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

gāng just
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
dài to bring
当然 dāngrán of course
聊天 liáotiān to chat
yūn ‘oh my gosh‘
骗子 piànzi fraud
还好 hái hǎo so-so
bèi [passive marker]
piàn to deceive
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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