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Unit10 阅读回答问题15篇
(2022上·辽宁大连·九年级大连市第三十四中学校考期末)
Eating Together, Separately (分开地)
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, 2020. Here are the main points.
Individual diners’ food should be 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 bowls, 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 (指导原则). In order to encourage customers to follow the standards, some restaurants offer parking coupons (优惠券) to those who use serving chopsticks. According to a survey about separate dining by think tank Thinker, nearly 89% of 100, 000 interviewees (面试者) believe it’s more hygienic (卫生) because it reduces the risk of infection via saliva (唾液传染).
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