Listen and Speak

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Step 1

Say the names for the food below. Then, listen and repeat after the recordings.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Chicken wingsEggsShrimpCrabTomatoPotato
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chicken wingeggshrimpcrabtomatopotato

Step 2

Listen to a conversation. The speakers have bumped into each other when buying groceries at the wet market. Draw the food they want to buy in their shopping bags.

陳生
can4 saang1
李生
lei5 saang1
Empty shopping bagEmpty shopping bag
Answer
A
B
A
B
A
B

Step 3

Listen to the conversation again. Read the script while listening. Check your answers.

A
喂!陳生
wai3! can4 saang1!
Hey! Mr. Chan!
B
李生!乜咁啱嘅?嚟買餸呀?
lei5 saang1! mat1 gam3 ngaam1 ge2? lai4 maai5 sung3 aa3?
Mr. Lee! What a coincidence! You come to buy groceries?
A
係呀,一齊行吖。
hai6 aa3, jat1 cai4 haang4 aa1.
Yes. Let’s walk together.
B
好呀,你要買啲咩呀?
hou2 aa3, nei5 jiu3 maai5 di1 me1 aa3?
Good. [= Sure.] What do you need to buy?
A
我想買啲雞翼呀,你呢?
ngo5 soeng2 maai5 di1 gai1 jik6 aa3, nei5 ne1?
I want to buy some chicken wings. How about you?
B
我想買啲呀。
ngo5 soeng2 maai5 di1 haa1 aa3.
I want to buy some shrimp.
  • 乜咁啱嘅? mat1 gam3 ngaam1 ge2? = What a coincidence!
  • 買餸 maai5 sung3 = to buy groceries

Step 4

Listen and repeat.

Step 5

Replace the highlighted words in the script with the names and the food below to make your conversations.

 林生
lam4 saang1
Mr. Lam
 黃生
wong4 saang1
Mr. Wong
 張生
zoeng1 saang1
Mr. Cheung
 周生
zau1 saang1
Mr. Chow
 林太
lam4 taai2
Mrs. Lam
 黃太
wong4 taai2
Mrs. Wong
 張太
zoeng1 taai2
Mrs. Cheung
 周太
zau1 taai2
Mrs. Chow
Chicken wingsEggsShrimpCrabTomatoPotato
 雞翼
gai1 jik6
chicken wing
 雞蛋
gai1 daan2
 
daan2
egg
 
haa1
shrimp
 
haai5
crab
 蕃茄
faan1 ke2
tomato
 薯仔
syu4 zai2
potato

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