The following dishes, labeled Chinese food, are very popular in some western Chinese restaurants, but ask anyone in China and you’ll get a blank look, unless they’ve studied or worked outside the country.

　　下面这些“中餐”是一些西方中餐馆里人们常点的菜，但是如果你问任何一个中国人，除非他们曾经在国外学习或工作过，不然他们肯定不知道你在说什么。

　　Beef and broccoli

　　1、牛肉炒西兰花。

　　Chinese eat beef, Chinese eat broccoli, but they never eat beef and broccoli together. On the other hand, we love fried broccoli -- just the flowering green vegetable fried in soybean oil, sometimes with an added hit of chili. As for beef, we Chinese would prefer it stewed with potatoes or tomatoes.

　　中国人吃牛肉，中国人也吃西兰花，但是他们绝对不会把牛肉和西兰花放在一起炒。另一方面，我们喜欢油炸西兰花——在大豆油中炸这种开花的绿色蔬菜，有时还加上一些辣椒(哪里的吃法?)。至于牛肉，我们中国人喜欢和西红柿和土豆一起炖。