欢迎收听英语在路上，我是Joe。新航道武汉学校雅思口语讲师 周谦
The people who greet each other with "Have you eaten yet?" are arguably the most food-obsessed in the world. Food has been a form of escapism for the Chinese throughout its tumultuous history.
China is the place to go to get food shock a dozen times a day. "You can eat that?" will become the intrepid food traveler's daily refrain. China's regional cuisines are so varied it's hard to believe they're from the same nation. It's not a food culture you can easily summarize, except to say you'll invariably want seconds.
If characterizing Indian food was hard, Chinese food is impossible to pin down. China has one of the most diverse mixes of cultures and cuisines in the world. The main eight styles of cooking are: Fujian, Cantonese, Anhui, Zhejiang, Szechuan, Shandong and Hunan. In Chinese traditional medicine and culture, the opposites of yin and yang must always be kept in balance. This same balance extends to food. When cooking, the Chinese try to balance different colors, tastes, textures and smells. This focus has paid off and made Chinese cuisine one of the world’s finest.
In a traditional Chinese meal, you can expect to have noodles or rice. Although many American-based Chinese restaurants use fried rice, most China-based Chinese restaurants serve basic steamed rice. With a strong Buddhist history, vegetarian dishes like tofu remain popular. Interestingly, garlic and chilies are considered non-vegetarian in Buddhism because they stimulate the chi. If you go to a Chinese vegetarian restaurant, don’t expect a lot of spices. For non-vegetarian dishes, you can expect Peking duck, thousand year old eggs, squid and a range of meat dishes. Vegetables are always included with dinner, and they are far from your mother’s broccoli. Chinese vegetable dishes are often the most delicious part of the meal.
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译文：
这个以 "你吃了吗？"来打招呼的民族可以说是世界上最痴迷于食物的民族。在中国动荡的历史上，食物一直是中国人逃避现实的一种形式。
中国是每天都会有十几次食物冲击的地方。"你能吃这个吗？"这将成为无畏的美食旅行者的日常口头禅。中国的区域性美食如此多样，很难相信它们来自同一个国家。这不是一种你能轻易概括的饮食文化，只能说你总是想吃第二次。
如果说描述印度食物的特点是困难的，那么中国食物就不可能被归纳。中国是世界上文化和菜系最多样化的国家之一。主要的八种烹饪风格是。福建、广东、安徽、浙江、四川、山东和湖南。在中国传统医学和文化中，必须始终保持阴阳对立的平衡。这种平衡也延伸到了食物上。在烹饪时，中国人试图平衡不同的颜色、味道、质地和气味。这种专注得到了回报，使中国菜成为世界上最好的菜肴之一。
在传统的中国餐中，你可以期待有面条或米饭。虽然许多以美国为基地的中餐馆使用炒饭，但大多数以中国为基地的中餐馆提供基本的蒸饭。由于具有浓厚的佛教历史，像豆腐这样的素食菜肴仍然很受欢迎。有趣的是，大蒜和辣椒在佛教中被认为是荤菜，因为它们能刺激气。如果你去中国的素食餐厅，不要期望有很多的香料。至于荤菜，你可以期待北京烤鸭、千年鸡蛋、鱿鱼和一系列的肉类菜肴。蔬菜总是包括在晚餐中，而且它们远不是你母亲的西兰花。中国的蔬菜菜肴往往是饭菜中最美味的部分。
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