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food heaven / 美食天堂 / (měishí tiāntánɡ)

A: Have you eaten? Why don't we go to the cafeteria to eat together?

你吃饭了吗？要不我们一起去食堂吃点吧？

(nǐ chīfàn lema? yàobù wǒmén yīqǐ qù shítánɡ chīdiǎn bā?)  

B: No, I just bought a bunch of food. 

我不去了,我刚买了好多吃的。

(wǒ bùqù le, wǒ ɡānɡ mǎile hǎoduō chīde.)   

A: Let me see. You've bought rice balls, cake, milk tea and also an assortment of fruit. Where did you get all these different kinds of food?  

让我看看,你买了饭团,蛋糕,奶茶,还有水果拼盘。这么多种的食物,你都是去哪里买的呢？

(rànɡ wǒ kànkàn, nǐ mǎile fàntuán, dànɡāo, nǎichá, háiyǒu shuǐɡuǒ pīnpán.zhèmeduō zhǒnɡ de shíwù, nǐdōu shì qùnǎlǐ mǎide ne?)  

B: I just went to the commercial plaza in the University Town. Do you know there is a true "food heaven." There are a bunch of restaurants for students to choose from.  

我刚去了大学城的商城。你知道吗？大学城可是名副其实的 "美食天堂"呢。那里有不同的餐馆供周边的学生选择。

(wǒ ɡānɡ qùle dàxuéchénɡ de shānɡchénɡ.nǐ zhīdào ma？dàxuéchénɡ kěshì mínɡfùqíshí de "měishí tiāntánɡ"ne.nàlǐ yǒu bùtónɡ de cānɡuǎn ɡònɡ zhōubiān de xuéshēnɡ xuǎnzé.) 

A: You're right. I've recently seen that this so-called food heaven has become a trending topic online. This has led to a lot of netizens heading to the University Town to try the restaurants.

没错,最近我看这所谓的美食天堂还上了网络热搜,引发好多网友去本地的大学城探店。

(méicuò, zuìjìn wǒ kàn zhè suǒwèi de měishí tiāntánɡ hái shànɡle wǎnɡluò rèsōu, yǐnfā hǎoduō wǎnɡyǒu qù běndì de dàxuéchénɡ tàndiàn.)

Illustrations:Chen Xia/GT