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怎么点奶茶

How to order bubble tea in Chinese

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小张xiǎozhāng在zài减肥jiǎnféi，已经yǐjīng十shí天tiān没méi喝hē奶茶nǎichá了le。第十一dìshíyī天tiān下午xiàwǔ，他tā的de脚jiǎo自己zìjǐ走进zǒujìn了le一家yìjiā奶茶nǎichá店diàn。

墙qiáng上shàng的de奶茶nǎichá照片zhàopiàn，一yì张zhāng比bǐ一yì张zhāng好看hǎokàn。

店员diànyuán笑xiào着zhe问wèn：“您好nínhǎo，想xiǎng喝hē什么shénme？”

“一yì杯bēi奶茶nǎichá！大dà杯bēi，全quán糖táng，加jiā珍珠zhēnzhū！”

“好hǎo的de。冰bīng的de、常温chángwēn的de还是háishi热rè的de？”

“冰bīng的de，少shǎo冰bīng！”

说shuō完wán，小张xiǎozhāng看kàn了le看kàn自己zìjǐ的de肚子dùzi。“等等děngdeng，中zhōng杯bēi吧ba。”

“行xíng，中zhōng杯bēi。”

“糖táng也yě少shǎo放fàng一点儿yìdiǎnr吧ba。半bàn糖táng。”

“好hǎo的de，半bàn糖táng。”

“不bù，三分糖sānfēntáng。”

“好hǎo的de，三分糖sānfēntáng。”

“算了suànle，无糖wútáng！”

“好hǎo的de，无糖wútáng。还是háishi要yào少shǎo冰bīng吗ma？”

“去qù冰bīng。不bù，热rè的de吧ba。我wǒ妈mā说shuō，冰bīng的de东西dōngxī对duì身体shēntǐ不好bùhǎo。”

“好hǎo的de，那nà就jiù热rè的。”

小张xiǎozhāng后面hòumiàn的de人rén已经yǐjīng开始kāishǐ看kàn手机shǒujī了le。

“珍珠zhēnzhū也yě不bù加jiā了le。”

“好hǎo的。”

“牛奶niúnǎi也yě不要búyào了le。”

店员diànyuán停tíng了le一下yíxià：“那么nàme，茶chá还hái要yào吗ma？”

小张xiǎozhāng想xiǎng了le想xiǎng：“我wǒ喝hē了le茶chá，晚上wǎnshang睡不着shuìbuzháo。茶chá也yě不bú要yào了le。”

店员diànyuán看kàn了le他tā三sān秒miǎo。然后ránhòu她tā拿ná了le一yí个gè杯子bēizi，倒dào满mǎn热水rèshuǐ，放fàng在zài小张xiǎozhāng面前miànqián。

“您nín的de中zhōng杯bēi奶茶nǎichá，热rè的，无糖wútáng。打包dǎbāo还是háishi在zài这儿zhèr喝hē？”

Key words

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
脚	jiǎo	foot
照片	zhàopiàn	photo; picture
张	zhāng	surname Zhang
糖	táng	sugar
加	jiā	to add; to plus
冰	bīng	ice; to chill; to freeze; cold; icy (as in 冰冷)
中	zhōng	China; Chinese (short form)
行	xíng	to walk; to go
放	fàng	to put; to place
面前	miànqián	in front of; before; in the face of
全	quán	whole; all; entire; complete; completely; entirely
肚子	dùzi	belly; abdomen; stomach

English (for the teacher)

Xiao Zhang was on a diet and hadn’t had a milk tea in ten days. On the afternoon of day eleven, his feet walked into a milk tea shop all by themselves.

The milk tea photos on the wall each looked better than the last.

The clerk smiled. “Hi, what would you like?”

“One milk tea!” “Large, full sugar, with pearls!”

“Sure.” “Iced, room temperature, or hot?”

“Iced, less ice!”

Then Xiao Zhang glanced down at his stomach. “Wait. Make it a medium.”

“Sure, medium.”

“A bit less sugar, too.” “Half sugar.”

“Sure, half sugar.”

“No, thirty percent sugar.”

“Sure, thirty percent.”

“Forget it. No sugar!”

“Sure, no sugar.” “Still less ice?”

“No ice.” “No, make it hot.” “My mum says cold things are bad for you.”

“Sure, hot then.”

The people behind Xiao Zhang had started looking at their phones.

“Skip the pearls, too.”

“Sure.”

“And no milk.”

The clerk paused. “Then do you still want the tea?”

Xiao Zhang thought for a moment. “If I drink tea, I can’t sleep at night.” “No tea, either.”

The clerk looked at him for three seconds. Then she took a cup, filled it with hot water and set it down in front of him.

“Your medium milk tea. Hot, no sugar.” “To go, or for here?”