十两饺子
How to order dumplings in Chinese
Name: ________________ Date: ________
莎拉来中国的第三天，她想一个人去吃饺子。
饭馆很小，人很多。莎拉坐下说：“我要饺子！”
老板问：“几两？”
“几两”是什么？莎拉不知道。“几”是多少，这个她知道。她很饿，就说：“十！”
他看了看她：“十两？你一个人？”
“对！”
饺子来了，桌子上都是饺子！
莎拉说：“对不起，这些不是我的吧？”
老板笑了：“是你的。我们这儿，二两是十二个，十两是六十个。”
莎拉看着六十个饺子，马上打电话：“亚轩，你在哪儿？快来！叫你的朋友都来，我请你们吃饺子！”
第二天，莎拉又去了。老板问：“几两？”莎拉笑了：“二两！”
Key words
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 来 | lái | to come |
| 中国 | zhōngguó | China |
| 天 | tiān | heaven; God |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 去 | qù | to go |
| 吃 | chī | to eat |
| 饺子 | jiǎozi | dumpling (boiled, crescent-shaped) |
| 小 | xiǎo | small; little |
| 多 | duō | many; much |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to say |
| 问 | wèn | to ask |
| 几 | jǐ | how many; a few; several |
English (for the teacher)
On Sarah’s third day in China, she wants to go and eat dumplings on her own.
The restaurant is small and full of people. Sarah sits down and says, “I want dumplings!”
The owner asks, “How many liang?”
What does “ji liang” mean? Sarah doesn’t know. But “ji” means “how many”: that much she knows. She is very hungry, so she says, “Ten!”
He looks at her: “Ten liang? Just you?”
“Yes!”
The dumplings arrive, and the whole table is covered in them!
Sarah says, “Sorry, these aren’t mine, are they?”
The owner laughs: “They’re yours. Here, two liang is twelve, and ten liang is sixty.”
Sarah looks at the sixty dumplings and phones at once: “Yaxuan, where are you? Come quick! Bring all your friends, dumplings are on me!”
The next day, Sarah goes back. The owner asks, “How many liang?” Sarah laughs: “Two liang!”