Ever wondered if expensive wine actually tastes better? In this short story, Li Ming puts it to the test with a simple taste comparison.
Key vocab
贵 – guì – expensive
便宜 – pián yi5 – cheap
一口 – yì kǒu – a sip, a mouthful
还可以 – hái kě yǐ – it’s okay, not bad
难喝 – nán hē – tastes bad (for drinks)
放回去 – fàng huí qù – put back
赚钱 – zhuàn qián – to make money, earn money
觉得 – jué de5 – to think, to feel
第二天 – dì èr tiān – the next day
哪个好喝？
李明今天买了两瓶红酒。一瓶很贵，一瓶很便宜。他想知道哪个好喝。
晚上，他先喝了贵的。他喝了一口。”还可以，”他说。
然后他喝了便宜的。他喝了一口。很好喝。他又喝了一口。还是很好喝。
他把贵的那瓶放回去。便宜的那瓶，他喝完了。
第二天，他去买红酒，买了三瓶便宜的。
店里的人问：”你不买贵的吗？”
“贵的难喝，”李明说。
店里的人想了想，说：”我也觉得。但是我卖贵的赚钱多一点。”
Which One Tastes Better?
Li Ming bought two bottles of wine today. One was very expensive, one was very cheap. He wanted to know which one tasted better.
In the evening, he first drank the expensive one. He took a sip. “It’s okay,” he said.
Then he drank the cheap one. He took a sip. Very tasty. He took another sip. Still very tasty.
He put the expensive bottle back. The cheap bottle, he finished it.
The next day, he went to buy wine and bought three bottles of the cheap one.
The person in the shop asked: “Aren’t you buying the expensive one?”
“The expensive one tastes bad,” Li Ming said.
The person in the shop thought for a moment and said: “I think so too. But I make a bit more money selling the expensive one.”
