1．Beauty and Cosmetics美容化妝
Dialogue 1A（Addison）J（James）Addison: How can I help you?
James: Id like to buy some perfume for my girlfriend.
A: Do you know what kind of scent she usually wears?
J: She usually doesn’t wear anything but a few drops of Chanel No. 5. But I’d like to buy her a new fragrance.
A: Ok, here are some of our most popular perfumes.
J: Which one would you recommend?
A: Personally, I quite like the new perfume by Clinique. It’s a subtle flowery scent. What do you think?
J: That smells great. I’ll take one bottle, please.
A: Would you like to buy any other cosmetics for your girlfriend? We have a full range of products from cosmetics to skin cleansers and moisturizers.
J: That’s ok. She normally just wears a little foundation and some loose powder, and I wouldn’t know what shade to buy.
A: How about some lipstick? Every woman needs a nice tube of red lipstick.
J: She doesn’t usually wear lipstick. She thinks it makes her nose look too big.
A: How about some mascara? That will make her eyes look bigger.
J: No thank you. She has big enough eyes as it is.
A: I know what she would like some whitening cream.
J: No thanks. Western women usually try to make their skin darker, not lighter.
A: Will that be all then?
J: That will be all. You’ve been very helpful, thanks.
安德森：需要我?guī)湍闶裁矗?BR> 詹姆斯：我想給我女朋友買(mǎi)點(diǎn)香水。
A：你知道她平常愛(ài)用哪種香型的嗎？
J：她一般除了香奈兒5號(hào)不用別的。但是我想給她買(mǎi)一種新的。
A：好的，這有一些我們賣(mài)的特別好的香水。
J：你推薦哪一種？
A：就個(gè)人而言，我非常喜歡倩碧的這個(gè)新款。屬于神秘花香型。你覺(jué)得怎么樣？
J：聞起來(lái)感覺(jué)好極了。請(qǐng)給我拿這瓶。
A：你想不想給你女朋友買(mǎi)些其他的化妝品？我們有各種產(chǎn)品，從彩妝到潔膚和潤(rùn)膚用品。
J：沒(méi)關(guān)系。她一般只用一點(diǎn)粉底和散粉，我也不知道該買(mǎi)哪種顏色的。
A：唇膏呢？每個(gè)女人都需要一支好口紅。
J：她很少用口紅。她覺(jué)得涂口紅會(huì)使她的鼻子顯得很大。
A：那睫毛膏呢？睫毛膏能使眼睛看起來(lái)更大。
J：不用了，謝謝。她的眼睛已經(jīng)很大了。
A：我想她會(huì)喜歡美白潤(rùn)膚霜。
J：不了，謝謝。西方女子通常想讓她們的皮膚更黑一些，而不是更白。
A：這些就行了嗎？
J：就這些了。你幫了不少忙，謝謝。
2. Feelings情緒
Parker: Why are you in such a good mood today?
Jayden: Well, yesterday, I decided to face my fear of heights.
P: I didn’t know you were scared of heights! Was it really bad?
J: Let me put it this way. I’ve never seen a professional sports game in a stadium because I could never get myself to walk to the top of the stairs to sit down!
P: So what did you do about it yesterday?
J: I went skydiving!
P: You’re kidding me! That sounds really scary!
J: It was scary, but it felt great, too.
P: Weren’t you scared?
J: Of course I was scared. But I had an instructor that went with me and that helped.
P: So have you cured your fear of heights?
J: I think so. After I jumped out of the plane, I realized that I should just enjoy life. Worrying about it or not doing things out of fear is just plain silly.
P: I’m impressed.
J: Are you scared of anything?
P: Well, sometimes I get scared when I’m in my apartment all by myself.
J: What do you think is going to happen?
P: I always worry that the door is unlocked or that a window is open and that a stranger will come in and steal my things.
J: It sounds like you just need to be more careful.
P：你今天心情怎么這么好？
J：嗯，昨天我下定決心正視自己的恐高問(wèn)題。
P：我不知道你恐高！嚴(yán)重嗎？
J：這么跟你解釋吧。我從來(lái)沒(méi)去體育館看過(guò)任何一場(chǎng)職業(yè)比賽，因?yàn)槲也桓覐臉翘葑呱先フ易蛔隆?BR> P：那你昨天怎么做的？
J：我去高空跳傘了。
P：你開(kāi)玩笑吧！這聽(tīng)起來(lái)太恐怖了！
J：確實(shí)很恐怖，不過(guò)感覺(jué)棒極了。
P：你不害怕了嗎？
J：我當(dāng)然害怕。不過(guò)有個(gè)教練一直陪著我，指導(dǎo)我。
P：那你的恐高癥就這么好了？
J：我覺(jué)得是。從飛機(jī)上跳下去的那一刻，我意識(shí)到我應(yīng)該盡情享受生活?？偸桥聳|怕西或者陷入恐懼什么都不敢做，實(shí)在是太傻了。
P：我明白了。
J：你有什么害怕的嗎？
P：嗯，有時(shí)候，我獨(dú)自一人呆在房間里時(shí)會(huì)有點(diǎn)害怕。
J：你覺(jué)得會(huì)發(fā)生什么事情嗎？
P：我總是擔(dān)心門(mén)或窗沒(méi)鎖，會(huì)有小偷進(jìn)來(lái)偷東西。
J：聽(tīng)起來(lái)你做事需要更謹(jǐn)慎一些。
3. Is There Any Other Life Out There? 外星生物存在嗎？
Ben: Guess what! I know something you don’t know!
Layla: What’s that?
B: How many planets are there in the solar system?
L: That’s easy. Everyone knows that there are nine.
B: Not anymore! Can you believe it? They’ve decided that Pluto is not a planet anymore!
L: Nice try. I wasn’t born yesterday, you know.
B: I’m dead serious. They’ve decided that it’s too small to be a planet, but actually they haven’t yet agreed on how big something has to be in order to be a planet anymore.
L: That sounds crazy. They can’t just change their mind about things like that.
B: Yes, they can. If you remember correctly, people used to believe that the world was flat.
L: I suppose you’re right. They also used to think that they were so important that the sun revolved around them, not the other way around.
B: We actually know relatively little about space and the cosmos.
L: Do you think that we’ll one day be able to travel to another planet for a vacation?
B: I suppose we could actually live on a planet outside of the milky way.
L: Do you think we’ll ever get to meet an alien from outer space?
B: I hope not. I think they would be a threat to those of us that lived on Earth.
L: You’re so old fashioned. That’s what people used to think about people from another country!
B: Point taken. Hopefully one day, we’ll live in an interplanetary society.
B：你猜怎么著？我知道一些你不知道的事情！
L：什么事？
B：你知道太陽(yáng)系有多少行星嗎？
L：很簡(jiǎn)單。大家都知道有九大行星。
B：現(xiàn)在可不是啦！你相信嗎？他們決定取消冥王星的行星資格了。
L：想得美。別哄我了，我又不是昨天才生出來(lái)（我又不是三歲的孩子）。
B：我是認(rèn)真的。他們認(rèn)為冥王星太小了，不夠做行星的資格，不過(guò)他們尚未對(duì)行星的體積究竟該有多大而達(dá)成一致的意見(jiàn)。
L：這聽(tīng)起來(lái)簡(jiǎn)直是瘋了！他們不能對(duì)這種事情隨便亂改主意。
B：是的，他們可以。如果你還記得的話，以前人們?cè)?jīng)認(rèn)為地球是平的。
L：我覺(jué)得你說(shuō)的有道理。他們過(guò)去還認(rèn)為人類是特別重要的，以至于太陽(yáng)都是圍繞著我們轉(zhuǎn)的，不存在其他運(yùn)行的方式。
B：可能我們對(duì)空間和宇宙的了解只是非常有限的一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)。
L：你覺(jué)得未來(lái)我們有可能去其它星球度假嗎？
B：我想我們可以居住在銀河系以外的其他星球上。
L：你覺(jué)得咱們會(huì)在外太空遇到外星人嗎？
B：我希望不會(huì)。我覺(jué)得他們可能對(duì)生活在地球上的人類是一種威脅。
L：你的思想可太老派了。這就好像人們以前對(duì)外國(guó)人的看法一樣！
B：知道啦。希望未來(lái)有一天，我們能生活在一個(gè)行星際的社會(huì)里。
4. Mind Your Posture注意姿態(tài)
Isabella: Matthew, do you know much about body language in countries around the world?
Matthew: Sure. I’ve picked up a few things from travelling around for work. Why?
I: Well, I had a meeting today with a woman from Japan and she wouldn’t stop bowing! I didn’t know what to do!
M: Did you bow back?
I: No, I tried to shake her hand, but her hand was so limp I was a bit offended.
M: Well, Japanese businessmen and women typically bow to greet each other in Japan. She might have been offended by your strong handshake.
I: But she was in America! Shouldn’t she have known that strong handshakes in America signify confidence and respect?
M: Things are different in Japan. You know, in some countries, making eye contact with others is considered rude.
I: Is that why she wouldn’t look at me in the meeting?
M: I think it’s highly possible, yes.
I: The meeting really didn’t go down well at all. I think I need to read up about intercultural communication before I have another meeting with someone from another country.
M: That’s a good idea. When you don’t know much about other cultures, the simplest thing can offend someone.
I: That’s so true. It’s great that we see eye to eye on this
.伊莎貝拉：馬修，你了解世界各國(guó)的身體語(yǔ)言嗎？
馬修：當(dāng)然。我工作中有很多出差的機(jī)會(huì)，了解到一些這方面的知識(shí)。怎么了？
I：好哎，我今天參加了一個(gè)會(huì)議，會(huì)上有個(gè)日本女子總是不停地鞠躬！我不知道該怎么辦！
M：你鞠躬還禮了嗎？
I：沒(méi)有。我試圖跟她握手，可是她的手握上去很無(wú)力，我好像有點(diǎn)冒犯她了。
M：哦，在日本，談生意的人無(wú)論男女一般都會(huì)互相鞠躬致意。你握手那么用力她很可能因此而有點(diǎn)不愉快。
I：但她這是在美國(guó)！難道她不知道，在美國(guó)用力握手意味著信任和尊重嗎？
M：這跟日本的習(xí)俗完全不同。你知道嗎，在有些國(guó)家，直視對(duì)方的眼睛被認(rèn)為是無(wú)禮的舉動(dòng)。
I：這就是她為什么在開(kāi)會(huì)時(shí)一直不看我的原因吧？
M：我覺(jué)得很可能是這個(gè)緣故。
I：這次的會(huì)晤進(jìn)行得非常不順利。我想下次再出席類似這樣有外國(guó)人參加的會(huì)議之前，一定要熟知一些有關(guān)跨文化交流方面的知識(shí)。
M：這是個(gè)好主意。當(dāng)你對(duì)另一種文化缺乏了解的時(shí)候，即使是最簡(jiǎn)單的舉止也會(huì)冒犯到別人。
I：一點(diǎn)沒(méi)錯(cuò)。真高興咱倆對(duì)這件事情看法一致。
5. Chinese Food中餐
Morgan: Are you good at cooking?
John: No, but I’m pretty good eating!
M: Do you prefer Chinese food or Western food?
J: Well, to be honest with you, Chinese food is really different from western food.
M: Are you used to the food here?
J: I’m not really used to it yet.
M: What’s your favourite Chinese dish?
J: Like most foreigners, I really like Sweet and Sour Pork and Kung Pao Chicken. I eat them almost every day.
M: Have you tried traditional Chinese dumplings yet?
J: I tried once, but they are quite difficult to eat with chopsticks.
M: You know, foreigners are not expected to use chopsticks proficiently. If you do, you’ll give your Chinese friends quite an impression.
J: That’s good to know. I’d like to try more Chinese food, but since I can’t read any of the menus in the restaurants near my home, it’s difficult to try new food.
M: If you want, I can introduce you to some typical Chinese dishes.
J: That would be great. I really only want to taste real Chinese food, not just the food that foreigners like to eat!
M: If you haven’t tried Beijing duck yet, I’d like to treat you to a meal at a famous duck restaurant near Qianmen. It would be a pity if you left without tasting it!
摩根：你擅長(zhǎng)做飯嗎？
約翰：不太擅長(zhǎng)，不過(guò)我是個(gè)美食家！
M：你喜歡吃中餐還是西餐？
J：嗯，坦白說(shuō)，中餐和西餐可是大相徑庭。
M：你吃得慣這兒的飯菜嗎？
J：還沒(méi)習(xí)慣呢。
M：你最喜歡中餐的哪道菜？
J：和大多數(shù)外國(guó)人一樣，我喜歡吃咕嚕肉和宮保雞丁。我?guī)缀跆焯於汲浴?BR> M：你吃過(guò)中國(guó)傳統(tǒng)的餃子嗎？
J：吃過(guò)一次，不過(guò)用筷子夾太難了。
M：要知道，中國(guó)人并不要求老外能對(duì)筷子運(yùn)用自如。但是如果你能用好，會(huì)讓人對(duì)你印象深刻。
J：知道這個(gè)真是太好了。我很想品嘗更多的中餐，可是我家附近餐館里的菜單我都讀不懂，所以要想嘗試新的品種就很困難。
M：如果你愿意，我可以向你介紹幾種經(jīng)典菜式。
J：那可太好了。我是真的想吃正宗的中餐，而不是外國(guó)人喜歡吃的那種！
M：如果你還沒(méi)吃過(guò)烤鴨，我請(qǐng)你去前門(mén)附近的那家有名的烤鴨店去吃一頓。你要是沒(méi)吃過(guò)烤鴨就離開(kāi)北京那可太遺憾了！
Dialogue 1A（Addison）J（James）Addison: How can I help you?
James: Id like to buy some perfume for my girlfriend.
A: Do you know what kind of scent she usually wears?
J: She usually doesn’t wear anything but a few drops of Chanel No. 5. But I’d like to buy her a new fragrance.
A: Ok, here are some of our most popular perfumes.
J: Which one would you recommend?
A: Personally, I quite like the new perfume by Clinique. It’s a subtle flowery scent. What do you think?
J: That smells great. I’ll take one bottle, please.
A: Would you like to buy any other cosmetics for your girlfriend? We have a full range of products from cosmetics to skin cleansers and moisturizers.
J: That’s ok. She normally just wears a little foundation and some loose powder, and I wouldn’t know what shade to buy.
A: How about some lipstick? Every woman needs a nice tube of red lipstick.
J: She doesn’t usually wear lipstick. She thinks it makes her nose look too big.
A: How about some mascara? That will make her eyes look bigger.
J: No thank you. She has big enough eyes as it is.
A: I know what she would like some whitening cream.
J: No thanks. Western women usually try to make their skin darker, not lighter.
A: Will that be all then?
J: That will be all. You’ve been very helpful, thanks.
安德森：需要我?guī)湍闶裁矗?BR> 詹姆斯：我想給我女朋友買(mǎi)點(diǎn)香水。
A：你知道她平常愛(ài)用哪種香型的嗎？
J：她一般除了香奈兒5號(hào)不用別的。但是我想給她買(mǎi)一種新的。
A：好的，這有一些我們賣(mài)的特別好的香水。
J：你推薦哪一種？
A：就個(gè)人而言，我非常喜歡倩碧的這個(gè)新款。屬于神秘花香型。你覺(jué)得怎么樣？
J：聞起來(lái)感覺(jué)好極了。請(qǐng)給我拿這瓶。
A：你想不想給你女朋友買(mǎi)些其他的化妝品？我們有各種產(chǎn)品，從彩妝到潔膚和潤(rùn)膚用品。
J：沒(méi)關(guān)系。她一般只用一點(diǎn)粉底和散粉，我也不知道該買(mǎi)哪種顏色的。
A：唇膏呢？每個(gè)女人都需要一支好口紅。
J：她很少用口紅。她覺(jué)得涂口紅會(huì)使她的鼻子顯得很大。
A：那睫毛膏呢？睫毛膏能使眼睛看起來(lái)更大。
J：不用了，謝謝。她的眼睛已經(jīng)很大了。
A：我想她會(huì)喜歡美白潤(rùn)膚霜。
J：不了，謝謝。西方女子通常想讓她們的皮膚更黑一些，而不是更白。
A：這些就行了嗎？
J：就這些了。你幫了不少忙，謝謝。
2. Feelings情緒
Parker: Why are you in such a good mood today?
Jayden: Well, yesterday, I decided to face my fear of heights.
P: I didn’t know you were scared of heights! Was it really bad?
J: Let me put it this way. I’ve never seen a professional sports game in a stadium because I could never get myself to walk to the top of the stairs to sit down!
P: So what did you do about it yesterday?
J: I went skydiving!
P: You’re kidding me! That sounds really scary!
J: It was scary, but it felt great, too.
P: Weren’t you scared?
J: Of course I was scared. But I had an instructor that went with me and that helped.
P: So have you cured your fear of heights?
J: I think so. After I jumped out of the plane, I realized that I should just enjoy life. Worrying about it or not doing things out of fear is just plain silly.
P: I’m impressed.
J: Are you scared of anything?
P: Well, sometimes I get scared when I’m in my apartment all by myself.
J: What do you think is going to happen?
P: I always worry that the door is unlocked or that a window is open and that a stranger will come in and steal my things.
J: It sounds like you just need to be more careful.
P：你今天心情怎么這么好？
J：嗯，昨天我下定決心正視自己的恐高問(wèn)題。
P：我不知道你恐高！嚴(yán)重嗎？
J：這么跟你解釋吧。我從來(lái)沒(méi)去體育館看過(guò)任何一場(chǎng)職業(yè)比賽，因?yàn)槲也桓覐臉翘葑呱先フ易蛔隆?BR> P：那你昨天怎么做的？
J：我去高空跳傘了。
P：你開(kāi)玩笑吧！這聽(tīng)起來(lái)太恐怖了！
J：確實(shí)很恐怖，不過(guò)感覺(jué)棒極了。
P：你不害怕了嗎？
J：我當(dāng)然害怕。不過(guò)有個(gè)教練一直陪著我，指導(dǎo)我。
P：那你的恐高癥就這么好了？
J：我覺(jué)得是。從飛機(jī)上跳下去的那一刻，我意識(shí)到我應(yīng)該盡情享受生活?？偸桥聳|怕西或者陷入恐懼什么都不敢做，實(shí)在是太傻了。
P：我明白了。
J：你有什么害怕的嗎？
P：嗯，有時(shí)候，我獨(dú)自一人呆在房間里時(shí)會(huì)有點(diǎn)害怕。
J：你覺(jué)得會(huì)發(fā)生什么事情嗎？
P：我總是擔(dān)心門(mén)或窗沒(méi)鎖，會(huì)有小偷進(jìn)來(lái)偷東西。
J：聽(tīng)起來(lái)你做事需要更謹(jǐn)慎一些。
3. Is There Any Other Life Out There? 外星生物存在嗎？
Ben: Guess what! I know something you don’t know!
Layla: What’s that?
B: How many planets are there in the solar system?
L: That’s easy. Everyone knows that there are nine.
B: Not anymore! Can you believe it? They’ve decided that Pluto is not a planet anymore!
L: Nice try. I wasn’t born yesterday, you know.
B: I’m dead serious. They’ve decided that it’s too small to be a planet, but actually they haven’t yet agreed on how big something has to be in order to be a planet anymore.
L: That sounds crazy. They can’t just change their mind about things like that.
B: Yes, they can. If you remember correctly, people used to believe that the world was flat.
L: I suppose you’re right. They also used to think that they were so important that the sun revolved around them, not the other way around.
B: We actually know relatively little about space and the cosmos.
L: Do you think that we’ll one day be able to travel to another planet for a vacation?
B: I suppose we could actually live on a planet outside of the milky way.
L: Do you think we’ll ever get to meet an alien from outer space?
B: I hope not. I think they would be a threat to those of us that lived on Earth.
L: You’re so old fashioned. That’s what people used to think about people from another country!
B: Point taken. Hopefully one day, we’ll live in an interplanetary society.
B：你猜怎么著？我知道一些你不知道的事情！
L：什么事？
B：你知道太陽(yáng)系有多少行星嗎？
L：很簡(jiǎn)單。大家都知道有九大行星。
B：現(xiàn)在可不是啦！你相信嗎？他們決定取消冥王星的行星資格了。
L：想得美。別哄我了，我又不是昨天才生出來(lái)（我又不是三歲的孩子）。
B：我是認(rèn)真的。他們認(rèn)為冥王星太小了，不夠做行星的資格，不過(guò)他們尚未對(duì)行星的體積究竟該有多大而達(dá)成一致的意見(jiàn)。
L：這聽(tīng)起來(lái)簡(jiǎn)直是瘋了！他們不能對(duì)這種事情隨便亂改主意。
B：是的，他們可以。如果你還記得的話，以前人們?cè)?jīng)認(rèn)為地球是平的。
L：我覺(jué)得你說(shuō)的有道理。他們過(guò)去還認(rèn)為人類是特別重要的，以至于太陽(yáng)都是圍繞著我們轉(zhuǎn)的，不存在其他運(yùn)行的方式。
B：可能我們對(duì)空間和宇宙的了解只是非常有限的一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)。
L：你覺(jué)得未來(lái)我們有可能去其它星球度假嗎？
B：我想我們可以居住在銀河系以外的其他星球上。
L：你覺(jué)得咱們會(huì)在外太空遇到外星人嗎？
B：我希望不會(huì)。我覺(jué)得他們可能對(duì)生活在地球上的人類是一種威脅。
L：你的思想可太老派了。這就好像人們以前對(duì)外國(guó)人的看法一樣！
B：知道啦。希望未來(lái)有一天，我們能生活在一個(gè)行星際的社會(huì)里。
4. Mind Your Posture注意姿態(tài)
Isabella: Matthew, do you know much about body language in countries around the world?
Matthew: Sure. I’ve picked up a few things from travelling around for work. Why?
I: Well, I had a meeting today with a woman from Japan and she wouldn’t stop bowing! I didn’t know what to do!
M: Did you bow back?
I: No, I tried to shake her hand, but her hand was so limp I was a bit offended.
M: Well, Japanese businessmen and women typically bow to greet each other in Japan. She might have been offended by your strong handshake.
I: But she was in America! Shouldn’t she have known that strong handshakes in America signify confidence and respect?
M: Things are different in Japan. You know, in some countries, making eye contact with others is considered rude.
I: Is that why she wouldn’t look at me in the meeting?
M: I think it’s highly possible, yes.
I: The meeting really didn’t go down well at all. I think I need to read up about intercultural communication before I have another meeting with someone from another country.
M: That’s a good idea. When you don’t know much about other cultures, the simplest thing can offend someone.
I: That’s so true. It’s great that we see eye to eye on this
.伊莎貝拉：馬修，你了解世界各國(guó)的身體語(yǔ)言嗎？
馬修：當(dāng)然。我工作中有很多出差的機(jī)會(huì)，了解到一些這方面的知識(shí)。怎么了？
I：好哎，我今天參加了一個(gè)會(huì)議，會(huì)上有個(gè)日本女子總是不停地鞠躬！我不知道該怎么辦！
M：你鞠躬還禮了嗎？
I：沒(méi)有。我試圖跟她握手，可是她的手握上去很無(wú)力，我好像有點(diǎn)冒犯她了。
M：哦，在日本，談生意的人無(wú)論男女一般都會(huì)互相鞠躬致意。你握手那么用力她很可能因此而有點(diǎn)不愉快。
I：但她這是在美國(guó)！難道她不知道，在美國(guó)用力握手意味著信任和尊重嗎？
M：這跟日本的習(xí)俗完全不同。你知道嗎，在有些國(guó)家，直視對(duì)方的眼睛被認(rèn)為是無(wú)禮的舉動(dòng)。
I：這就是她為什么在開(kāi)會(huì)時(shí)一直不看我的原因吧？
M：我覺(jué)得很可能是這個(gè)緣故。
I：這次的會(huì)晤進(jìn)行得非常不順利。我想下次再出席類似這樣有外國(guó)人參加的會(huì)議之前，一定要熟知一些有關(guān)跨文化交流方面的知識(shí)。
M：這是個(gè)好主意。當(dāng)你對(duì)另一種文化缺乏了解的時(shí)候，即使是最簡(jiǎn)單的舉止也會(huì)冒犯到別人。
I：一點(diǎn)沒(méi)錯(cuò)。真高興咱倆對(duì)這件事情看法一致。
5. Chinese Food中餐
Morgan: Are you good at cooking?
John: No, but I’m pretty good eating!
M: Do you prefer Chinese food or Western food?
J: Well, to be honest with you, Chinese food is really different from western food.
M: Are you used to the food here?
J: I’m not really used to it yet.
M: What’s your favourite Chinese dish?
J: Like most foreigners, I really like Sweet and Sour Pork and Kung Pao Chicken. I eat them almost every day.
M: Have you tried traditional Chinese dumplings yet?
J: I tried once, but they are quite difficult to eat with chopsticks.
M: You know, foreigners are not expected to use chopsticks proficiently. If you do, you’ll give your Chinese friends quite an impression.
J: That’s good to know. I’d like to try more Chinese food, but since I can’t read any of the menus in the restaurants near my home, it’s difficult to try new food.
M: If you want, I can introduce you to some typical Chinese dishes.
J: That would be great. I really only want to taste real Chinese food, not just the food that foreigners like to eat!
M: If you haven’t tried Beijing duck yet, I’d like to treat you to a meal at a famous duck restaurant near Qianmen. It would be a pity if you left without tasting it!
摩根：你擅長(zhǎng)做飯嗎？
約翰：不太擅長(zhǎng)，不過(guò)我是個(gè)美食家！
M：你喜歡吃中餐還是西餐？
J：嗯，坦白說(shuō)，中餐和西餐可是大相徑庭。
M：你吃得慣這兒的飯菜嗎？
J：還沒(méi)習(xí)慣呢。
M：你最喜歡中餐的哪道菜？
J：和大多數(shù)外國(guó)人一樣，我喜歡吃咕嚕肉和宮保雞丁。我?guī)缀跆焯於汲浴?BR> M：你吃過(guò)中國(guó)傳統(tǒng)的餃子嗎？
J：吃過(guò)一次，不過(guò)用筷子夾太難了。
M：要知道，中國(guó)人并不要求老外能對(duì)筷子運(yùn)用自如。但是如果你能用好，會(huì)讓人對(duì)你印象深刻。
J：知道這個(gè)真是太好了。我很想品嘗更多的中餐，可是我家附近餐館里的菜單我都讀不懂，所以要想嘗試新的品種就很困難。
M：如果你愿意，我可以向你介紹幾種經(jīng)典菜式。
J：那可太好了。我是真的想吃正宗的中餐，而不是外國(guó)人喜歡吃的那種！
M：如果你還沒(méi)吃過(guò)烤鴨，我請(qǐng)你去前門(mén)附近的那家有名的烤鴨店去吃一頓。你要是沒(méi)吃過(guò)烤鴨就離開(kāi)北京那可太遺憾了！