You are learning final mastery performance: you will read the scene it happens in, learn 10 words and phrases, take apart the pattern behind them (full b1 mastery: all structures in free expression), hear them in a conversation, rehearse them, and finish by saying one thing out loud to be graded.
A graduation dinner at Yong Fu Elite, an exquisite Ningbo-Shanghainese restaurant in the Former French Concession
今天是我在上海的最后一个晚上。朋友们把我带到了永福会,一家在法租界的精致餐厅。虽然来上海才三个月,但是因为每天都通过食物学中文,所以进步很大。
小李举杯说:「虽然你一开始把声调说得乱七八糟,但是现在你不但能点菜,而且能写食评了。」大家都笑了。小王说:「我记得你以为小笼包是日本的。」我说:「那是因为没人告诉我!」
服务员把一道一道精致的菜端上来。宁波菜被做得非常细腻。我用我学到的所有中文来描述:「这道菜不但摆盘做得像艺术品,而且味道令人惊喜。总的来说,无论是食材还是做法,都值得推荐。」
大家都被我的表达惊到了。小李说:「如果你继续这样学下去,很快就能把中文说得跟上海人一样了。」我很感激这段旅程。因为通过食物学语言,所以每个词都有味道和记忆。这不但是学习,而且是人生中最精彩的体验。