【“英”你闪耀】驻马店市第二十八小学用英语“诵”经典(二十六)

学校：驻马店市第二十八小学

学生姓名：任怡珂

作品：Three Meals a Day for Chinese People

指导教师：李素

In Chinese food culture, breakfast, lunch and dinner,are not the same meal at three different times. Each one has its own job.

在中国的饮食文化中，早餐、午餐与晚餐，并不是把同样一顿饭放在三个不同时间吃。每一顿饭，都有自己的任务。

Breakfast is about speed and warmth, people want something hot, something fast, and something that wakes up the body.

早餐，讲究的是速度与温暖,人们想要吃点热乎的，快速的，能彻底唤醒身体的食物。

Soy milk and youtiao, congee, baozi,or a bowl of noodle soup, eaten quickly, often on the way to work.

豆浆、油条、热粥、包子，或者一碗汤面，三两口吃完，然后快速去上班。

Lunch carries more weight. It is the meal meant to give you enough energy for the rest of the day.

午餐承担着更重的角色。这一餐是为了给你提供充足的能量支撑后半天的行程。

Rice with the two or three dishes, a bowl of soup, this is the meal people take seriously, even at work, even when short on time.

米饭配上两三道菜，一碗热汤，这是人们会认真对待的一餐。即便在工作，即便时间紧张。

Dinner is different again, it is slower. It is the meal when the family sit down together, more dishes, more variety, more time spent at the table.

晚餐则完全不同，它更悠闲，这是全家人一起坐下吃的一餐。菜肴更多，花样更丰富，吃饭的时间也更长。

Dinner is not just food, it is the moment the day comes together where people talk, relax and share what happened during the day.

晚餐不单单是食物，它是一天的收尾时刻，人们交谈、放松，分享这一天发生的点点滴滴。

  Three meals, threedifferent rhythms. Breakfast moves fast, lunch keeps you going and dinner brings everyone back to the table.

三顿饭，三种不同的节奏。早餐步履匆匆，午餐提供动力，晚餐让所有人再次回到桌前。