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美国驻中国员工Tiffany跟中国同事Kelly聊天儿，说起中西餐的差别。比如，美国人饭桌上永远看不到鱼头或是鸡头。Tiffany大发感慨道，
T: In some ways, perhaps the Chinese approach to meat-eating is more honest. If you're eating a chicken, well, that's what a chicken looks like!
K: Huh...that's interesting. So you think Western people are trying to forget that the chicken was a living animal?
T: Maybe. ---1---.
Tiffany觉得中国人的吃法更真实，而西方人则不希望把盘子里的肉跟活生生的动物联系在一起。结果是，Many American kids don't really understand that chicken nuggets are made out of real chickens. 很多美国孩子并不知道炸鸡块其实是用活生生的鸡做的；
K: But if you don't use all of the animal...isn't that wasteful?
T: Oh, it's very wasteful. ---2---. We really need to learn to use things more efficiently.
K: Maybe Americans should try being more adventurous with food. When I was there it seems everybody ate pretty much the same things every day!
T: Yeah, that's another good thing about Chinese food; ---3---. You can try something new everyday!
Kelly觉得，美国人在饮食方面应该大胆些。More adventurous with food. Adventurous is spelled a-d-v-e-n-t-u-r-o-u-s, 意思是具有探险精神。Tiffany表示，美国人吃的东西千篇一律，而中国菜却是there are a million different dishes with a million different flavors，变幻无穷。
K: ---4---!
T: Yeah, but American food is greasy too. I think overall, ---5---. Back home it's a really big problem!
K: Well, I've gained a few too many kilos myself recently. ---6---. Hey! That reminds me! There's a new vegetarian restaurant downtown...want to come try it with me?
T: Sure! Lets have another adventure!
Kelly说，有些中国菜太油腻，too greasy, greasy is spelled g-r-e-a-s-y. Tiffany却觉得，中国人饮食相对健康a pretty health diet，因为中国体重超标的人并不多。Back home it's a really big problem，这在美国可是大问题。这也提醒了Kelly,她说自己最近长了好几斤，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去城里新开的一家vegetarian restaurant素菜馆去尝尝鲜。I think many American kids don't really understand that chicken nuggets are made out of real chickens
America has a big problem with being wasteful
there are a million different dishes with a million different flavors
But I do think Chinese food can sometimes be too greasy
Chinese people must be eating a pretty healthy diet because there are so few people here with weight problems
I need to cut down on the meat and eat more fruit and vegetables | 
发表于 2016-8-2 11:14:36