Chinese Lessons
Experiencing Chinese
Lesson 5 Eating And Health
The Chinese have been perfecting the art of dumpling-making since the Song Dynasty (420-479). Chinese dumplings are either round or crescent-shaped. The fillings can be sweet or savory; vegetarian or a mix of meat and vegetables. Dumplings can be boiled in water, steamed or pan-fried, and served with vinegar. They can also be added to soups.
Chopsticks were developed about 5,000 years ago in China. Chopsticks, or kuài-zi, are usually nine to ten inches long, rectangular with blunt ends, and made from a variety of materials. Bamboo chopsticks are the most common because bamboo is inexpensive, readily available, easy to split, resistant to heat, and has no perceptible odor or taste.
Paying a visit to a relative or friend who is hospitalized by wound or disease, visitors usually take fresh flowers, fruits or food as a gift. Mike is visiting his Chinese friend Li Li at the Beijing Concord Hospital.
Foreign travelers or short-term visitors who need to see a doctor probably may go to different hospital department according to the state of their illness,such as outpatient service, emergency treatment or hospitalization. The outpatient departments are set up for foreign guests in the Beijing Union Medical College Hospital, the Sino-Japanese Friendship Hospital, the Dongzhimen Hospital of Chinese Medicine and the Stomatological Hospital.
Learn how to inquire and describe health state.
Learn how to inquire and describe health state.