(Bú hē jiù búgòu péng yǒu.)

A：我有点不习惯中餐。

Wǒ yǒudiǎn bú xíguàn

zhōngcān。

I’m not very used to having

Chinese food.

B：哪儿不习惯？

Nǎ er bú xíguàn？

What are you not used to?

A：主人劝喝酒, 不喝就不

够朋友,我常常喝醉。

Zhǔrén quàn hējiǔ, bú

hē jiù bú gòupéngyǒu, wǒ

chángcháng hēzuì。

The host persuades me to

drink. And it is said that if I don’t

do it, that means we are not

friends. So I often get drunk.

B：实话实说,未必勉强你

喝的。

Shíhuà shíshuō, wèibì

miǎnqiǎng nǐ hē de。

You can tell them what you

think. And they will not force

you to drink.

A：好吧, 试试看。

Hǎo ba, shìshìkàn。

Fine, I will try it next time.

(Zhu Wenxiong, Feng Li)