Intermediate - The Tea Scam (C1945)

A: 对不起,我来晚了。
duìbuqǐ, wǒ lái wǎn le.
Sorry I'm late.
B: 没关系!我也刚到。你今天玩得怎么样?
méiguānxi! wǒ yě gāng dào. nǐ jīntiān wán de zěnmeyàng?
No problem! I just got here, too. How did your day go today?
A: 很棒!中国人都对我很热情很友好。
hěn bàng! Zhōngguórén dōu duì wǒ hěn rèqíng hěn yǒuhǎo.
Really well! The Chinese people were all really warm and friendly to me.
B: 那太好了!你去了哪些地方?
nà tài hǎo le! nǐ qù le nǎxiē dìfang?
That's great! Where did you go?
A: 我去了城隍庙,还去了南京路。在南京路上我遇到了一个漂亮的中国女孩,她带我去喝了茶。
wǒ qù le Chénghuángmiào, hái qù le Nánjīng Lù. zài Nánjīng Lù shàng wǒ yùdào le yī ge piàoliang de Zhōngguó nǚhái, tā dài wǒ qù hē le chá.
I went to the Chenghuang Temple and Nanjing Road. I met a really beautiful Chinese girl on Nanjing Road. She took me to drink tea with her.
B: 喝茶?你去了?
hēchá? nǐ qù le?
Drink tea? Did you go?
A: 当然。我跟她的朋友们一边喝茶,一边聊天,太有意思了!
dāngrán. wǒ gēn tā de péngyǒu men yībiān hēchá, yībiān liáotiān, tài yǒu yìsi le!
Of course. I drank tea and chatted with her friends. It was so interesting!
B: 晕!她们是骗子。
yūn! tāmen shì piànzi.
Oh my gosh! They're frauds.
A: 不对,不对,她们是好人。
bù duì, bù duì, tāmen shì hǎorén.
No, no. They were good people.
B: 你花了多少钱?
nǐ huā le duōshǎo qián?
How much money did you spend?
A: 八百块。还好,不太贵!
bābǎi kuài. háihǎo, bùtài guì!
800. It's not so bad. It wasn't too expensive!
B: 好吧,我知道你喜欢被美女骗。不过我得提醒你,以后遇到卖包的,卖表的,你最好小心点儿。
hǎoba, wǒ zhīdào nǐ xǐhuan bèi měinǚ piàn. bùguò wǒ děi tíxǐng nǐ, yǐhòu yùdào mài bāo de, mài biǎo de, nǐ zuì hǎo xiǎoxīn diǎnr.
Alright, I know that you like getting taken advantage of by pretty girls. But I have to remind you: if you encounter someone selling bags or watches in the future, you really need to be careful.

Key Vocabulary

刚 gāng just
棒 bàng great
热情 rèqíng warm
友好 yǒuhǎo friendly
城隍庙 Chénghuángmiào Chenghuang Temple
南京路 Nánjīng Lù Nanjing Road
遇到 yùdào to encounter
带 dài to bring
当然 dāngrán of course
聊天 liáotiān to chat
晕 yūn ‘oh my gosh‘
骗子 piànzi fraud
还好 hái hǎo so-so
被 bèi [passive marker]
骗 piàn to deceive
得 děi must
提醒 tíxǐng to remind
最好 zuì hǎo best

Supplementary Vocabulary

景点 jǐngdiǎn scenic spot
语气词 yǔqìcí [modal particle]
介意 jièyì to mind
骗钱 piànqián to cheat somebody out of money
骗色 piànsè to seduce

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