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【題目】Eating Together, Separately

Separate dining is common in the western culture, while in China's dining culture, whether dining at home or eating out, a grouped dining system is used in most situations.

However, the coronavirus pandemic has challenged the deep-rooted Chinese dining tradition of sharing dishes together, which inspires the government, restaurants and citizens to rethink about eating customs.

Standards on individual (供一人用的)dining, serving chopsticks (公筷)and two pairs of chopsticks came out on March 18. Here are the main points.

Individual diners' food should he served to customers in separate tableware.

Each shared dish should be served with a separate pair of serving chopsticks.

Each diner should have two pairs of differently colored chopsticks. One is to get food from shared dishes to place into individual howls, and the other is for eating from individual bowls.

The above new standards aim to protect the public health in a scientific and practical way. Over 200 companies have followed the guidelines. In order to encourage customers to follow the standards, some restaurants offer parking coupons (優(yōu)惠券)to those who use serving chopsticks.

According to a survey about separate dining by think tank Thinker, nearly 89% of 100,000 interviewees believe it's more hygienic (衛(wèi)生的)because it reduces the risk of infection via saliva (唾液傳染）.

For Chinese, it is not easy to change their dining behavior, because they think the grouped dining system is a tradition. When they share the food, they are building up a close relationship among diners. Besides, it is difficult to divide Chinese dishes into separate parts.

Eating separately is a break from tradition, but it is helpful to prevent diseases and improve health. People can still sit at the same table, sharing the same food and the same culture in a new way. It also encourages advanced cooking skills, which means a chance of creating something new in Chinese food.

【1】When did the standards on individual dining come out?

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【2】What is the aim of the new standards?

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【3】How do some restaurants encourage customers to use serving chopsticks?

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【4】Why is it not easy to change Chinese dining behavior?

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【5】According to the passage, what do you think of eating separately?

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Answer 1

【答案】

【1】On March 18.

【2】To protect the public health in a scientific and practical way.

【3】By offering those who use serving chopsticks parking coupons. /They offer those who use serving chopsticks parking coupons.

【4】Because they think the grouped dining system is a tradition.

【5】It is a break from tradition, but it is helpful to prevent diseases and improve health as well as encouraging advanced cooking skills.

It is a break from tradition, but it is helpful to prevent diseases and improve health as well as a chance of creating something new in Chinese food.

It is a break from tradition, but it is helpful and inspiring.

【解析】

新冠肺炎的流行已經(jīng)挑戰(zhàn)了根深蒂固的中國(guó)人一起分享菜肴的傳統(tǒng)，這激發(fā)了政府、餐館和公民重新思考飲食習(xí)俗。3月18日，《中餐分餐制、公筷制、雙筷制標(biāo)準(zhǔn)》出臺(tái)。本文主要闡述了《標(biāo)準(zhǔn)》中的一些細(xì)則。

【1】

根據(jù)第三段中“Standards on individual (供一人用的)dining, serving chopsticks (公筷)and two pairs of chopsticks came out on March 18.”可知，《標(biāo)準(zhǔn)》是on March 18出臺(tái)的。故填on March 18。

【2】

根據(jù)第七段中“The above new standards aim to protect the public health in a scientific and practical way.”可知，實(shí)施《標(biāo)準(zhǔn)》的目的是為了旨在科學(xué)、切實(shí)地保護(hù)公眾健康。故填To protect the public health in a scientific and practical way。

【3】

根據(jù)第七段中“In order to encourage customers to follow the standards, some restaurants offer parking coupons (優(yōu)惠券)to those who use serving chopsticks.”可知，為了鼓勵(lì)顧客遵守標(biāo)準(zhǔn)，一些餐館向使用筷子的顧客提供停車(chē)優(yōu)惠券。故填By offering those who use serving chopsticks parking coupons. /They offer those who use serving chopsticks parking coupons。

【4】

根據(jù)第八段中“For Chinese, it is not easy to change their dining behavior, because they think the grouped dining system is a tradition.”可知，執(zhí)行《標(biāo)準(zhǔn)》是困難的，因?yàn)樗麄冋J(rèn)為集體用餐制度是一種傳統(tǒng)。故填Because they think the grouped dining system is a tradition。

【5】

根據(jù)文章最后一段“Eating separately is a break from tradition, but it is helpful to prevent diseases and improve health.”可知，分餐制是一種與時(shí)俱進(jìn)的變化。故填It is a break from tradition, but it is helpful to prevent diseases and improve health as well as encouraging advanced cooking skills./It is a break from tradition, but it is helpful to prevent diseases and improve health as well as a chance of creating something new in Chinese food. /It is a break from tradition, but it is helpful and inspiring.