待客宴席

中国传统的待客之道要求饭菜丰富多样，让客人吃不完。中国宴席上典型的菜单包括开席的一套凉菜及其后的热菜，例如肉类、鸡鸭、蔬菜等。大多数宴席 上，全鱼被认为是必不可少的，除非已经上过各式海鲜。如今，中国人喜欢把西方特色菜与传统中式菜肴融于一席，因此牛排上桌也不少见。沙拉也已流行起来，尽 管传统上中国人一般不吃任何未经烹饪的菜肴。宴席通常至少有一道汤，可以最先上或最后上桌。甜点和水果通常标志宴席的结束。

[解析] 
1、词汇考查：今年这套六级翻译考查了大量的饮食词汇，对于吃货来说，甜点神马的不是问题。除此之外，还考察的词汇有，宴席(banquet/feast/dinner party)、鸡鸭(poultry)、全鱼(whole fish)、海鲜(seafood)。

2、语法考查：因果关系的考察(因此牛排上桌也不少见)，被动语态的考察(全鱼被认为是必不可少的，除非已经上过各式海鲜)，转折关系的考察(尽管传统上中国人一般不吃任何未经烹饪的菜肴)，无主句翻译的考察(可以最先上或最后上桌)。

[参考译文] 
In China, variety of foods and dishes is needed in traditional ways of entertaining guests and makes them impossible to finish the dinner. Typical menus of Chinese banquetinclude cold dishes to start and the following hot ones. For example，meat, chicken, duck and vegetables. In most banquets, a whole fish dish is considered indispensable, unless various kinds of seafood have been served. Nowadays, Chinese people tend to mix Western specials with traditional Chinese cuisine. Thus, steak is not rare. Traditionally，although the Chinese do not eat any of theuncooked dishes，salads have also become popular. The banquet usually has at leasta bowl of soup that can be offered as the first or the final dish. Desserts and fruits usually mean the end of the feast.

[相关词汇] 
待客之道 hospitality 
中国宴席 Chinese banquet 
菜单 menu 
开席 open seats 
凉菜 cold dishes 
热菜 hot food 
全鱼 a whole fish 
海鲜 seafood 
特色菜 specialty 
传统中式菜肴 traditional Chinese dishes 
牛排 the steak 
沙拉 salad 
烹饪 cooking 
甜点 the dessert