Episode III

At the Dinner
Lead-in questions:

1.Are business meals important in trades?

2.What happens at a business meal? / What

elements are there in business meals?
 Language skills
• Greeting the guests
• Light talks before dinner
• Announcing the dinner and seating the gue
sts
• Serving & explaining Chinese dishes
• Toasts
• Concluding the dinner
 Different ways of cooking in Chinese cuisi
nes
• 清蒸 steamed
• 红烧 cooked with brown sauce
• 白灼 poached, boiled
• 生煎、煎 pan-fried
• 爆炒、炒 fried, stir-fried
• 干煸 dry-fried
• 煲 slowly cooked
• 焖 simmered
• 清炖 stewed
• 烤 roasted ， grilled, baked
• 凉拌 tossed
• 熏 smoked
• 炸 deep-fried
• 涮 quick-boiled
Different ways of cutting for food
•丝 shredded
e.g. 清炒海带丝 ---- fried shredded seaweed
•丁儿 diced
e.g. 宫保鸡丁—— Kongpao diced chicken
. 片 sliced
e.g. 青椒炒肉片—— fried green pepper with sli
ced pork
. 球、丸 ball
e.g. 鱼丸—— fish ball 虾球—— shrimps ball
 Different tastes
• Sour
• Bitter
• Sweet
• Sweet and sour
• Hot and spicy
• Sour and spicy
 Language skill----toasts
• Make a toast to…/propose a toast to…
1. I’d like to take this opportunity to make a toast t
o……
2. I’d like to ask everybody here to join me in a toa
st to……
3. Please raise your glass and join me in a toast to
4. I’d like to make a toast. Here is to…
5. Let’s raise our glass and drink to……
6. To …… cheers!
Language skills—greeting the guests

• Good evening, Mr./Ms.. I’m so glad you cou

ld come.
• Good evening. Welcome, Mr./Mrs./Miss. W
e are so glad/pleased/honored to have you
with us tonight.
 Language skills—light talks
• Did you have a tour around Fuzhou?
• Did Xiaozhang show you around Fuzhou?
• Did you have a good sleep/rest last night?
• I hope you’ve overcome your jet-lag.
• Having you done any sightseeing yet?
• How do you like Gushan Mountain?
• Would you like something to drink?
• Have you got used to the weather here? Fuzhou
could be very hot in summer.
Language skills—announcing dinner
• Dinner is ready. Shall we move to the table
and sit down?
• Please find your name cards and be seate
d.
• Mr. White, would you please sit here with M
r. zhang?
Language skills----how to explain Chines
e food
• I don’t know how to say it in English, but in
Chinese we call it….. Literally translated, it
means ……. It is actually …… Chinese old
tale has it that ……
• It’s called. It is……
Language skills----how to serve food
• Try some of this!
• Have a try of this!
• Have a taste of this!
• Help yourselves to some ……
• Let me help you to some……
Language skills----how to comment on fo
od
• What a spread!
• Wow! Amazing spread! I can’t wait to dig in!
• Mm. It tastes so good! What is it?
• It’s so tasty/delicious/yummy(child word).
• It smells so good.
• It looks tempting.
• It really works up my appetite.
• Oh, I’m gonna pass. I don’t have a spicy tooth.
• I think I’ll pass. I am on a diet. / I am not suppos
ed to have rich food.
• I’ll pass. I am allergic to seafood/peanut…….
Language skills-----concluding the dinner (a)

• Thank you so much for such a wonderful/su

mptuous / rich dinner/feast. I had a great tim
e tonight. /a wonderful/delightful evening.

• Thank you for inviting us to such a delicious

dinner/having us. I’ve enjoyed every dish an
d every minute of our table talk.

I’ve enjoyed everything, the food, the

company!
Language skills-----concluding the dinner
(B)
• Thank you for coming. Your company has
brought us great joy/honor.
• I’m so glad you liked it. We’ve also enjoyed
your company.
• We’re so glad to have you with us tonight.
嗯，甜点很好吃。
qiaoyi
那再吃点儿吧！

谢谢！ 但是今天一天我们实在有点累了，明早还得早起。我想我们得回酒店休息
了。

是啊，你们今天过得实在是太忙乱了，真是累坏了。

不过今晚过得真的是非常地愉快，吃得开心，聊得开怀，一切都那么完美！是我们
此行的一大亮点！真是太感谢了！

别客气！能够招待你们是我们的荣幸！你们一会儿怎么回酒店？要不要我们送你们
回去？

哦，谢谢你，不必了。我们租了一个星期的车，从这儿开回酒店非常方便 , 多
谢！

嗯好，希望你们今晚好好休息一下。明天我们再联系。

是的，期待很快就能再见！再见！
Fantastic dessert ！

Well, there is plenty more, if you’d like.

Thanks! I’d love to. But it’s been really a long day for us. And we’ve got a really early
start in the morning. In fact, we really should be going back to our hotel.

Yeah ！ It’ s really a frantic schedule you guys have. I can see why you must be tired.

But it’s been an absolutely delightful evening. The food, the company, everything! A real
highlight of the trip. We can’t thank you enough.

Oh, please don’t mention it. We are honored to have you.

Right, I know you two need to get going. Are you folks alright going back to the hotel?
Can I give you a ride?

No, that’s OK. We’ve got a rental for the week and it’s pretty easy to get back. But thanks
all the same.

Well, it’s been a real pleasure and I hope you’ll get some rest.