CME Book 3 Lesson 8 Part 2 (Chinese Made Easy Vocabulary and Example Sentences)

中秋节 = The Mid Autumn Festival

1.今天是中秋节，晚上我们要一起吃月饼了。

Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, we are going to eat moon cakes together tonight.

通常 = Usually

1.爸爸通常下午六点下班。

Dad usually gets off work at six in the afternoon.

2. 我通常晚上七点才开始复习功课。

I usually start to review my homework at 7 o'clock in the evening.

牛排 = beef steak

1. 我不喜欢吃牛牛排。

I usually start to review my homework at 7 o'clock in the evening.

叉烧肉 = skewer roasted pork

1.哥哥最爱吃叉烧肉，姐姐却不喜欢。

My brother loves barbecued pork, but my sister doesn't like it.

三文鱼 = salmon

1.三文鱼的几个不便宜。

My brother loves barbecued pork, but my sister doesn't like it.

龙虾 = lobster

1.龙虾的价格比三文鱼贵了很多。

The price of lobster is much more expensive than salmon

醋 = vinegar

1.我吃河粉时，最不喜欢放醋。

When I eat Pho, I don't like putting vinegar on it.

2. 他看到爱人跟别人笑，他就吃醋了。

He gets jealous when he sees his lover laughing with others.

排骨 = spareribs

1. 排骨多少钱一斤呢?

How much is a pound of ribs?

香草 = vanilla

1.香草蛋糕是我最爱吃的蛋糕。

Vanilla cake is my favorite cake.

辣 = spicy

1.这块炸鸡恨辣，我吃不下。

This fried chicken hates spicy, I can't eat it.

2.拉的东西，弟弟不敢吃。

My brother didn't dare to eat what I pulled.

一口气 = at one ego

1. 我一口气把炸鸡吃完了。

I ate the fried chicken in one go.

不得了 = extremely

1.姐姐煮的麻辣烫，好吃的不得了。

My sister's Mala Tang is very delicious.

2. 他的弟弟顽皮的不得了。

His brother is extremely naughty.

品尝 = taste

1.品尝美食是我们一家人的爱好。

Tasting food is our family's hobby.

味道 = flavour

1.这个草莓的味道有一点不新鲜。

The taste of this strawberry is not fresh.

传统 = tradition ; traditional

1.吃月饼时传统美食。

Traditional food when eating moon cakes.

月饼 = moon cake

1.以前月饼只有放蛋，现在连榴莲也有了。

In the past, mooncakes only contained eggs, but now there are even durians.

赏月 =  appreciate the bright full moon

1.中秋节是赏月跟一般的十五号月亮有不一样的感觉。

Mid-Autumn Festival is to admire the moon with a different feeling from the general 15th moon.