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做炒饭Making Fried Rice
A simple lunchtime moment in the kitchen, told in natural everyday Chinese.
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现在是中午十二点半，我准备做午饭。今天我准备做一个炒饭。
It’s 12:30 p.m. now, and I’m getting ready to make lunch. Today I’m going to make fried rice.
我把青椒切成丁，把香肠切成片。这是广式腊肠，有点儿甜，不是咸的。米饭有点多，我会用一半。
I cut the green pepper into small cubes and the sausage into slices. This is Cantonese-style Chinese sausage. It’s a little sweet, not salty. There’s a bit too much rice, so I’ll use half of it.
先炒一下香肠，不用加油，因为香肠会出油。把香肠放在盘子里，香肠的油可以用来炒青椒。
First, stir-fry the sausage for a bit. There’s no need to add oil because the sausage will release its own oil. Put the sausage on a plate, and use the oil from the sausage to stir-fry the green pepper.
把青椒放到盘子里。加一点油，准备炒米饭。
Put the green pepper on the plate. Add a little oil and get ready to fry the rice.
把香肠和青椒倒进去。加一点酱油，加一点蚝油，继续翻炒。
Add the sausage and green pepper back in. Add a little soy sauce and a little oyster sauce, then keep stir-frying.
炒饭做好了！你也可以试一下。
The fried rice is ready! You can try making it too.
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Read one sentence, listen once, then notice the useful words inside it.
我把青椒切成丁，把香肠切成片。
I cut the green pepper into small cubes and the sausage into slices.
我(I) 把(BA) 青椒(green pepper) 切成丁(cut into cubes)，把(BA) 香肠(sausage) 切成片(cut into slices)。
不用加油，因为香肠会出油。
There’s no need to add oil because the sausage will release oil.
不用(no need to) 加油(add oil)，因为(because) 香肠(sausage) 会(will) 出油(release oil)。
香肠的油可以用来炒青椒。
The oil from the sausage can be used to stir-fry the green pepper.
香肠的油(oil from the sausage) 可以(can) 用来(be used to) 炒(stir-fry) 青椒(green pepper)。
加一点酱油，加一点蚝油，继续翻炒。
Add a little soy sauce and a little oyster sauce, then continue stir-frying.
加一点(add a little) 酱油(soy sauce)，加一点(add a little) 蚝油(oyster sauce)，继续(continue) 翻炒(stir-fry)。
Today's Takeaways
A few useful words and patterns from today's real-life Chinese.
For beginners
Useful Words
午饭
lunch
青椒
green pepper
香肠
sausage
米饭
cooked rice
A Useful Sentence Pattern
Change the ingredient and make it your own sentence.
Original sentence
加一点油，准备炒米饭。
Add a little oil and get ready to fry the rice.
Structure: 加一点 + ingredient
加一点盐。
Add a little salt.
加一点水。
Add a little water.
For intermediate learners
Useful Words and phrases
切成丁
cut into small cubes
切成片
cut into slices
有点儿甜
a little sweet
不用加油
no need to add oil
会出油
will release oil
继续翻炒
continue stir-frying
A Useful Sentence Pattern
Use the structure to explain why something is unnecessary.
Original sentence
不用加油，因为香肠会出油。
There’s no need to add oil because the sausage will release oil.
Structure: 不用……，因为……
不用带伞，因为今天不会下雨。
You don’t need to bring an umbrella because it won’t rain today.
不用做太多，因为只有两个人吃。
You don’t need to make too much because only two people are eating.