英語翻譯
Americans do not give cooking ,"considered as one of the fine arts".an important place in life ,Lunch is for them a kind of tip paid to the body ,They hurriedly toss it a fruit a fish and go back to work.Certain writers ,in rebellion have foundedthe club ,"Three Hours for lLunch".but they are an pleasing exception ,Even at dinner ,general conversation is rare .Everyone talks to his neighbour ,After dinner the men linger at table ,a custom inherited from England ,In New York you host will often suggest taking you to the theatre,or else he will provide a paint ,a singer ,a lecture ,The idea of leaving the guests to themselves ,and expecting them to get pleasure out of meeting one another ,astonisnes and even shocks him deeply ,His extreme modesty does not permit his imagining that his friends can be happy only in being in his house ,with one anther ,He treats them like children,On Christams Eve you will see ,in some of the pleasant homes in New Youk,Christmas trees for grown people ,In other places ,after a dinner at which you exchange ideas ,there will be a magician who will do his best to amuse the old people .There you must realize that the absence of conversation in American homes comes not from absence of ideas or lack of intelligence ,but from shyness and a self-distrust.