中西方饮食文化差异全英ppt

1、中西方饮食文化差异全英 ppt"food is the heaven to the people Since the human being cook with fire for the first t ime and come to a civilian age the food we eat has begun to be of cultural property ? It is not a history of sub ? human eating and drinking but a history in which the human being conquethrse n

2、ature change thenature and getadapted to nature to exist and develop ?And in this historic process the human gradually formed its food culture ? Food as a category of culture helps us to understand every area of the oriental andoccidental world ? 1. Greeting andParting In ChinaWhenpeoplemeet acquain

3、tances orfriends we alway say "Haveyoueatenyetn Whatare yougoing to do' 1 In western people often employ the fol lowing expressions to greet each other "Good morning/evening/aftemoon. "Fine day isn1 tit " Howis everything going" etc ? WesternandChinesecultures havedivers

4、eways to deal with leave? tdkings ? Westernpeoplealwaystry to maketheir leaving sound reluctant byfinding somereasons and apologize for it to make the leaving acceptable for bothparties ? Theyoften signal several times before leaving ? 2 Addressing Chinese use "title In west Al though they are

5、surname" to address their different in ageandstatus superior or elders rather they cancall the other than call themsurnames directly namelytheir whi1ethe superior or elders nameesvenfirst cal 1 the addressers their names? They demonstrate name?s otherwise the the sense of intimacy and addresser

6、 may be the conception of" considered as i11 mannered Everyone is created equa1l1 i 11 educated or rude ? 3. Thedifferences of cooking ski 11 The so? called Chinese meditation of five flavors refers to the original taste of the food after heated and cooked and the flavors of ingredients and con

7、diments mix together and melt into each other and complement each other ? Chinese people more often than not add two or more condiments into the food and by this realize the perfect harmony of the taste of the arterial and condiments ? Theultimate endof meditation is to cookdelicious food ? Therefor

8、eChinesepeople wi11 surely add two or more kinds of ingredients and condiments to almost every dish they cookevensomecommohnomedishesuchas sliced meatstir-fried with garlic bolts ? whi1e the same material and ingredients are cooked in western way the chef would probably slice the beef and tomatoes s

9、eparately and put them in a plate with two potatoes and four vegetable leaves without mixing with each other and thus affecting the taste of each other ? The westerners emphasize nutrition and balanced in their diet so they preparetheir food accordingto scientific instructions strictly without any e

10、xception? The taste of the steak doesn1 t differ from New York to LosAngelsand its other ingredients without any doubt are tomatoes potatoes and vegetable leaves ? Moreovernormalizedcookingrequires that the condimentsshould be addedprecisely by gram and the length of time needs to be calculated by s

11、econds .4. Compliments and Response A Chinese hostess wi11 apologize for giving youuNothingn ? She wi11 say T just made some dishes casually and they are not very tast?y An western hostess is likely to say 1' Oh I am so glad that you 1 iked it. I cook it especially for you.5 ? Thanks and Respons

12、es In China "Thank you" is not 'Thank you" is widely used inEnglishto show gratitude in such cases asfrequently used betweenbeing intimate friends and familyinvited helped given a gift etc ? members because it may imply a certain distance between thaeddresser and the addressee ? 6

13、 ? the difference of drink Tea WhereverChinesegothe customof drinking tea fol lows? Teawasfirst discoveredby the Chinese ? Tea is an indispensable part of the life of a Chinese ? A Chinese saying identifies the seven basic daily necessities as fuel rice oi1 salt soy sauce vinegar and tea ? Thecustom

14、of drinking tea hasbeeningrained in the Chinesefor over a thousandyears ? During the mid-Tang Dynasty 618 -907 A. D? a man named Lu Yu created the first compendium in the world on tea the Tea Classi?c This work helped to popularizethe art of tea drinking al 1 across China .This is the western diet t

15、wo most typical table waresof the Eastandthe Westrepresenting twokinds of different wisdom.Chinese table wares arequite simple andare often usedfor several purposes ? Chinese people usefewertypes of table wareswhichis also perhapsinfluenced bytheir idea of harmony and unification. Chopsticks are usu

16、ally made from bamboo ? hold a pair of chopsticks onhandandenjoy the dishes it' s not only economicabl ut also convenient? Chopsticks can do almost what our hands can do so chopsticks are often considered as stretched part of hands ? In the west people often use several typed of table wares for

17、one purpose which may also probably result from the influence of the idea of individual ism. Among the tableware knives and forks are two kinds of table wares with very long history in the west? Theyplay the samerole dinning andthey are alwaysusedtogether ? One handohlds the knife on the other hand hold the fork ? cut the food with knife and then put the food into the mouth with the fork