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From hot water to hugs, 50 ways I've become more Chinese(3)

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2016-03-04 15:09China Daily Editor: Yao Lan

酷爱电视上催泪的中国古装剧.

24. Am amazed by Western actors who speak really good Mandarin.

听到西方演员操一口标准的普通话会十分叹服.

25. Make fun of Americanized "Chinese food" back home.

回美国时会打趣美版的"中华菜肴".

26. Keep transit card on me at all times.

随身携带一卡通.

27. Check air pollution conditions several times a day.

一天能查上好几次空气污染情况.

28. Keep mask in my coat pocket, humidifier by my bed.

外套口袋里备有口罩,床边备有空气加湿器.

29. Calculate, automatically, yuan equivalents of dollar prices in my head.

自动心算将人民币换算成美元.

30. Am amazed at how much stuff costs in Western countries.

为西方国家的高物价所震惊.

31. Check WeChat throughout day; make phone calls on WeChat.

一整天时不时就检查微信,用微信语音聊天.

32. Think ganbei (dry cup) when someone proposes a toast.

别人祝酒时我就想着干杯.

33. Have a pet cat with a Chinese name, Meimei (Little Sister).

养了一只中文名叫"妹妹"的宠物猫.

34. Love candied crabapples.

喜欢上了蜜饯.

35. Put my contact information for emails in English and Chinese.

电子邮件的通讯录设为中英对照.

36. Measure wintertime by when Beijing's centralized radiator heating system comes on and shuts off.

根据北京中央供暖系统的开放和关闭来判断冬季的来去.

37. Keep supply of red envelopes for cash gifts on appropriate occasions.

常年备有红包,在必要的场合赠送礼金.

38. Go to a hospital for routine healthcare.

定期去医院做体检.

39. Have Moutai baijiu (white spirits) firewater in a cabinet at home.

家里壁柜中收藏了浓烈的茅台白酒.

40. Live in a divided household: Wife and I are split by that infamous rivalry, Shanghai vs Beijing.

  

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