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名厨做高档菜，下班后却爱吃塔可钟 — Top Chefs Cook Fine Food and Reach for Taco Bell After Work
· 1:11 · Episode 18
Episode 名厨做高档菜，下班后却爱吃塔可钟 — Top Chefs Cook Fine Food and Reach for Taco Bell After Work
Top Chefs Cook Fine Food and Reach for Taco Bell After Work
Top Chefs Cook Fine Food and Reach for Taco Bell After Work
HSK 2 level · 1:11
Key Vocabulary
• 菜 (cài) — dish; vegetable • 做 (zuò) — to make; to do • 吃 (chī) — to eat • 工作 (gōngzuò) — work; job • 钱 (qián) — money • 东西 (dōngxi) — thing; stuff • 贵 (guì) — expensive • 美元 (měiyuán) — US dollar
Grammar Patterns
• 是 + Noun — Use 是 to identify what someone is or describe their job. The noun phrase can include 的 to describe the person or work. • 要 + number + 钱 — cost / need to pay — 要 (yào) here means 'requires' or 'costs'. It is used with money amounts: 要九十九美元 (costs ninety-nine dollars) and 要给很多钱 (need to give a lot of money). • 有……也有…… — there is ... and also ... — Used to list two things that both exist. 有 introduces the first item, and 也有 adds the second: '有热的东西，也有冷的东西'.
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