Languages / Mandarin / Level 3 · Unit 3

大家都说... — Complex Reported Speech

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

The scene

Guyi Hunan Restaurant on Fuxing Road, a favorite of Shanghai foodies

The Spiciest Dinner in Shanghai

小李告诉我说复兴路有一家湖南餐厅叫「古意」,说大家都觉得很好吃。他问我要不要一起去。我说好。他又问我能不能吃辣。我说可以。他让我做好准备。

到了餐厅,服务员问我们吃过湖南菜没有。小李说吃过,还让服务员推荐最辣的菜。服务员说据说他们的剁椒鱼头是全上海最辣的。小李让我点这道菜。

菜上来了,满满的红辣椒。我吃了第一口,太辣了!我告诉小李我有点受不了。他笑着说他以为我说能吃辣。我回答说我以为的辣和湖南人认为的辣不一样。

不过吃了几口以后,我觉得越来越好吃了。小李问我是不是觉得很过瘾。我说确实很过瘾。吃完以后,小李叫我转告其他朋友,让他们至少来试一次。据说味道会证明一切。