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Rob, Sam, and Jonathan are all good friends of Tiffany. Today, Tiffany invited them to her house to experience making dumplings together.

Rob said, “I brought some fruits!”

我wǒ帶dài了le一些yìxiē水果shuǐguǒ！ 我wǒ带dài了le一些yìxiē水果shuǐguǒ！ O
我wǒ把bǎ一些yìxiē水果shuǐguǒ帶了dàile！ 我wǒ把bǎ一些yìxiē水果shuǐguǒ带了dàile！ X

Sam said, “Umm… I brought my husband!”

我wǒ帶dài來lái了le我的wǒde老公lǎogōng！ 我wǒ带dài来lái了le我的wǒde老公lǎogōng！ X
我wǒ把bǎ我的wǒde老公lǎogōng帶dài來lái了le！ 我wǒ把bǎ我的wǒde老公lǎogōng带dài来lái了le！ O

Jonathan said, “I brought some really tasty Sake!”

我wǒ帶dài了le非常fēicháng好喝hǎohē的de酒jiǔ！ 我wǒ带dài了le非常fēicháng好喝hǎohē的de酒jiǔ！ O
我wǒ把bǎ非常fēicháng好喝hǎohē的de酒jiǔ帶dài了le！ 我wǒ把bǎ非常fēicháng好喝hǎohē的de酒jiǔ带dài了le！ X

Tiffany said with a smile, “You guys are being too polite. Come and let’s make dumplings together! You can just put your things on that table first.”

你們nǐmen可以kěyǐ先xiān放fàng東西dōngxī在zài那個nàge桌子zhuōzi上shàng你们nǐmen可以kěyǐ先xiān放fàng东西dōngxi在zài那个nàge桌子zhuōzi上shàng X
你們nǐmen可以kěyǐ先xiān把bǎ東西dōngxī放fàng在zài那個nàge桌子zhuōzi上shàng你们nǐmen可以kěyǐ先xiān把bǎ东西dōngxi放fàng在zài那个nàge桌子zhuōzi上shàngO

Jonathan said, “This Sake tastes better when it’s cold. I want to put it in the fridge first.”

我wǒ想xiǎng先xiān放fàng它tā在zài冰箱bīngxiāng我wǒ想xiǎng先xiān放fàng它tā在zài冰箱bīngxiāng X
我wǒ想xiǎng先xiān把bǎ它tā放fàng在zài冰箱bīngxiāng我wǒ想xiǎng先xiān把bǎ它tā放fàng在zài冰箱bīngxiāng O

“Sure, the fridge is in the back, you’ll see it when you go in. Sam, did you find my charger that I left at your place last time?”

“I found it, but my dog chewed it up!”

我的wǒde狗gǒu咬yǎo壞huài了le它tā我的wǒde狗gǒu咬yǎo坏huài了le它tā X
我的wǒde狗gǒu把bǎ它tā咬yǎo壞huài了le我的wǒde狗gǒu把bǎ它tā咬yǎo坏huài了leO

“So we bought you a new one.”

我們wǒmen買mǎi一個yíge新xīn的de給gěi你nǐ我们wǒmen买mǎi一个yíge新xīn的de给gěi你nǐ O
我們wǒmen把bǎ一個yíge新xīn的de買mǎi給gěi你nǐ我们wǒmen把bǎ一个yíge新xīn的de买mǎi给gěi你nǐ X

“Got it! Everyone come over and let’s start making dumplings! First, grab a dumpling wrapper.”

拿ná一yì張zhāng餃子jiǎozi皮pí拿ná一yì张zhāng饺子jiǎozi皮pí O
把bǎ一yì張zhāng餃子jiǎozi皮pí拿ná把bǎ一yì张zhāng饺子jiǎozi皮pí拿ná X

“And then scoop a bit of filling and place it on the dumpling skin,”

放fàng餡xiàn在zài餃子jiǎozi皮pí上shàng放fàng馅xiàn在zài饺子jiǎozi皮pí上shàng X
把bǎ餡xiàn放fàng在zài餃子jiǎozi皮pí上shàng把bǎ馅xiàn放fàng在zài饺子jiǎozi皮pí上shàng O

“Then wrap it up like this.”

像xiàng這樣zhèyàng包bāo它tā起來qǐlái像xiàng这样zhèyáng包bāo它tā起来qǐlái X
像xiàng這樣zhèyàng把bǎ它tā包bāo起來qǐlái像xiàng这样zhèyáng把bǎ它tā包bāo起来qǐlái O

“Rob, you’re amazing! You made the dumplings into Xiaolongbao!” “Sam, your dumplings are huge! How many are you planning to eat?”

你nǐ打算dǎsuàn吃chī幾jǐ顆kē餃子jiǎozi？ 你nǐ打算dǎsuàn吃chī几jī颗kē饺子jiǎozi？ O
你nǐ打算dǎsuàn把bǎ餃子jiǎozi吃chī幾顆jǐkē？ 你nǐ打算dǎsuàn把bǎ饺子jiǎozi吃chī几颗jīkē？ X

“I plan to eat all the dumplings I made!”

我wǒ打算dǎsuàn全quán吃chī掉diào我wǒ包bāo的de餃子jiǎozi！ 我wǒ打算dǎsuàn全quán吃chī掉diào我wǒ包bāo的de饺子jiǎozi！ X
我wǒ打算dǎsuàn把bǎ我wǒ包bāo的de餃子jiǎozi全quán吃chī掉diào！ 我wǒ打算dǎsuàn把bǎ我wǒ包bāo的de饺子jiǎozi全quán吃chī掉diào！ O

“Jonathan, be gentle and don’t tear the dumpling wrapper.”

別bié捏niē破pò餃子jiǎozi皮pí别bié捏niē破pò饺子jiǎozi皮pí X
別bié把bǎ餃子jiǎozi皮pí捏niē破pò别bié把bǎ饺子jiǎozi皮pí捏niē破pò O

“Now, put the dumplings you made into the boiling water and let them cook.”

放fàng你們nǐmen包bāo的de餃子jiǎozi進jìn熱水rèshuǐ裡lǐ煮zhǔ放fàng你们nǐmen包bāo的de饺子jiǎozi进jìn热水rèshuǐ里lǐ煮zhǔ X
把bǎ你們nǐmen包bāo的de餃子jiǎozi放fàng進jìn熱水rèshuǐ裡lǐ煮zhǔ把bǎ你们nǐmen包bāo的de饺子jiǎozi放fàng进jìn热水rèshuǐ里lǐ煮zhǔ O

“Then we can get ready to eat!”

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• 把 bǎ Part 1 (HSK 3)