我要随便
What does 随便 mean
Name: ________________ Date: ________
什么是“随便”？“随便”是：什么都可以。真的吗？
晚上六点，老朱问女朋友：“我们今天吃什么？”
女朋友说：“随便。”
“吃饺子吧？”
“饺子？我昨天吃了。”
“那吃包子？”
“包子太大了。”
“米饭和菜呢？”
“我不想吃米饭。”
“那你想吃什么？”
“随便。”
老朱想了想，说：“好，我们去外边吃。”
他们去了一家小店。这家店的菜很多，有一个菜，名字叫“随便”，三十八块。
女朋友很高兴：“我要这个！我要随便！”
十分钟后，“随便”来了。
是饺子。
女朋友看看饺子，看看他：“我昨天吃了饺子……”
老朱说：“你说的，随便。”
Key words
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 什么 | shénme | what; anything |
| 晚上 | wǎnshang | evening; night |
| 六 | liù | six |
| 点 | diǎn | to point out; to bring up |
| 问 | wèn | to ask |
| 女朋友 | nǚpéngyou | girlfriend |
| 今天 | jīntiān | today |
| 吃 | chī | to eat |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to say |
| 饺子 | jiǎozi | dumpling (boiled, crescent-shaped) |
| 昨天 | zuótiān | yesterday |
| 包子 | bāozi | steamed bun (with filling) |
English (for the teacher)
What is “suibian”? “Suibian” means: anything is fine. Really?
At six in the evening, Lao Zhu asks his girlfriend, “What shall we eat today?”
His girlfriend says, “Suibian, whatever.”
“Dumplings?”
“Dumplings? I had them yesterday.”
“Steamed buns, then?”
“Buns are too big.”
“Rice and some dishes?”
“I don't want rice.”
“So what do you want to eat?”
“Whatever.”
Lao Zhu thinks for a moment and says, “OK, let's eat out.”
They go to a little restaurant. It has lots of dishes, and one of them is called “Suibian”: thirty-eight yuan.
His girlfriend is delighted: “I want that one! I want the Whatever!”
Ten minutes later, the “Whatever” arrives.
It's dumplings.
His girlfriend looks at the dumplings, then at him: “I had dumplings yesterday…”
Lao Zhu says, “You said it: whatever.”