请客吃饭 Treating Friends to Dinner

上shàng个gè月yuè我wǒ找到zhǎodào了le新xīn工作gōngzuò，所以suǒyǐ这个zhège周六zhōuliù我wǒ请qǐng朋友们péngyoumen吃饭chīfàn。

Last month I found a new job, so this Saturday I treated my friends to dinner.

我们wǒmen去qù了le公司gōngsī附近fùjìn的de一家yì jiā饭馆fànguǎn，那里nàlǐ的de菜cài又yòu好吃hǎochī又yòu便宜piányi。

We went to a restaurant near my company; the food there is both tasty and cheap.

我wǒ先xiān看kàn菜单càidān，给gěi大家dàjiā点diǎn了le六liù个gè菜cài和hé一些yìxiē啤酒píjiǔ。

I looked at the menu first and ordered six dishes and some beer for everyone.

我wǒ的de朋友péngyou小李Xiǎo Lǐ不bù喝hē啤酒píjiǔ，只zhǐ要yào了le一杯yì bēi甜甜的tiántián de果汁guǒzhī。

My friend Xiao Li doesn't drink beer; he only asked for a glass of sweet fruit juice.

我们wǒmen一边yìbiān吃饭chīfàn，一边yìbiān聊天儿liáotiānr，大家dàjiā都dōu非常fēicháng高兴gāoxìng。

We chatted while eating, and everyone was very happy.

吃chī完wán饭fàn，朋友们péngyoumen要yào给gěi钱qián，我wǒ笑xiào着zhe说shuō：“今天jīntiān我wǒ请客qǐngkè，谁shéi的de钱qián都dōu不bù要yào！”

After the meal, my friends wanted to pay, but I said with a smile: "Today it's my treat — I won't take anyone's money!"

他们tāmen说shuō下xià次cì他们tāmen请qǐng我wǒ，我们wǒmen就jiù这样zhèyàng决定juédìng了le。

They said next time they would treat me, and that's what we decided.

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Key words 生词

请客qǐngkèto treat (pay for others)

菜单càidānmenu

点diǎnto order (food)

啤酒píjiǔbeer

聊天儿liáotiānrto chat

决定juédìngto decide

又……又……

'Both ... and ...' — links two qualities of the same thing.

那里的菜又好吃又便宜。

一边……一边……

'While doing A, also doing B' — two actions happening at the same time.

我们一边吃饭,一边聊天儿。

谁……都 + 不/没

A question word + 都 + negative means 'no one / nothing at all'.

谁的钱都不要!

1. 我为什么请朋友们吃饭?

2. 小李喝了什么?

3. 最后谁给了钱?

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