How was your first week in China, Linda?
It was great. My local friends took me to a restaurant for dinner last night near my hotel.
Cool, how was that?
I really enjoyed it. It was my first Chinese dining experience.
Yeah, didn't you have Chinese food before in the United States?
Oh, of course I did, but none of them was very authentic.
I see. Anyway, so you were familiar with chopsticks already, right?
Yes, but I learned about other traditional dining rules in China last night.
Such as?
Well, for example, Chinese people share all the dishes at the dinner table.
Don't you do that in America?
No, usually everybody gets their own plate of food in America.
Interesting. Did you find the sharing styles strange then?
Not at all. I thought it was very warm. Everybody was making sure that I had enough to eat.