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1、FoodCultureGoodafternoon,everyone!TodayIwanttotalksomethingaboutthefoodcultureinchinaandwesterncountries.AndIhopeyouwillenjoyit.Generallyspeaking,weChinesethinkfoodisveryimportanttoman.Peopleoftenassociatefoodwithimportantholidaysandthechancetomeetguests.TheChine
2、sefoodnotonlyisverydeliciousandtastybutalsoverypleasingtoyoursensesandmanyofdisheshaveverybeautifulandinterestingnames.WeChinesehavethefoodcultureofourownwhicharequitedifferentfromthewesterncounties.Inthewesterncountries,peoplepaymoreattentiontothenutritionoffood
3、ratherthanthelooksofit.What’smore,thecuisineandtablemannersarequitedifferentfromoursinagreatextent..•Ok,nowIwillshowyousomedifferencesbetweenChinaandwesterncountries.•First,it’saboutthespecialwaytomakegreetinginchina•ItisaverycommonpracticeweChinesepeoplesay"Have
4、youhadyourmeal?"whentheymeeteachotheraroundthetimebeforeoraftermeals.Sometimestheyevenaskthisquestioneverywhereevenintoilets.Infact,itisakindofgreetingtocommunicatewitheachotherjustlikeEnglishtendtobeginacommunicationwithweather.Butforeignerscannotunderstandthatb
5、ecausetheythinkwhyyouaskmethis.Theytendtothinkyouwanttoinvitethemtodinner.However,Chinesethinkfoodisveryimportantandessentialtopeoplesoitshowssomecareandconcernaboutyou.Thatiswhytheyaskothersiftheyhadfoodyet?Ok,second,whatIwanttosayiseverythingiseatableinChina.•I
6、tseemsthatweeateverythingandeverythingcanbeeatableinChinesefood,whetheritcomesfromlandorfromtheskyorfromtheseaorwhetheritiswildordomestic.However,Foreignerscannotimagineweeatthefoodlikesnakes,dogsandevenfrogs.Whenwesellthemeatfromtheanimalandpoultry,wenormallysel
7、litasawholeorcutitfromthewholebody.ThereisanAmericanteacherdidn'twanttobuyandeatporkwhenshefirstcametoChinabecauseshesawthemeatcutfromacertainpartofthepig.•Ok,now,let’stalksomethingaboutthenamesofthedishesinChinawhichveryoftenpuzzlesforeignersalotthatweaskandtalk
8、somuchwhenweorderourfoodintherestaurant.Onereasonisweaskwhatthefoodorthedishisandtrytoclarifyitbecauseyousometimesneverknowwhatthefoodisjustaccordingthenameoft
