A slow English story about scoring a great lunch deal. 8 simple sentences. Word by word. About 9 minutes.

📖 In this episode

Lunch break, starving — dead starving. Scrolling Rednote for ideas. And boom: a new hotpot place downstairs. 30 yuan all-you-can-eat, buy one get one free. That's 15 a person. You share the link, lock eyes with a coworker for half a second — and it's settled.

📝 Today's sentences

Lunch break hits, and I'm starving — and I mean, dead starving.

So I open Rednote, just scrolling for lunch ideas.

And boom — a new hotpot place just opened downstairs in the mall.

30 yuan all-you-can-eat. And it's buy-one-get-one-free.

So basically 15 yuan a person. And yes — I'm great at math, especially when it's about money.

I share the link with my colleague right away.

We look up, lock eyes for half a second, and it's settled.

Laptops closed, bags grabbed — let's go.

🔑 Vocabulary

• starving /ˈstɑːrvɪŋ/

• scrolling /ˈskroʊlɪŋ/

• all-you-can-eat /ˌɔːl ju kən ˈiːt/

• buy-one-get-one-free /baɪ wʌn ɡet wʌn friː/

• lock eyes /lɑːk aɪz/

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— 中文 —

TingMate 是一档慢速英语精听播客。今日话题：30 块的火锅自助，谁不心动。一段简单的英文独白，8 句话，每个词都拆给你听。约 9 分钟。

— 한국어 —

TingMate는 천천히 영어를 듣는 팟캐스트입니다. 오늘의 주제: 30위안 훠궈 뷔페, 마음 안 흔들리는 사람 있나. 8문장의 짧은 영어 이야기, 단어 단위로 분석. 약 9분.

— 日本語 —

TingMateはゆっくり英語を聞くポッドキャストです。今日のテーマ:30元食べ放題の火鍋、心が動かない人いる？8文の短い英語ストーリー、単語ごとに解説。約9分。