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  • Lunch invitation: Anam Rahman, China – May 2017

    我在中国住了4个月。上周，我第一次被中国人邀请吃午餐。我的学生多祖父母邀请我吃午餐。最近，我不吃中国的食物因为我试着吃健康的食物。我的学生叫Lucy。那是她的英文名字。我不知道她的中文名字。她的祖父母没有英文名字。这顿午餐很有趣。

    wǒ zài zhōng guó zhù le sì ge yuè. shàng zhōu, wǒ dì yī cì beì zhōng guó rén yāoqǐng chī wǔ cān. wǒ de xué shēng de zǔfùmǔ yāoqǐng wǒ chī wǔcān. zuìjin, wǒ bù chī zhōng guó de shí wù yīnweì wǒ shi4 zhe chī jiànkāng de shìwù.

    wǒ de xuéshēng jiào lucy. zhè shì tā de yīng wén míngzì. wǒ bù zhīdao tā de zhōng wén mìngzì. tā de zǔfùmǔ méiyǒu yīng wén míngzì. zhè dùn wǔcān shì yǒuqù hé fēicháng mírén de. suīrán zhōng guó de cāntīng mài bù jiànkāng de shí wù,  dàn shì zhōng guó de jiātíng, zàijiā chī fàn hé zuòfàn dōu yòng jiànkāng de shíwù.

    tāmen zuò hěnduō shūcài bāokuò qiézi he dòu jiǎo. tāmen yě zuò mǐfàn hé là miàntiáo. tāmen zuò hěn duō zhūròu. wǒ bù chī zhūròu. zhōng guó rén chī hěnduō zhūròu. zhong guo you shìjì 50% de zhū. wǒ chī le là mìantiáo, yī diǎn’r mǐfàn, hé jīdàn.

    wǔcān shíjiān, nánrén hēle yībēi zhōng guó de fútèjiā jiào baizhou. wǒ hěn chījīng. shíjiān shì 1. dàn shì, wǒ yìshi zhōng guó rén ài tāmen de baizhou. baizhou shì zhōng guó de wénhua yí gè hěn dà de bu fen. yī nián qián, wǒ tíng xīyān dàn shì nán rén bùzàihū. tamēn qiǎngpo wǒ chōuyān. tāmen bù huì shuō yīng wén. wǒ yǒu jīhuì shíxíng wǒ de zhōng wén. tāmen hěn kāixīn wǒ chī wǔcān.

    ENGLISH:

    I have lived in china for almost 4 months. Last week was the first time that a Chinese person invited me for lunch. My students’ grandparents invited me for lunch. Recently I have not been eating Chinese food because right now I am eating healthy food and dieting. However, on this occasion I said I will eat Chinese food. My student is called lucy, that is her English name anyway, I don’t know her Chinese name.  Her grandparents did not have English names.  Lunch was fun and interesting.

    Although Chinese restaurants and street food sell unhealthy food, Chinese families eat and cook a lot of healthy food at home.

    They cooked a lot of vegetables including green beans and egg plant.  They also cooked rice and spicy noodles.  Unfortunately they also cooked a lot of pork which I do not eat. Chinese people eat a lot of pork. China grows 50% of the pigs in the world. I ate the spicy noodles, a little bit of rice, egg.  While they were eating their lunch, the men also drank a glass of Chinese vodka called baizhou.

    I was very shocked.  The time was only 1 o’clock.  But I realised Chinese people love their baijiu.  Baizhou is a big part of Chinese culture.  I quit smoking one year ago but the men did not care. They forced me to smoke two cigarettes but in a friendly way. They could not speak English. I got an opportunity to practise my Chinese. They were very happy to have a foreigner eat lunch with them.

  • Street food in China: Anam Rahman, March 2017

    Jiě biān xiǎo chī zài zhōng guó hén jiàn. Jiě biān xiǎo chī shì zhōng guó de wén huá de yī gè hěn dǎ. zhōng guó rén xǐ huǎ chī. chī zài zhōng guó shì shē huì xing de. zài zhōng guó yǒu hén duō jiě biān tán fán. wǒ zuì ài de Jiě biān xiǎo chī shì shāo kǎo. Wǒ měi zhōu zài tóng yí gè jiě biān shāng faàn na li mǎi sì cì chī de. Jiě biān xiǎo chī hén pián yì. yǒu shí hòu nǐ bì xū jīng tì yì xie huài de jiē biǎn xiǎo chī. Bù hǎo Jiě biān xiǎo chī Néng Ràng nǐ shēngbìng. wǒ jīng chāng diǎn jīròu, níuròu, yóu yú, mó gū, qīng jiāo hé miàn bāo. Jiě biān shāo kǎo yī bān cóng wán shàng bā diǎn mài dào līng chén liǎng diǎn. Dǎn wǒ kàn le dào jǐng chǎ huì gǎn tā men. Shàng zhōu yi tiān, wǒ hěn e, wǒ kàn dào jing chǎ baǎ tīmen gǎn zǒu. wǒ hě bù kāi xīn. Jiě biān xiǎo chī méi yǒu yǔnxū neng shi fēifǎ. Jiě biān xiǎo tè biè hǎo chī ér qiě yòu pián yì, dàn shì zhǐ yǒuu zài bu xia yǔ de shí hò cái yǒu mài. Tā men dōng tiān bù mài de. Tā men bǎ suǒ yǒu dōng xi zhuān dào chē shàng, bāo kuò shāo kǎo, shí wà, zhàng péng, hé zuò xǐ. Yí dàn dà cān huā fèi 35 yuán, zhè shī 4 yīng yuán. Zhōng guó rén chī dōng xi shēng yīn hěn dà. Zài zhōng guó de wén huà lǐ, zhè yì wèi zhe tā men hěn xǐ huan zì jǐ shí wù. Wǎnshàng, zai wǒ zhù de xiǎo qū wài mian de zhǔ lù shàng, yǒu shì duō jiā xiāo chī tān. Hěn duō zhōng guō rén fàn mài jiē biān xiǎo chī wé shóu rù.

    ENGLISH:

    Street food is very common in China. Street food in china is a big part of Chinese culture. Chinese people love eating food. Eating is a social event in China. There are lots of street food sellers in China. My favourite street food is bbq. I buy street food four times a week from the same person. Street food is very cheap. But sometimes you must be careful of bad street food. Bad street food can make you ill. My order ever time is chicken, beef and squid with mushroom, peppers and bread. The bbq street food is open from 8pm to 2am. But I have seen police come to close it.Last week I was hungry and saw police close it, I was very sad. Setting up street food without permission can be illegal. The food tastes amazing and is cheap but they are only open if there is no rain. They do not sell food in the winter. They bring everything in a car including a bbq, food, tent, seats. A big meal costs 35 RMB which is £4. A lot of people come and eat at the bbq and inside the tent. Chinese people eat food very loudly. In Chinese culture it means they are enjoying their food. In the evenings there are many street food places. On the main road, outside my apartment there are more than 10 in the evening.  A lot of Chinese people rely on street food for their income.