[speaker001:] pardon me. Could you please pass me the tissue?
[speaker002:] sure, here you are.
[speaker001:] thanks, I didn't expect the dish to be so spicy. Are you ok?
[speaker002:] yeah, I think the food is alright, it's not too spicy though it's a little salty for me. But you are Chinese, you should have known better.
[speaker001:] well, not every Chinese can handle spicy food in the way people from Sichuan and Cuizhou provinces can. Back where I come from, people don't eat a lot of papers and chilies.
[speaker002:] Oh, I see how this food can be really hard for you. I can sympathize with that. I stayed in Sichuan for a year. The food was difficult at the beginning. Every dish was so spicy. After a while, I got u
[speaker001:] yeah, you can increase you tolerance for spicy food, but so far, I haven't had the need or the opportunity. Every time I try spicy food, it is a total disaster for my nose and eyes.
[speaker002:] I completely understand. I didn't intend on liking spicy food at first either, but when you have no other choicest, you've got to adapt.
[speaker001:] yeah, I guess that's a typical example of when in Rome, do as the Romans do.
[speaker002:] exactly.