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Daniel: Girls always like these Japanese-style hair clips.

May: They are cute, most importantly, inexpensive.

Daniel: Anyway, I need to get myself some late supper. I’m starving.

May: How about “stinky tofu”?

Daniel: Stinky tofu? What’s that? It sounds strange.

May: It’s a famous Hunan snack. And it’s very popular in Beijing. Would you like to have a try?

Daniel: I’ll think about it. Anything else?

May: Grilled corn, glutinous dumplings, fried peanuts, and bean curd jelly. Good enough?

Daniel: I prefer fried peanuts. I like peanuts very much. By the way, is that healthy? Mom always tells us not to eat outside, because they often use the recycled oil.

May: Don’t consider too much about it. You said you were very hungry, so you can’t do anything else but to eat.

Daniel: I prefer not. I’ll eat when I’m back home. By the way, do all the stinky tofu vendors come from Hunan?

May: Not exactly. Actually, people learn the making process from the native residents.

Daniel: Got it. Are there any other regional snacks here?

May: Of course. For example, Sichuan, Fujian, Guangzhou. Their snacks are also very famous.

Daniel: Are there any Beijing snacks?

May: Of course. Look, it is over there.

聽看學

丹尼爾：女孩子都喜歡這些日本風格的發夾。

阿美：它們很可愛，最重要的是很便宜。

丹尼爾：不管怎樣，我很餓，我要去吃點夜宵。

阿美：臭豆腐怎么樣?

丹尼爾：臭豆腐?是什么東西啊?聽起來怪怪的。

阿美：它是一種湖南的小吃，而且它在北京非常流行。你要試試嗎?

丹尼爾：我考慮一下，那還有些什么呢?

阿美：烤玉米、湯圓、炸花生和豆腐腦。夠多了吧?

丹尼爾：我選擇炸花生。我非常喜歡吃花生。對了，那衛生嗎?媽媽經常告訴我們不要在外面吃東西，因為他們經常用那種循環使用的油。

阿美：別想太多了，你說你非常餓，那你就別無選擇，只有吃了。

丹尼爾：算了，我還是回家吃吧。對了，那些賣臭豆腐的商販都是從湖南來的嗎?

阿美：不一定。事實上，人們從本地居民那里學到了制作方法。

丹尼爾：我知道了。那這兒還有其他地方小吃嗎?

阿美：當然有啊。比如說這兒有來自四川、福建、廣州的小吃。這些也非常有名。

丹尼爾：那有北京小吃嗎?

阿美：當然有啊。看，那邊就有一個。

Recitation 經典背誦

Daniel:May told me that “stinky tofu” was very popular in Beijing; it’s a very famous Human snack. But its name sounds a bit weird. I thought that all the stinky tofu vendors came from Hunan, but I’m wrong. They just learn the making process from the native residents.

生詞小結

glutinous dumpling 湯圓

stinky adj. 發惡臭的

recycled adj. 循環使用的

grilled corn 烤玉米

語素 Material

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東京夜生活

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美國夜生活

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