wèn：“这个zhège，也yě要yào吃chī完wán吗ma？”

Key words

Today my boyfriend David came to my family's home for dinner for the first time.

There were ten dishes on the table. Grandma said, “David, eat up!” She put a piece of meat in his bowl.

David ate it. Mum said, “Here, try this!” She piled his bowl with food too.

David ate that too. Dad said, “This one's good!” And he gave him some as well.

David ate and ate, but his bowl was still full.

He asked me, “I don't want any more, but there's still food in my bowl. Do I have to eat it?”

I told him, “In my family, if you finish it, Grandma just gives you more.”

David looked at the food in his bowl and stopped eating.

Grandma saw, and smiled. “David's had enough!”

After dinner it was time to go. Grandma handed David a big lunch box: “This is your food for tomorrow!”

David looked at me and asked, “Do I have to finish this one too?”