中国人早饭吃什么？
What do Chinese people eat for breakfast?
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早上七点，北京的一个路口。上班的人、上学的学生，很多人一边走路，一边吃早饭。中国人早饭吃什么？我们来看看。
路口有一个小店，门口的人最多，大家都在排队。这里卖包子。包子里面有肉，也有青菜，很便宜。很多人买两个包子，在去上班的路上就吃完了。
小店旁边，一个老人在卖豆浆和油条。油条很长，也很好吃。很多人喜欢把油条放进豆浆里再吃。豆浆有甜的，也有咸的，你喜欢哪个？
路口的那边，一个阿姨在做煎饼。她先做一个大大的饼，再放一个鸡蛋，有的还会放一根油条。一两分钟，一个煎饼就做好了。
现在，也有很多人在家里吃早饭：一个鸡蛋，一杯牛奶，一点儿面包，五分钟就吃好了。
还有，中国很大，不同的地方，早饭也很不一样。在武汉，人们早上喜欢吃热干面，这种面没有汤。在广州，很多人去喝早茶，一边喝茶，一边吃很多小小的东西。
所以，如果你问一个中国人“早饭吃什么”，他可能会问你：“你说的是哪儿的早饭？”
Key words
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 走路 | zǒulù | to walk |
| 门口 | ménkǒu | doorway; entrance; gate |
| 里面 | lǐmiàn | inside; interior |
| 肉 | ròu | meat; flesh |
| 路上 | lùshang | on the way; on the road; en route |
| 旁边 | pángbiān | beside; next to; nearby |
| 长 | cháng | long; length |
| 面 | miàn | noodles; flour |
| 路口 | lùkǒu | intersection; crossing |
| 一边 | yìbiān | at the same time; while (as in 一边吃一边说) (as in pairs) |
| 老人 | lǎorén | old person; the elderly |
| 甜 | tián | sweet |
English (for the teacher)
Seven in the morning, at a crossroads in Beijing. People on their way to work, students on their way to school: lots of them are eating breakfast as they walk. So what do Chinese people eat for breakfast? Let’s have a look.
There’s a little shop at the crossroads with the biggest crowd at its door, everyone queuing. It sells baozi. Some are filled with meat, some with greens, and they’re cheap. Lots of people buy two buns and finish them on the way to work.
Next to the shop, an old man sells soy milk and youtiao. Youtiao are long, and delicious. Lots of people like to dip their youtiao in the soy milk before they eat it. Soy milk comes sweet or salty. Which would you pick?
Across the crossroads, an auntie is making jianbing. First she makes a big, wide pancake, then adds an egg, and some people also put a youtiao inside. A minute or two, and the jianbing is ready.
These days, lots of people also eat breakfast at home: an egg, a glass of milk, a bit of bread, and they’re done in five minutes.
And China is big, so breakfast is very different from place to place. In Wuhan, people like hot dry noodles in the morning, noodles with no soup. In Guangzhou, lots of people go for morning tea, drinking tea and eating lots of little dishes.
So if you ask a Chinese person “What’s for breakfast?”, they may well ask you back: “Breakfast where?”