大学生跨文化交际 unit 5 Dieting and Culture 部分句子翻译.pptVIP

Unit 5Dieting and Culture;paragraph 2;paragraph 3; However , with the invention of clay pottery during neo-lithic times , the pre-historical Chinese began to cook their food in pots over fire and share it among the family members . You can’t actually use fork to grab the food in pots , as they were too short , so people found what’s available in the forest (mainly two sticks) , and use the two sticks to grab the food in the pots to eat . These two sticks soon began to be developed as what are called chopsticks today . clay pottery ：泥质陶器 neo-lithic ：新石器 pots：罐 ;Some people think that the great scholar Confucius, who lived from roughly 551 to 479 B.C, influenced the development of chopsticks. According to Mencius, one of the early Confucius thinkers “The honorable and upright man keeps well away from both the slaughterhouse (屠宰场）and the kitchen.” And he allowed no knives on his table. 有些人认为，生活在大约551到公元前479年的伟大学者孔子，影响了筷子的发展。早期的儒家思想家孟子认为：“有名望的和正直的人要远离屠宰场和厨房。”（君子远庖厨），所以他不允许他的桌上有刀出现。;Words and Expressions; To Chinese, Food is important for its function of bringing harmony between people. Chinese people like to share food rather than distribute food separately to a person. 食物对营造人与人之间的和谐气氛起着重要作用。中国人喜欢一起进餐，而不是一份一份地分发给个人。;But in Chinese food culture, food is often shared amongst friends on a round table---a clear demonstration of the culture difference between Chinese and Westerns in the from of collectivism vs. individualism. 但在中国的饮食文化中，往往是朋友围坐在一张桌子一起进食——这两种种饮食方式其实就是集体主义和个人主义的体现，清楚地揭示了中西方的文化差异。;Moreover, in Chinese food culture, not only is the food to be shared among the family, “Serving food to others on the same table” is also commonly practiced as a way of improving human relationship. Serving food to others by grasping food to their plates on the table had better be done by using chopsticks instead of forks and knives, which is more respectful and delicate, showing the hospitality of the host to his guests. 此外,在中国的饮食文化中, 不仅要与家庭成员分享菜肴，而且要“