請將下面這段話翻譯成英文：

當來中國的游客發(fā)現(xiàn)一桌標準的8人晚宴有4道涼菜、4道熱菜，并配以湯和米飯時，他們往往會感到驚訝。一桌標準的宴席(banquet)包括4~8道準備好的涼菜，8道熱菜—每次只上1道熱菜，以及2-4道觀賞大菜(whole-sized showpiece dish)。同坐一張桌子的人互相敬酒時通常會“干杯(Gan Bei)”?！案杀笔侵概e起酒杯,將酒全部喝完，讓玻璃杯或酒杯“連最后一滴也干了”。人們干杯時傳遞給別人的信息是：自己是真誠、快樂的。向主人敬酒時，外國人更愿意接受的方式是喝一小口而不是喝干整杯。

參考譯文：

Visitors to China are often surprised when a standard dinner for a table of eight people consists of four courses of cold dishes and four courses of hot dishes,coupled with soup and steamed rice. A standard banquet consists of four to eight prepared cold dishes, eight hot dishes served one at a time, and two to four whole-sized showpiece dishes. People at a table usually “Gan Bei" when toasting to each other. “Gan Bei” means to raise one's wine glass and drink it all the way down so that the glass or cup is “dried up to the last drop”. People drink up their wine to communicate the message to others that they are sincere and joyful. It is quite acceptable for a foreign guest to take a sip instead of emptying the glass when toasting to his or her host.

詞句點撥

1.配以湯和米飯：可譯為coupled with soup and steamed rice。用過去分詞結(jié)構(gòu)作狀語。

2.將酒全部喝完：可譯為drink it all the way down。其中all the way down表示“一路下去”，此處是形象的比喻。

3.傳遞給別人的信息：可譯為communicate the message to others,也可譯為convey the message to others。

4.自己是真誠、快樂的：可譯為that they are sincere and joyful,作“信息”的同位語。

5.外國人更愿意接受的方式是喝一小口而不是喝干整杯：可以理解為“對于外國人來說，他們更愿意接受喝一小口…翻譯時可以使用“it is +形容詞+ for somebody to do”的句式。其中，“喝一小口 ”可譯為take a sip。