Languages / Mandarin / Level 4 · Unit 1

吃了三年了 — Double 了 Pattern

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In this lesson

You are learning double 了 pattern: you will read the scene it happens in, learn 10 words and phrases, take apart the pattern behind them (double 了: verb 了 ... sentence 了), hear them in a conversation, rehearse them, and finish by saying one thing out loud to be graded.

The scene

Da Hu Chun, a legendary breakfast shop on Sichuan Middle Road, open since 1932

Ninety Years of Breakfast

大壶春是上海最有名的早餐店之一。这家店已经开了九十多年了,从1932年到现在,一直在四川中路上。每天早上五点,师傅们就开始准备了。

我到的时候已经排了二十分钟队了,前面还有十几个人。旁边的阿姨跟我说:「我吃了六十年了,每个星期都来。」我问她:「味道变了吗?」她摇摇头说:「手艺传承了三代了,一直没变。」

终于轮到我了。我点了生煎、油条和一碗甜豆浆。生煎刚出锅,底部煎得金黄。我咬了一口,汤汁烫到了嘴唇。阿姨看了看我笑了:「第一次吃吧?要先咬一个小口,把汤喝了再吃。」

我按照她说的做了。热汤从小口流出来,鲜得不得了。我已经吃了两个了,但是还想再吃两个。阿姨说:「慢慢来,这家店不会关门的。开了九十年了,还会再开九十年。」