我要一杯茶
How to order tea in Chinese
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我第一次来中国。下午很热，我很渴。
路口有一个小茶馆，我走了进去。
“你好，我要茶。”
一个阿姨笑了：“好。你要什么茶？”
“茶。我要茶。”
“我们有红茶、绿茶、白茶，还有花茶。你要哪个？”
我不知道。在我的国家，茶就是茶。
“你要热茶吗？我们也有冷茶。”
“热的也行，冷的也行。”
她笑了。她拿出四个小杯子，说：“你都试试吧。”
红茶好喝。绿茶也好喝。白茶也好喝。花茶，真好喝！
“你要哪个？”她问。
我看了看四个杯子，说：“我不渴了。”
“没关系，”她说，“明天再来吧！”
第二天，我又去了。
“你好，我要一杯热的花茶。”
她说：“好！今天不用试了吧？”
我说：“试一下也行。”
Key words
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 走 | zǒu | to go; to leave |
| 笑 | xiào | to laugh; to smile |
| 红茶 | hóngchá | black tea |
| 绿茶 | lǜchá | green tea |
| 渴 | kě | thirsty |
| 路口 | lùkǒu | intersection; crossing |
| 阿姨 | āyí | aunt (term of address for a woman of one's mother's generation) |
| 国家 | guójiā | country; nation; state |
| 行 | xíng | to walk; to go |
| 不用 | búyòng | need not; don't have to |
| 试 | shì | to try; to test |
English (for the teacher)
It’s my first time in China. The afternoon is hot, and I’m very thirsty.
There’s a little tea house on the corner, so I walk in.
“Hello, I’d like tea.”
A woman smiles: “Sure. What tea would you like?”
“Tea. I’d like tea.”
“We have black tea, green tea, white tea, and flower tea too. Which one would you like?”
I don’t know. In my country, tea is just tea.
“Would you like hot tea? We have cold tea too.”
“Hot or cold, either’s fine.”
She laughs. She brings out four little cups and says, “Try them all.”
The black tea is good. The green tea is good too. The white tea is good too. And the flower tea? Really good!
“Which one would you like?” she asks.
I look at the four cups and say, “I’m not thirsty any more.”
“Never mind,” she says, “come back tomorrow!”
The next day, I go back.
“Hello, I’d like a cup of hot flower tea.”
She says, “Great! No need to try them today, then?”
I say, “I wouldn’t say no to a taste.”