Social dining even more common
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Chinanews, Beijing, Mar1. 13 – A recent survey shows that most (70.9%) people think that social dining, or dining with one’s business partners or colleagues in order to promote social relations, has become even more common these days. 14.4% of the respondents say the issue hasn’t changed much over the past few years, while 10.6% of them say such social custom has changed for the better these days.

 

In China, people follow the traditional custom of settling everything at the dining table. It seems that if one wants to do something in society, one will have to treat his or her colleagues, bosses, business partners, etc. well at the table. Such tradition is manifested2 especially at the Spring Festival holidays. During these and other important holidays, some people are busy arranging dinner parties to expand their social connections, while some think hard to find a proper excuse to turn down such invitations. There are some people who are even sent to hospital for having had a cup too much.

 

In the survey, 23.1% of the people admit that they attend a lot of social gatherings3 during the Spring Festival holiday and 70.0% say they don't have too many social gatherings. Another 6.9% of the people find it “hard to say.” In their usual time, 26.9% of the people say their social gatherings are relatively4 few; 1.4% say they never attend any social activities; and 71.7% say they have “lots of social gatherings.”

 

When asked which group of people do they think will have the most social gatherings, most (82.6%) pick “businesspeople or entrepreneurs”; 62.4% say it is the “public servants” or “people in the entertainment circle”; 33.9% say it is “media people”; 22.1% choose “doctors”; and 11.9% pick “teachers”. Only 6.6% of the people pick “technicians.”

 

The survey also shows that about half (44.9%) of the people think that such custom has taken root in China and it is difficult to change it.

 

In addition, 46.1% of the respondents say that it is a good thing for people to have many social gatherings since they will "provide an opportunity for them to make new friends". 65.2% of them think such social activities can bring both positive and negative results, and people should try to control their social gatherings to a moderate5 degree.

 



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1 mar f7Kzq     
vt.破坏,毁坏,弄糟
参考例句:
  • It was not the custom for elderly people to mar the picnics with their presence.大人们照例不参加这样的野餐以免扫兴。
  • Such a marriage might mar your career.这样的婚姻说不定会毁了你的一生。
2 manifested acbbb404be83a8e741076e73fe52f8e7     
[医]已显示的,证明的
参考例句:
  • Social tensions were manifested in the recent political crisis. 最近的政治危机显示了社会关系的紧张。
  • Her actions manifested a complete disregard for personal safety. 她的行动表明她全然不顾个人安危。
3 gatherings 400b026348cc2270e0046708acff2352     
聚集( gathering的名词复数 ); 收集; 采集; 搜集
参考例句:
  • His conduct at social gatherings created a lot of comment. 他在社交聚会上的表现引起许多闲话。
  • During one of these gatherings a pupil caught stealing. 有一次,其中一名弟子偷窃被抓住。
4 relatively bkqzS3     
adv.比较...地,相对地
参考例句:
  • The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
  • The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。
5 moderate N69zs     
adj.适度的,稳健的,温和的,中等的;v.节制,使...稳定,使...缓和;n.稳健的人
参考例句:
  • You should moderate your language when children are present.在孩子面前,你说话应该有节制。
  • The wind is moderate today.今天的风很柔和。
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