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A friend asks me “Why Chinese don't go Dutch?” So I want to regard this question as the topic and write an article.
As everyone knows, Occidental will go Dutch while having a meal in the restaurant. But Chinese don't go Dutch. Chinese will pay the bill and check out generously. Occidental don't often entertain guests; but Chinese often invite friend to dinner. A lot of Occidentals feel puzzled to this question。
一個朋友問我：“為什么中國人不是各付各的錢？”所以我要寫一篇文章把這個問題作為關注的焦點。
正像每個人都知道的那樣，西方人在飯店吃飯往往都是AA制，而中國人卻慷慨地把別人的也一起給付了。西方人不常款待客人，而中國人卻經常邀請朋友吃飯。許多西方人對此感到困惑不解。
Why exists such a difference? Because of the East and West culture and custom are different on the surface. I will analyze this question concretely。
為什么存在這樣的差別呢？表面上的原因是由于東西方文化的差異。我將具體分析其中道理。
First of all, food systems between China and Occident are different. Chinese put into practice Gather Dining System; Occidentals put into practice Individual Dining System. Everybody can share the delicious food of all over the table when eating Chinese food. Please note it is sharing; but Occidentals just eat the food in one's own plate, if you eat beef, he eats chicken. It is impossible that you taste the flavor of his chicken. The result of the Individual Dining System is that you can only eat the food in your plate. It is unable to share. Ha-ha! What I said is right!
首先，西方國家和中國的進餐方式不同。中國人實行的是“集體共享制”；西方人實行的是“個人分餐制”。中國人吃飯時每個人都可以共享桌上的每一種鮮美食品，請注意是“共享”；但西方人只是吃自己盤子里的食物，假如你吃牛肉，他吃雞肉，你就不可能品嘗他的雞肉。“個人分餐制”的結果就是你只能吃自己盤子里的，不可能共享食品。哈哈，我說的不錯吧！
