Level 2 · Reading series
Lesson 51 · The Same Lunch, Different Manners
Audio track 51
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Our class had an online meeting with students in another country. We talked about lunch.
I showed my bento and said, "We often eat rice at school." A student there showed a sandwich, fruit, and a small bag of chips.
Then we talked about manners. In my school, we say a short phrase before eating. In their school, some students start eating as soon as they sit down.
No one was wrong. We were just seeing different habits around the same daily action.
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Chinese translation
我们班与另一个国家的学生开了一次线上交流会，话题是午餐。
我展示自己的便当，说：‘我们在学校经常吃米饭。’那边一名学生展示了三明治、水果和一小袋薯片。
接着我们聊到餐桌礼仪。在我的学校，我们吃饭前会说一句简短的话；在他们的学校，有些学生一坐下就开始吃。
谁也没有做错。我们只是看到，同样是每天吃午饭，各地会有不同习惯。
Key words and expressions
Key terms have Chinese explanations. Hover over dotted words in the English passage for word help and pronunciation when available.
- online meeting
- 线上会议；两地学生借网络交流。
- another country
- 另一个国家；对方学生所在的地方。
- bento
- 便当；叙述者展示的午餐。
- sandwich
- 三明治；对方展示的食物之一。
- chips
- 薯片；small bag of chips 是‘一小袋薯片’。
- manners
- 礼仪；这里指吃饭前后的习惯。
- phrase
- 短语；文中指饭前说的一句话。
- as soon as
- 一……就……；有些学生坐下就开吃。
- daily action
- 日常行为；两地都有吃午饭这件事。
- habit
- 习惯；同一件事也有不同做法。
Background notes (Chinese)
课文比较的是这次交流中两所学校的午餐习惯，并不代表两个国家所有人的做法都一样。看见差异后先提问、了解原因，比急着判断对错更有助于交流。