Languages / Mandarin / Level 2 · Unit 5

干杯 — Toasting Culture

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In this lesson

You are learning toasting culture: you will read the scene it happens in, learn 10 words and phrases, take apart the pattern behind them (为...干杯 / 祝... — toasting & well-wishes), hear them in a conversation, rehearse them, and finish by saying one thing out loud to be graded.

The scene

A formal dinner banquet at a private room in a Huangpu District restaurant

The Banquet Toast

今天晚上李老师请我们吃饭。在黄浦区的一个餐厅,有一个大包间。桌子上已经摆了很多菜。

李老师站起来,举杯说「今天很开心,大家都来了。我先敬大家一杯!为我们的友谊干杯!」大家说「干杯!」

我不太能喝白酒,所以我说「老师,我随意。」李老师笑了,说「没关系,你随意。」这是中国的礼貌——主人不会强迫客人。

然后我也站起来说「李老师,我敬你一杯。祝你身体健康,万事如意!」李老师很高兴。大家都笑了。今天晚上的饭菜太好吃了,气氛更好。