用英语说中国文化艺术 第19期:饮食文化之筷子的使用

Eating with chopsticks

使用筷子

Dining with chopsticks is convenient, safe, hygienic, and good for physical and mental health.

Modern science has found that while one is using chopsticks，over 30 joints and over 50 muscles are used，which is a favorable stimulation to the brain.

使用筷子吃饭既方便、安全、卫生又有利于身心健康。

Dr. Tsung Dao lee，a famous Chinese American physicist, favors chopsticks. He said，“Such a simple pair of sticks show a marvelous utilization of the lever principle. Chopsticks are extensions of the fingers，able to do anything fingers do. They can be used in heat and freezing cold. They are wonderful”.

现代科学发现当人使用筷子时，有超过30块的关节和50块的肌肉参与，这对大脑是很好的刺激。

Today, more and more people around the world use chopsticks. Westerners in China for the first time are often proud of themselves for being able to use chopsticks like the Chinese.

著名美籍华裔物理学家李政道博士非常喜欢筷子。他说：“如此简单的的一双木棍却精妙绝伦的应用了物理学杠杆原理，它是人类手指的延长，手指能做的事情它都能做。甚至能在严寒酷暑中使用。他们太神奇了。”

现在，世界上越来越多的人在使用筷子。外国人第一次就能像中国人那样使用筷子，这使他们感到骄傲。