Compere：Better compario n , better life.hello every body. Welcome to our <d ietary world>.I’m karter. I n our prvious program.w e compared sino-us eco nomic ,price , education, Science and technolog yToday , we will talk abo ut the Differences in Ch inese and American Foo d Culture .First, let’s wa tch a short film about American food culture. Okay,the short film is just a bief introducti on. We have the hon or to invite Tom from the United States an d Tony from China.we lcome!For tonday’s topic,w hat’s your opinions?Tom: since the deff irence between Chi nese and western pilosphy,American pay morn attention to scientific diet a nd nutritionTony:well,Chinese t hink a lot of the ta ste.Compere:what abou t the Dining atmos phere ?Tony:Chinese peopl e prefer to Toast e ach other and urge others to drink m ore in a lively atm osphere.Tom:at least ,I do not like it. O n the contrary,we usually eat f ood quietly,even no talking .for drinking we only simbolically t ake a sip.in west banquet ,the host helps the guest to food fo r only once,and then asks the m to eat any more,which is not like the Chinese people’s habi t of urging somebody to drink frequently.it is not allowed to make a noise while eating the food,but the guests should pay attention to appreciate the me als that the owners prepared.if you want to talk with people,yo u can only talk with the ones besides you .we think it is poli te.Compere:ok, one is lively,other is quie t.en,Tom ,do you k now how to use th e Chopsticks? Tom:really no .but I tried it ,I found it difficult to grasp. I still like my knife and forkConpere:how to us e them?Tom:in fact,tables a re generally laid wi th one knife and t wo forks,the outsid e fork being for th e salad.Tony:as I know,Americ an eating is funny,they take fork in their left hand,and cut off a pie ce of meat or whateve r it is in the normal m anners.then they put t he knife down,transfer the fork to their right hand,and only then d o they transport the fo od to their mouth.this is every tedious,I think .Compere:is this,Tom? Tom:yes,he said it. Copere:By the way,hav e you eaten breakfast? Tom:yes,Tony:yes. Tony:don’t your progra m team submit an exp ense account boarding fee?Compere:ok,we will!I want to know w hat did you eat?To m.Tom: A cup of mil k,An egg and A h amburgerTony；A bowl of no odlesCompere；So it see ms that the food is different,too. Tom:In Western-styl e food cookbook, vari ous ingredients such as the flour, sugar, b utter etc. have been indicated several gra ms, several spoons or several cups, even the size of the egg wi ll all be explained. I think it is like a testi ng laboratory. So, Ma king Western-style foo d is easy, so long as you according to cook book manual。

Tony:But it is not th e easy thing that you want to make fine Chinese food. Even if you have bought the cookbook, it is not s o easy. Because the Chinese cookbook will not tell you several grams of ingredient, f or example salt, Chin ese cookbook just tell you appropriate amo unt of salt, don’t tellyou several gram, se veral spoon or severa l cup. Why? The tast e of people who live in different places is different in China. T here is a folk adage i n China “south sweet, north salty, east hot and west sour”. So, a good cook rely onexperience and skill when cooks in China。

Compere:yeah!as you two said ,the deffere nce of food culture b etween china and Am erica can be seen in table manners ,Cookin g method,dining atmo sphere and tableware ………Compere；but What c aused the such distin ction?Tony:people from diff erent counties speak different languages,ke ep different value,and have different ways of looking at things.it’supset to find people who behave different from us.we may,at f irt ,assume that some thing is wrong with t hem .while different culture may have diff erent ways of respon ding to conpliments. Compere:I totally agre e with you.from the above comparion and contrast,some greatdifferences are found between china and America.personally sp eaking,we can not sa y which is better.beca use everything may b e different in differen t places.the culture di fferences in food will allow people to enh ance mutual understanding, to enjoy differ ent feeling from diffe rent food,and to pro mote the inter-culture exchanges,supplemen tation and integration. ok,welcome to our < dietary world>,see yo u next week,good by e.。