Intermediate - How to Eat Crawfish (C2298)

A: 服务员,来两斤小龙虾!
fúwùyuán, lái liǎng jīn xiǎolóngxiā!
Waiter, bring us two jin of crawfish!
B: 好!马上!
hǎo! mǎshàng!
Okay! Coming up!
A: 上菜挺快的。来,快吃吧!这家的小龙虾特别好吃!
shàngcài tǐng kuài de. lái, kuài chī ba! zhè jiā de xiǎolóngxiā tèbié hǎochī!
They brought the food so fast. Come on, let's eat! This restaurant's crawfish are especially good!
C: 小龙虾的头真大。怎么吃呢?我不太会吃。
xiǎolóngxiā de tóu zhēn dà. zěnme chī ne? wǒ bùtài huì chī.
The crawfish heads are really big. How do you eat them? I don't really know how.
A: 先戴上手套,不然会弄得手很脏。
xiān dàishàng shǒutào, bùrán huì nòng de shǒu hěn zāng.
First put on the gloves, otherwise you'll get your hands all dirty.
C: 哦。
ò.
Oh.
A: 先把头和尾巴剥掉,再把身上的壳剥掉。
xiān bǎ tóu hé wěiba bō diào, zài bǎ shēnshàng de ké bō diào.
First peel off its head and tail, then peel off the shell on its body.
C: 这个黑黑的是什么?
zhè gè hēi hēi de shì shénme?
What is this black stuff?
A: 这个是虾肠。不能吃。
zhè gè shì xiā cháng. bùnéng chī.
That's its guts. You can't eat it.
C: 那怎么弄?
nà zěnme nòng?
Then what do I do?
A: 像我这样,把虾肠抽出来。
xiàng wǒ zhèyàng, bǎ xiā cháng chōu chūlái.
Do it like I'm doing it. Pull out the guts.
C: 嘿,好了!
hēi, hǎo le!
Hey, it's done!
A: 这儿有醋,蘸点儿醋吧。
zhèr yǒu cù, zhàn diǎnr cù ba.
Here you've got vinegar. Dip it in a bit of vinegar.
C: 嗯,好吃好吃!点啤酒了吗?
ng, hǎochī hǎochī! diǎn píjiǔ le ma?
Mmm, it's really good! Did you order some beer?

Key Vocabulary

jīn jin, catty (roughly half a kilogram)
小龙虾 xiǎolóngxiā crawfish
上菜 shàngcài to serve food
特别 tèbié especially
xiān first
戴上 dàishàng to wear
手套 shǒutào glove
不然 bùrán otherwise
nòng to make, do
zāng dirty
to take
尾巴 wěiba tail
to peel
diào away, off
zài then
身上 shēnshàng on the body
shell
cháng intestine
xiàng like
chōu to pull out
vinegar
zhàn to dip

Supplementary Vocabulary

要不然 yàobùrán otherwise
去掉 qùdiào to remove completely
拉出来 lā chūlái to take out
污染 wūrǎn pollution

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