📽️ The Script: 今天跟妈妈来菜市场买菜买水果 - Today I came with my mom to the market to buy vegetables and fruits

Script with Pinyin and Translation

高考完了！
Gāo kǎo wán le!
The college entrance exam is over!

今天跟妈妈来菜市场买菜买水果。
Jīn tiān gēn mā ma lái cài shì chǎng mǎi cài mǎi shuǐ guǒ.
Today I came with my mom to the market to buy vegetables and fruits.

来感受一下人间烟火气和劳动人民的艰辛。
Lái gǎn shòu yí xià rén jiān yān huǒ qì hé láo dòng rén mín de jiān xīn.
Here to feel the warmth of everyday life and the hard work of ordinary people.

先买点猪肉。
Xiān mǎi diǎn zhū ròu.
First, let’s buy some pork.

17块钱一斤的前腿肉，刚好17块。
Shí qī kuài qián yì jīn de qián tuǐ ròu, gāng hǎo shí qī kuài.
Front leg pork is 17 yuan per half-kilo, exactly 17 yuan for what we bought.

因为我和妹妹喜欢吃肉丸子。
Yīn wèi wǒ hé mèi mei xǐ huan chī ròu wán zi.
Because my sister and I like eating meatballs.

又买了半斤多牛肉，30块。
Yòu mǎi le bàn jīn duō niú ròu, sān shí kuài.
Also bought a little over half a kilo of beef for 30 yuan.

弟弟去上学的时候交代，下午放学回家要吃芹菜牛肉。
Dì di qù shàng xué de shí hòu jiāo dài, xià wǔ fàng xué huí jiā yào chī qín cài niú ròu.
My younger brother told us before going to school that he wanted celery beef for dinner.

以前就知道吃牛肉也不知道牛肉45块一斤。
Yǐ qián jiù zhī dào chī niú ròu yě bù zhī dào niú ròu sì shí wǔ kuài yì jīn.
I knew beef was tasty, but I didn’t know it cost 45 yuan per half-kilo.

我喜欢吃苦瓜，越苦越好吃。
Wǒ xǐ huan chī kǔ guā, yuè kǔ yuè hǎo chī.
I like bitter melon — the more bitter, the better.

就喜欢吃苦的滋味。
Jiù xǐ huan chī kǔ de zī wèi.
I just enjoy the taste of bitterness.

买了两块钱的苦瓜。
Mǎi le liǎng kuài qián de kǔ guā.
Bought 2 yuan worth of bitter melon.

又买了油麦和芹菜，共5.5元。
Yòu mǎi le yóu mài hé qín cài, gòng wǔ kuài wǔ máo.
Also bought lettuce and celery, total 5.5 yuan.

问妈妈喜欢吃什么菜，她说我们喜欢吃什么，她就跟着吃什么。
Wèn mā ma xǐ huan chī shén me cài, tā shuō wǒ men xǐ huan chī shén me, tā jiù gēn zhe chī shén me.
I asked mom what she likes to eat, and she said she eats whatever we like.

她永远把孩子的需求放在第一位。
Tā yǒng yuǎn bǎ hái zi de xū qiú fàng zài dì yī wèi.
She always puts her children’s needs first.

新鲜的桃子，4块钱一斤，尝了一片特别甜，买了10块钱。
Xīn xiān de táo zi, sì kuài qián yì jīn, cháng le yí piàn tè bié tián, mǎi le shí kuài qián.
Fresh peaches — 4 yuan per half-kilo. I tasted a slice, it was very sweet, so I bought 10 yuan worth.

又来买空心菜啦。
Yòu lái mǎi kōng xīn cài la.
Then we bought morning glory.

妈妈常跟这位阿姨买青菜。
Mā ma cháng gēn zhè wèi ā yí mǎi qīng cài.
Mom often buys greens from this lady.

我们都喜欢吃自然熟的青香蕉，4块钱一斤，买了10块钱。
Wǒ men dōu xǐ huan chī zì rán shú de qīng xiāng jiāo, sì kuài qián yì jīn, mǎi le shí kuài qián.
We all like naturally ripened green bananas — 4 yuan per half-kilo, bought 10 yuan worth.

全都买好了。
Quán dōu mǎi hǎo le.
All done shopping.

回家了带了100块钱出去，剩下22块5毛钱回家。
Huí jiā le dài le yì bǎi kuài qián chū qù, shèng xià èr shí èr kuài wǔ máo qián huí jiā.
We left home with 100 yuan and came back with 22.5 yuan left.

钱不经用啊！
Qián bù jīng yòng a!
Money doesn’t last long!

🧠 Useful Vocabulary Highlights

📚 Grammar Structures to Notice

• 跟 – to go with / follow
  Example: 跟妈妈去市场 (go to the market with mom)
• 先… – first…
  Example: 先买猪肉 (first buy pork)
• 因为… – because…
  Example: 因为我喜欢… (because I like…)
• 又… – also / again
  Example: 又买了… (also bought…)
• 越…越… – the more…the more…
  Example: 越苦越好吃 (the more bitter, the tastier)
• 把 – structural particle for disposal
  Example: 把需求放在第一位 (put the needs first)
• 就 – then / just
  Example: 她就跟着吃什么 (then she just eats whatever [someone eats])

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