英语聊天话题：畅谈中国文化第13章 筷子的重要性.docVIP

英语畅谈中国文化50主题 第13章 The Importance of Chopsticks 筷子的重要性 A: In the 17th century, when a British businessman heard that there were 100 million people in China, he was determined to go there and sell spoons. He thought, even if a spoon would only sell for one penny, he would still make 100 million pennies, but he didn’t succeed. The Chinese people used chopsticks, not spoons. B: Some people did some research on the origin of China’s chopsticks compared to the knife and fork in the West. One theory is that China was an agricultural society and relied on vegetables for food. Chopsticks were very conv