Languages / Mandarin / Level 3 · Unit 3

他让我... — Reporting Requests

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In this lesson

You are learning reporting requests: you will read the scene it happens in, learn 10 words and phrases, take apart the pattern behind them (reported requests with 让 (ràng) and 叫 (jiào)), hear them in a conversation, rehearse them, and finish by saying one thing out loud to be graded.

The scene

Lao Ji Shi, a traditional Shanghainese noodle shop on Fuzhou Road

The Kitchen Rules

老吉士在福州路上,是一家有几十年历史的面馆。今天我去吃面,正好看到厨房里在忙。老板在吩咐大家做事。

老板让一个助手去洗菜,叫另一个助手开始煮面。他让负责酱料的师傅多放一点醋,叫煮面的师傅注意火候。每个人都在按照老板的吩咐做事。

我点了一碗黄鱼面。服务员让我在窗边坐下等。旁边的老顾客告诉我:「老板叫厨房的人每碗面都要用新鲜的黄鱼,不让他们用冷冻的。」

面端上来了。老板亲自过来提醒我:「趁热吃,我让厨师多放了一点汤。」我尝了一口,太鲜了。吃完以后,老板问我怎么样。我说很好吃。他让我下次带朋友来,我答应了。朋友后来问我:「老板让你做什么了?」我说:「他让我下次再来。」