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Hope:

How’s your day, Joey?

Joey:

Pretty good. How about you, Hope?

Hope:

Not bad. Any plans for the weekend?

Joey:

Of course! I will be busy preparing things for the coming Festival.

Hope:

Mid-Autumn Festival! It’s coming next Tuesday, on the seventeenth, right?

Joey:

Yes, Mid-Autumn Festival. My favorite Festival. 中秋節

Hope:

So, you will have a barbecue party with your family.

Joey:

Yes, That’s right. Want to see my shopping list?

Hope:

Sure.

Joey:

This list is about Barbecue food and this one is about the barbecue equipment.

Hope:

Wow! Let’s see what food you are going to prepare!

Joey:

Here. First, I’ll need to buy meat, including pork and  chicken.

Hope:

Uh-huh. And you also want to prepare some seafood.

Joey:

Yes, I need to buy fish, 蝦子 and 魷魚

Hope:

Shrimp and squid.

Joey:

Yes, shrimp and squid. And some 蛤蠣 and 牡蠣.

Hope:

They are clams and oysters.

Joey:

Clams and oysters.

Hope:

What about vegetables? I don’t see you list here. They are important to help you keep a balance diet.

Joey:

Oh! Right! I haven’t put them on the list yet. What do you suggest, Hope?

Hope:

Some bell peppers , corn, zucchini, and mushrooms. What do you think?

Joey:

Let me add them into the list. ……Bell pepper , corn, zucchini, … What is zucchini?

Hope:

Zucchini is 節瓜.

Joey:

Oh, 這個要準備. How do you spell Zucchini, Hope?

Hope:

Zucchini, z-u-c-c-h-i-n-i

Joey:

Okay, Zucchini and some mushrooms.  Okay! Here!  I also need to buy fruits, watermelon, grapes and pineapples.

Hope:

Good! These fruits are in season.

Joey:

Yes. And I also want to prepare 豆干 and 吐司.

Hope:

Bean curd and bread.

Joey:

Bread? Not toast?

Hope:

It’s bread. Toast is sliced bread after it is baked in the toaster or grilled.

Joey:

I see. 所以，toast是指烤麵包。

Hope:

Most importantly, you need to prepare some drinks.

Joey:

Right! Drinks are necessary.

Hope:

What about the equipment you need for barbecue?

Joey:

Well, here! I need a grill, 烤盤, and a grill brush, 烤肉刷。

Hope:

What about aluminum foil? Are you going to use it?

Joey:

Aluminum foil 是錫箔紙嗎? Yes, I need to prepare it.

Hope:

By the way, are you going to use reusable plates, and cups or some disposable ones?

Joey:

Disposable?

Hope:

Disposable products are products that you only use one time, and they will be thrown away. Then, they become garbage.

Joey:

Oh, no, no, no! I will prepare reusable plates and cups. I hope we won’t make too much garbage! We should be …

Hope:

Environmentally friendly.

Joey:

Right, environmentally friendly. 環保很重要。

Hope:

Anyway, I have you will have a great Mid-Autumn Festival!

Joey:

Thank you. You, too. Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!