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中国人早饭吃什么？

What do Chinese people eat for breakfast?

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早上zǎoshang七qī点diǎn，北京běijīng的de一个yígè路口lùkǒu。上班shàngbān的de人rén、上学shàngxué的de学生xuéshēng，很hěn多duō人rén一边yìbiān走路zǒulù，一边yìbiān吃chī早饭zǎofàn。中国zhōngguó人rén早饭zǎofàn吃chī什么shénme？我们wǒmen来lái看看kànkan。

路口lùkǒu有yǒu一个yígè小店xiǎodiàn，门口ménkǒu的de人rén最zuì多duō，大家dàjiā都dōu在zài排队páiduì。这里zhèlǐ卖mài包子bāozi。包子bāozi里面lǐmiàn有yǒu肉ròu，也yě有yǒu青菜qīngcài，很hěn便宜piányi。很hěn多duō人rén买mǎi两liǎng个gè包子bāozi，在zài去qù上班shàngbān的de路上lùshang就jiù吃chī完wán了le。

小店xiǎodiàn旁边pángbiān，一yí个gè老人lǎorén在zài卖mài豆浆dòujiāng和hé油条yóutiáo。油条yóutiáo很hěn长cháng，也yě很hěn好吃hǎochī。很hěn多duō人rén喜欢xǐhuān把bǎ油条yóutiáo放进fàngjìn豆浆dòujiāng里再zài吃chī。豆浆dòujiāng有yǒu甜tián的de，也yě有yǒu咸xián的de，你nǐ喜欢xǐhuān哪个nǎge？

路口lùkǒu的de那边nàbiān，一yí个gè阿姨āyí在zài做zuò煎饼jiānbing。她tā先xiān做zuò一个yígè大大dàdà的de饼bǐng，再zài放fàng一yí个gè鸡蛋jīdàn，有的yǒude还hái会huì放fàng一yì根gēn油条yóutiáo。一两分钟yìliǎng-fēnzhōng，一yí个gè煎饼jiānbing就jiù做zuò好hǎo了le。

现在xiànzài，也yě有yǒu很hěn多duō人rén在zài家里jiālǐ吃chī早饭zǎofàn：一yí个gè鸡蛋jīdàn，一yì杯bēi牛奶niúnǎi，一点儿yìdiǎnr面包miànbāo，五wǔ分钟fēnzhōng就jiù吃chī好hǎo了le。

还有háiyǒu，中国zhōngguó很hěn大dà，不同bùtóng的de地方dìfang，早饭zǎofàn也yě很hěn不bù一样yíyàng。在zài武汉wǔhàn，人们rénmen早上zǎoshang喜欢xǐhuān吃chī热干面règānmiàn，这种zhèzhǒng面miàn没有méiyǒu汤tāng。在zài广州guǎngzhōu，很hěn多duō人rén去qù喝hē早茶zǎochá，一边yìbiān喝茶hēchá，一边yìbiān吃chī很hěn多duō小小xiáoxiǎo的de东西dōngxī。

所以suóyǐ，如果rúguǒ你nǐ问wèn一个yígè中国zhōngguó人rén“早饭zǎofàn吃chī什么shénme”，他tā可能kěnéng会huì问wèn你nǐ：“你nǐ说shuō的de是shì哪儿nǎr的de早饭zǎofàn？”

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?”