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1、Case1DinnerwithfriendsJaniceisayoungAmericanengineerworkingforamanufacturingjointventurenearNanjing,sheandherhusbandGeorge,whoisteachingEnglishatauniversity,arelearningChineseandenjoyingtheirnewlife.TheyhavebeeneagertogettoknowChinesepeoplebettersowerepleasedwhenLiuLingling,J
2、anice’syoungcoworkerinvitedthemtoherhomefordinner.WhenJaniceandGeorgearrived,linglingintroducedthemtoherhusbandYangfeng,askedthemtositdownatatablecontaining8platesofvariouscolddishes,servedthemteaandthendisappearedwithherhusbandintothekitchen.Afterafewminuteslinglingcamebacka
3、ndaddedwatertotheirtea.Janiceofferedtohelpinthekitchenbutlinglingsaidshedidn’tneedhelp.SheinvitedthecoupletolookattheirfirsthandCDplayerandtheircolorTVandthendisappearedagain.Ahalf-hourlatershecamebackandsatdownandthethreebegantoeat.Yangfengcameinfromtimetotimetoputdishafterh
4、otdishonthetable.MostofthefoodwaswonderfulbutneitherGeorgenorJanicecouldeatthefattyporkinpeppersauceortheseacucumbers,andtherewasmuchmorethantheycouldeat.TheykeptwishingYangfengcouldsitdownsotheycouldtalktohim.Finallyhedidsitdowntoeatabit,butquicklyturnedonthetvtoshowthemalli
5、tshightechfeatures.Soonitwastimetogohome.GeorgeandJanicefeltslightlydepressedbythisexperience,butreturnedtheinvitationtwoweekslater.TheydecidedtomakeaniceAmericanmealandfeltluckytofindolives,tomatojuice,crackersandevensomecheeseIthehotelshops.Theyputtheseoutasappetizers.Forth
6、emaincoursetheypreparedspaghettiandasaladwithdressingmadefromoil,vinegar,andsomespicestheyfoundinthemarket.Whenliulinglingandyangfengarrivedtheywereimpressedbytheapartmentandaskedthepriceofthetv,videopalyer,vaccumcleanerandotherthings.Janicepolitelyrefusedtoanswertheirquestio
7、ns.TheytooksmalltastesoftheappetizersandseemedsurprisedwhenbothGeorgeandJanicesatdownwiththem.Theyateonlyalittlespaghettianddidnotfinishthesaladontheirplates.Georgeurgedthemtoeatmorebuttheyrefusedandlookedaroundexpectantly.JaniceandGeorgetalkedabouttheirfamiliesandjobsandaske
8、dtheChinesecoupleabouttheirs.Afterawhile,Georgeclearedthetableandser
