We were sent into the dining room, where supper was set out on the deal tables.

我们被打发进了餐厅，晚饭摆在餐桌上。

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It's a saying that certainly applies to the Chinese, at least in the culinary sense, as recent figures show that people are spending more money on dining out.

这句话当然是针对热爱美食的中国人来说的，最近有调查数据显示，中国人在餐饮方面的开销正在不断增加。

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The figures equate to every Chinese spending 915 yuan on dining out this year, compared with 790 yuan last year.

也就是说，今年每个中国人在餐饮方面的平均消费预计为915元，高于去年的790元。

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Less than one-third of all visitors to Venice stick around after sunset, missing out on romantic canalside dining and family-run guesthouses tucked away behind the Strada Nova pedestrian thoroughfare in the district of Cannaregio.

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Apparently the frequency with which consumers are dining out has been on the rise since mid-2009, presumably since contracting during the worst part of the recession and stock market collapse, and the writers at The Fiscal Times think it may have something to do with cost.

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Skipping that two-week vacation, cutting down on the amount you spend dining out, and saving your next raise or bonus, are also simple methods of adding to your emergency fund.

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