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

斤 jīn jin, catty (roughly half a kilogram)
小龙虾 xiǎolóngxiā crawfish
上菜 shàngcài to serve food
特别 tèbié especially
先 xiān first
戴上 dàishàng to wear
手套 shǒutào glove
不然 bùrán otherwise
弄 nòng to make, do
脏 zāng dirty
把 bǎ to take
尾巴 wěiba tail
剥 bō to peel
掉 diào away, off
再 zài then
身上 shēnshàng on the body
壳 ké shell
肠 cháng intestine
像 xiàng like
抽 chōu to pull out
醋 cù vinegar
蘸 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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