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Archive for March 12th, 2008
Children Chinese – How Old Are You?(1)
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008Beijing Olympic – Beijing Gongdelin Vegetable Dish Restaurant
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008Beijing Gongdelin Vegetable Dish Restaurant (Buddhist Vegetable Food)
As a designated restaurant by Beijing Tourism Administration, Beijing Gongdelin Vegetable Dish Restaurant is the only one offering Buddhist Vegetable Dishes in Beijing. Gongdelin Restaurant was set up in Shanghai in 1922 by Zhao Yunshao, student of Master Monk Weijun of Changji Temple in Chenghuang Mountain in Hangzhou. Beijing Gongdelin Restaurant started its business in 1984, built and operates in accordance with Shanghai Gongdelin Restaurant. As a designated restaurant for tourist in Beijing, it has the plaque inscribed by Zhao Puchu, Director of China Association of Buddhism.
Gongdelin Restaurant majors in Yangzhou food and meets the north flavor. With well-chosen cooking material, fine cutting skill and rich cooking methods, it is distinguished in making vegetable dishes with original taste. Vegetable foods made by Gongdelin taste and look like meat, meanwhile, they are artworks. The dishes are not only pleasant-looking but also nutrient and good for health. Gongdelin is featured with its golden-colored Moon Cakes which are made of materials from unpolluted mountain areas in traditional handwork.
Featured dishes: Saut¨¦ed Crab-Powder Noodle, Plain Saut¨¦ed Crab-Powder Noodle, Saut¨¦ed Shrimp and Longan, Gongde Bean Curt, Eighteen Arhats
(Source: ebeijing.gov.cn)
Chinese Conversation – Lesson 13
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008隔日，小君和罗宾森一家人在吃早餐
小君：这早餐真丰盛！摩门家庭的早餐都这么丰盛吗？
劳拉：至少在虔诚摩门家庭中是如此。摩门女人最基本的目的就是要做个好太太和好妈妈。所以我每一天都很尽力。
小君：哇。在台湾早就不兴那套了。大部分的女人都太忙于工作了。
劳拉：真的？我还以为你们中国人中，有些人跟我们一样有家庭价值观。我猜你们正在流失传统。真可惜。
小君：我想是吧。那么，犹他州的每个人都是摩门教徒吗？
The next day, Jun and the Robinsons are having breakfast
Jun: This breakfast is huge! Are all Mormon breakfasts this big?
Laura: Ones in good households, at least. A Mormon woman’s most basic purpose is being a good wife and mother. So I do my best every single day.
Jun: Wow. It’s not like that in Taiwan anymore. Most women are too busy with their jobs.
Laura: Really? I thought some of you Chinese had family values like we do. I guess you’re losing your heritage. Pity.
Jun: I guess so. Anyway, is everyone in Utah a Mormon?
(Source: wwenglish.com)
