2016年英语六级翻译强化和练习：中国待客之道

　　2016年英语六级翻译强化和练习：中国待客之道

　　中国传统的待客之道要求饭菜丰富多样，让客人吃不完，中国宴席上典型的菜单包括开席的一套凉菜及其后的热菜，例如肉类，鸡鸭，蔬菜等。大多数宴席上，全鱼被认为是必不可少的，除非已经上过各式海鲜。

　　如今，中国人喜欢把喜欢西方特色菜与传统中式菜肴融于一席，因此，牛排上桌也不少见，沙拉也已经流行起来，尽管传统上中国人一般不吃任何未经烹饪的菜肴，宴席上通常至少有一道汤，可以最先或最后上桌，甜点和水果通常标志宴席的结束。

　　The Chinese traditional ways of entertaining guests require the amount and diversity of foods, which is supposed to be more than enough for guests’ needs. Typically, the menu of Chinese feasts includes a set of cold dishes in the beginning with hot dishes following such as pork, chicken, duck, vegetables and so on. In most of feasts, a whole fish is often regarded as an indispensable part, except different kinds of seafood have been served.

　　Contemporarily, Chinese are more likely to combine foods peculiar to the western with traditional Chinese dishes, and therefore, steaks can often be spotted in the Chinese feasts and salads are becoming popular even though traditional Chinese tend to refuse to enjoy any dishes, which are not cooked. In the feasts, a dish of soup is usually served as the first or the last dish of the feast. The feasts often end up with desserts and fruits。