记得最初到加拿大时,一位移居加国多年的华裔朋友晚间请我和太太吃饭。我们来到伦多一家有名的高级意大利餐馆,吃意大利大餐。侍者为我们逐盘上菜,全是好料:鱼、牛肉、虾、螃蟹、鲜贝, 不一而足。我先下手为强,兴冲冲地在那条大鱼身上下了刀叉, 但一叉之后,便再也不去触碰那条看似诱人的大鱼。太太也是一叉之后,再也没有理睬那盘大 I remember when I first arrived in Canada, a Chinese-American friend who had been in Canada for many years invited me and my wife to dinner at night. We came to a famous Rendezvous Italian restaurant, eat Italian dinner. The waiter served us dish by plate, all good stuff: fish, beef, shrimp, crab, fresh shellfish, and so forth. I first started strong, excitedly in that piece of big fish under the knife and fork, but after a fork, they will never touch the seemingly attractive big fish. After the wife is also a fork, never mind that big plate