第一次吃火锅 First Time Eating Hotpot — HSK 2 Reading

昨天zuótiān晚上wǎnshang，朋友péngyou和hé我wǒ一起yìqǐ去qù吃chī火锅huǒguō，这zhè是shì我wǒ第一次dì-yī cì吃chī火锅huǒguō。

Last night my friend and I went out for hotpot — it was my first time eating it.

饭馆fànguǎn里li人rén很hěn多duō，非常fēicháng热rè。

The restaurant was crowded and very hot.

桌子zhuōzi上shang有yǒu羊肉yángròu、鱼yú和hé面条miàntiáo。

On the table there were lamb, fish, and noodles.

朋友péngyou告诉gàosu我wǒ：“肉ròu在zài锅guō里li很hěn快kuài就jiù好hǎo，别bié等děng太tài长cháng时间shíjiān。”

My friend told me, "The meat is ready quickly in the pot — don't wait too long."

我wǒ吃chī了le一块yí kuài羊肉yángròu，太tài好吃hǎochī了le，但是dànshì也yě很hěn辣là！

I ate a piece of lamb — it was so delicious, but also really spicy!

我wǒ喝hē了le很hěn多duō水shuǐ，眼睛yǎnjing都dōu红hóng了le。

I drank a lot of water, and my eyes even turned red.

我wǒ对duì朋友péngyou说shuō：“下xià次cì我wǒ还hái要yào来lái！”

I said to my friend, "Next time I want to come again!"

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Key words 生词

火锅huǒguōhotpot

第一次dì-yī cìthe first time

锅guōpot

羊肉yángròulamb; mutton

辣làspicy

好吃hǎochīdelicious

第 + number — ordinal numbers

第 turns a number into an ordinal: 第一 (first), 第二 (second). 第一次 = the first time.

这是我第一次吃火锅。— This is my first time eating hotpot.

太…了 — so / too

太 + adjective + 了 expresses a strong degree: 太好吃了, 太贵了.

太好吃了！— It's so delicious!

1. What was special about last night's dinner?

2. What did the friend say about the meat?

3. What happened when the writer ate the spicy food?