大家都愛吃飯，Everybody Loves Rice
昨天放學的時候，  At the dismissal time yesterday in school.
明明說：明天開同學會，Ming-Ming reminded everyone in class, we’ll have the party tomorrow,
大家不要忘記帶好吃的食物來哦！Don’t forget to bring delicious food (a dish) to share!
放學以後，中中跟媽媽去城裡的農夫市場，After school, Zhong-Zhong and his mother went to the farmer’s market in town,
買了一個大鳳梨，they bought a big pineapple,
他們要做一道美國菜。They are going to make an American dish.
回家以後，媽媽幫忙把菜做好。After returning home, Mom helped to prepare the dishes.
今天一大早中中高高興興的帶著食物去學校了。Early this morning, Zhong-Zhong happily went to school with food (the dish).
同學會開始了。 The party began.
Lisa拿出法國香腸炒飯，Lisa took out (brought)French sausage fried rice,
Lisa說法國是歐洲的一個國家。Lisa said that France is a country in Europe.
友友拿出墨西哥的玉米包餅，You-you took out (brought) the Mexican burritos,
裡面有飯、黑豆和生菜。Which was tortilla rolled around a filling, including rice, black beans and lettuce.
友友說，墨西哥是美國南邊的一個國家。You-You said that Mexico is a country south of the United States.
John拿出韓國泡菜炒飯，John took out Korean kimchi fried rice,
John說泡菜是韓國人民的日常生活食物，John said that kimchi was very important for Korean people,
他們生活里不能沒有泡菜。They cannot live without kimchi.  They have to have kimchi every day.
明明拿出壽司，紫菜裡麵包了白飯、蛋和黃瓜。Mingming bought sushi, which was rice, eggs and cucumbers wrapped in seaweed.
明明說壽司是日本人平常吃的食物。She said sushi was a very common food in Japan.
Ben拿出金黃色的印度咖喱飯。 好香啊！Ben brought Indian golden curry rice.  It smelled so good!
Ben說咖喱粉是從印度民族文化村買來的。Ben said that the curry powder was bought from the Indian Cultural Village.
青青拿出大家最愛吃的中國火腿蛋炒飯，Qingqing brought the most popular dish, Chinese ham and egg fried rice.
青青說：中國、印度、日本和韓國都在亞洲。Qingqing said: China, India, Japan and Korea are all in Asia.
最後，中中拿出美國夏威夷州的鳳梨炒飯。Finally, Zhong-Zhong brought out Hawaii pineapple fried rice.
哇！ 香香的炒飯放在鳳梨裡，好好看哦，Wow! It was delicious fried rice stuffed in a half pineapple; it looked too good to eat!
明明說：咦！ 怎麼大家帶的食物，都是米做的？ Mingming said: Hey!  How come all the dishes are made of rice?
大家笑著說，原來，大家都最愛吃飯。Everyone laughed and said, it turns out that everyone loves rice.