Languages / Mandarin / Level 2 · Unit 2

我更喜欢 — Preferences

Lesson 36 of 170 · Level 2 of 6All lessons
In this lesson

You are learning preferences: you will read the scene it happens in, learn 10 words and phrases, take apart the pattern behind them (更 + verb/adj — expressing preference), hear them in a conversation, rehearse them, and finish by saying one thing out loud to be graded.

The scene

Comparing restaurants along Yuyuan Road, Changning District

Choosing Between Two Restaurants

今天晚上我和小明要去吃饭。愚园路上有两家餐厅。一家是上海菜,一家是川菜。我们不知道选哪家。

小明说「我更喜欢川菜,因为味道更重。」我说「但是我更喜欢上海菜,因为更清淡。」我们看了两家的菜单。

上海菜餐厅有红烧肉、小笼包和糖醋鱼。川菜餐厅有麻婆豆腐、回锅肉和辣子鸡。都很好吃的样子。

最后我们选了上海菜餐厅,因为更便宜,而且菜更新鲜。小明说「下次我们去吃川菜。」我说「好的!」大家都开心。