dì yī cì
第一次
shí táng
食堂
First Time Going to the Cafeteria
xiǎo pān小潘shú xī熟悉dān wèi单位shí táng食堂liú chéng流程huáng gāng黄刚dàiliǎo jiě了解yòng cān用餐fāng shì方式huán jìng环境

Xiao Pan is unfamiliar with the workplace cafeteria process, so Huang Gang helps him learn how meals work and what the environment is like.

黄刚
xiǎo pān小潘zhōng wǔ中午lewǒ men我们shí táng食堂chī fàn吃饭badì yī tiān第一天láiháitàishú xī熟悉

Xiao Pan, it's noon. Let's go eat at the cafeteria. It's your first day here, so you're not very familiar with it yet.

小潘
hǎodexiè xiè谢谢níngāng cái刚才kàn dào看到hěnduōrénxià lóu下楼dàn shì但是zhī dào知道zěn me怎么chī fàn吃饭

Okay, thank you. I just saw a lot of people going downstairs, but I didn't know how meals work here.

黄刚
hěnjiǎn dān简单xiānzàimén kǒu门口shuā kǎ刷卡rán hòu然后cān pán餐盘zàixuǎncài

It's very simple. First, swipe your card at the entrance, then take a tray and choose your dishes.

小潘
óyàoshuā kǎ刷卡háiméi yǒu没有kě yǐ可以yòngxiàn jīn现金ma

Oh, I need to swipe a card. I don't have one yet. Can I pay with cash?

黄刚
kě yǐ可以jīn tiān今天xiānyòngxiàn jīn现金yǐ hòu以后bànyī zhāng一张huìgèngfāng biàn方便

Yes, you can use cash today. Later, you can get a card, which will be more convenient.

小潘
zhè lǐ这里rénhěnduōdàn shì但是dà jiā大家dōuhěnān jìng安静

There are a lot of people here, but everyone is very quiet.

黄刚
duìwǒ men我们dān wèi单位detóng shì同事dōubǐ jiào比较rèn zhēn认真chī fàn吃饭shí jiān时间zhǎngyì bān一般chī wán吃完jiùhuí qù回去gōng zuò工作

That's right. Our colleagues are generally quite serious. Mealtime isn't long; people usually go back to work after eating.

小潘
míng bái明白leyǐ hòu以后huìzhù yì注意zhè lǐ这里dexí guàn习惯

I understand. I'll pay attention to the customs here in the future.

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