Summary: <font size="2">View the full lesson notes here: https://chinesepod.com/lessons/complaining-to-the-waiter</font><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><br></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"><font color="#333333"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Once again, we shed our “puppy dogs and ice cream” demeanour with a lesson on being peeved. In this lesson, Ken (gets furious when we call him Sharon) and Jenny (don’t let that great head of hair throw ya, she’ll scratch your eyes out) take a deep breath, count to ten and lead you in a podcast on getting upset. In this podcast, learn to talk in Mandarin Chinese about being upset, and what you’re going to do about it</span></font></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: rgb(51,51,51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"><br></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><table><tbody> <tr> <td>A</td> <td>我很讨厌有人在饭店的非吸烟区抽烟。昨天，我和我的女朋友在饭店吃饭，旁边桌的男人开始抽烟。</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>wǒ hěn tǎoyàn yǒurén zài fàndiàn de fēixīyānqū chōuyān. zuótiān, wǒ hé wǒ de nǚpéngyou zài fàndiàn chīfàn, pángbiān zhuō de nánrén kāishǐ chōuyān.</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>I really hate it when someone smokes in the non-smoking area of a restaurant. Yesterday I was having dinner with my girlfriend when the guy next to our table started to smoke.</td> </tr> <tr><td></td></tr> <tr> <td>B</td> <td>你为什么不叫他别抽了？</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>nǐ wèishénme bù jiào tā bié chōu le?</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>Why didn’t you ask him to stop smoking?</td> </tr> <tr><td></td></tr> <tr> <td>A</td> <td>我说了。但是他不理我。他一边抽烟，一边大声地打手机。我非常生气。所以我向服务员投诉。</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>wǒ shuō le. dànshì tā bùlǐ wǒ. tā yībiān chōuyān, yībiān dàshēng de dǎshǒujī. wǒ fēicháng shēngqì. suǒyǐ wǒ xiàng fúwùyuán tóusù.</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>I did and he just ignored me. He was smoking and talking loudly on his mobile. I was so pissed off. So I complained to the waiter.</td> </tr> <tr><td></td></tr> <tr> <td>B</td> <td>服务员说什么？他怎么处理？</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>fúwùyuán shuō shénme? tā zěnme chǔlǐ?</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>What did the waiter say? How did he handle it?</td> </tr> <tr><td></td></tr> <tr> <td>A</td> <td>服务员很尴尬，他说那个男人是饭店的老板。他没办法。</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>fúwùyuán hěn gāngà, tā shuō nàge nánrén shì fàndiàn de lǎobǎn. tā méi bànfǎ.</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>The waiter was really embarrassed and told me that the guy was the boss of the restaurant. There was nothing he could do.</td> </tr> <tr><td></td></tr> <tr> <td>B</td> <td>接下来怎么了？</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>jiēxiàlái zěnme le?</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>What happened next?</td> </tr> <tr><td></td></tr> <tr> <td>A</td> <td>我们没有给小费。</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>wǒmen méiyǒu gěi xiǎofèi.</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>We didn’t leave a tip.</td> </tr> </tbody></table></div>
