20-4-29 【地道美语143】中美美食大不同 Chinese food vs. American food

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dialogue 1

Jingjing:  Aloha,Mark!  It's nice that we could ------.

Mark: Yeah, -------------.  I was planning to go out to the -------anyway, and am glad to----------------- here.

Jingjing: Hey, what's that you're --------------?

Mark:  Oh,this?  It's just a ----------.  I ----------------- at home.

Jingjing: The bread looks ----------.  Why is it so --------------?

Mark:  It'smade from dark ---------—pumpernickel and rye, I think. Hey, would you --------?  I have the other----------------.  Ihaven't----------- it.

Jingjing:  Imight try----------, if I can ----------------- a piece.

Mark:  Ifyou'd like ------------, it's yours.  Don't try to -----------, though. The stuff inside will------------  Don't worry about me.  This ----------------------for me.

Jingjing: OK.  Thanks.  Hey, what'd you ---------------here?

Mark:  It's-----------. But then I put ------ instead of----- no -----, ----------mayo forthe sauce, and ----------------------and onions.

Jingjing:  Thoseare a little --------------.

Mark:  I--------them myself, and didn't want them too----------  So, I ---------- inKorean ---------, then added some --------- and a little ------------ before Ileft the house.  

Jingjing: Uh, what are those -------------?

Mark:  Thoseare coriander---------.  I just --------.  I probablyshouldn't have, though.

Jingjing: They----------.  You must have--------- to ---------. It seems -----------.

Mark:  Ha ha,but not really.  It's just a matter of----------- ingredients.  Mywife's parents made the----------yesterday.  So, I didn't have to do much -------------------the bread put stuff together.

Jingjing: Well, there are a lot of -------------- between American food and Chinesefood.

Mark:  That's---------.  Luckily, nobody has to choose between--------------

Jingjing: Hmm.  Let me finish -------- -----------------------------------

dialogue 2

Jingjing: Mark, that sandwich was pretty good.  Thanks for --------- with me.

Mark:  Noproblem.  I was --------- what you said.  There are a lot of----------betweenChinese food and American food.

Jingjing: Yes there are.  Sometimes, I think the two couldn't ------------.  Forinstance, here, this one sandwich was --------- because you ----------beforeyou left the house.  In China, ----------- it is less common.  So,most food is -----------pieces or made so people can ---------- with -------------.

Mark:  Right. And on American -------------, the ---------is the second or third mostimportant---------------

Jingjing:  Doyou like sharing food with ----------------------------

Mark:  Yes. I think it's a -------------.  It didn't ----------to get used toChinese ways of eating.  Some of the-----------were ------------- for me,though.

Jingjing: Really, like what?

Mark:  Well,-----------,for one: I like -------- but couldn't -------- all those -------------. After a year or so, I got to-------------------.

Jingjing: Any others?

Mark:  ----------------wastotally weird for me when I got here.  I never had it at Chineserestaurants before I came here.

Jingjing: You mean that----------------------

Mark:  That'sthe one.  There was a malatang place near ----my firstyear in China.  It was the ------to------veggies.  But I just---------- forthe first few months.

Jingjing: Now you-----,though, don't you.  I remember you saying that ---------is one of your ----------things to eat.

Mark:  Now Ilike it.  Actually, when I went ----------- after living in China for ayear, I couldn't find---------, and really ----------- it.

Jingjing: Aren't there a lot of Chinese ---------- in America?

Mark:  Thereare --------.  But-----------before realizing it's -------, notnearly -----------what you can have here.

Jingjing: Well, I'd better ask --------first before I try a ----------- in America.

Mark:  Ha ha. Here, it's easy.  You just---------- that are -----------------

Jingjing: You got it!

new words andphrases

from dialogue 1

enough with thephone calls already (enough with the <noun> already):

pumpernickel, rye:

mayo (mayonnaise):

coriander:

tie the flavorstogether (tie something together): 

from dialogue 2

utensils:

grass carp:

Sichuanpeppercorn:

veggies:

can't get past thetaste (can't / couldn't / wont' be able to get past the <noun>):

you're usually out$10 (be out <amount, typically of money>):