商務禮節美語第210期:Food 美食(下)

美國駐中國員工Tiffany跟中國同事Kelly聊天兒，說起中西餐的差別。比如，美國人飯桌上永遠看不到魚頭或是雞頭。Tiffany大發感慨道，

T: In some ways, perhaps the Chineseapproach to meat-eating is more honest. If you're eating a chicken, well,that's what a chicken looks like!

K: 's interesting. So you thinkWestern people are trying to forget that the chicken was a living animal?

T: Maybe. I think many American kids don'treally understand that chicken nuggets are made out of real chickens.

Tiffany覺得中國人的吃法更真實，而西方人則不希望把盤子裏的肉跟活生生的動物聯繫在一起。結果是，Many American kids don't really understand that chicken nuggets aremade out of real chickens. 很多美國孩子並不知道炸雞塊其實是用活生生的雞做的；

K: But if you don't use all of 't that wasteful?

T: Oh, it's very wasteful. America has abig problem with being wasteful. We really need to learn to use things moreefficiently.

K: Maybe Americans should try being moreadventurous with food. When I was there it seems everybody ate pretty much thesame things every day!

T: Yeah, that's another good thing aboutChinese food; there are a million different dishes with a million differentflavors. You can try something new everyday!

Kelly覺得，美國人在飲食方面應該大膽些。Moreadventurous with food. Adventurous is spelled a-d-v-e-n-t-u-r-o-u-s, 意思是具有探險精神。Tiffany表示，美國人吃的東西千篇一律，而中國菜卻是there are a million different dishes with a million differentflavors，變幻無窮。

K: But I do think Chinese food cansometimes be too greasy!

T: Yeah, but American food is greasy too. Ithink overall, Chinese people must be eating a pretty healthy diet becausethere are so few people here with weight problems. Back home it's a really bigproblem!

K: Well, I've gained a few too many kilosmyself recently. I need to cut down on the meat and eat more fruit andvegetables. Hey! That reminds me! There's a new vegetarian to come try it with me?

T: Sure! Lets have another adventure!

Kelly說，有些中國菜太油膩，toogreasy, greasy is spelled g-r-e-a-s-y. Tiffany卻覺得，中國人飲食相對健康a prettyhealth diet，因爲中國體重超標的人並不多。Back home it's a really big problem，這在美國可是大問題。這也提醒了Kelly,她說自己最近長了好幾斤，需要cut down on the meat and eat more fruit and vegetables. 少吃肉，多吃蔬菜水果。她立即拉Tiffany去城裏新開的一家vegetarian restaurant素菜館去嚐嚐鮮。