Table Manners at a Dinner Party

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Good manners at a dinner party 1. Don’t eat too much or too fast; 2. Try to talk to people sitting beside you and smile; 3. Stand up when others make a toast(敬酒）; 4. Drink only when there is no food in your mouth; 5. Finish the drink at once if possible; 6. Do not put too much food in your mouth at a time;

Fast Reading 1. What table manners does the text tell about? 2. How does the text develop, in the order of content or in the order of time?

Table manners the text tells about How to lay the table; How to use forks and knives, etc. How to behave at the table; How to eat; How to toast and drink.

The text develops in the order of time: 1.Before the dinner 2.Starting the dinner 3. Having the main course 4. Drinking

The main idea of each part (Para.1): Part 1 Explain all the things that you would find laid on a dinner party; (Para.2─Para.5): Part 2 Behave at the table. Part 3 (Para.6): Table manners change over time.

Detailed reading Read paragraph 1 carefully and make a list of things on a western dinner table. a napkin a small bread roll three glasses two pairs of knives and forks two spoons a plate

Can you draw out how to lay a western dinner table?

Bread & Butter Plate Butter Knife Dessert Spoon and Cake Fork Water Red Wine Napkin Soup Bowl & Plate White Wine Soup Spoon Fish Fork Dinner Plate Salad Fork Fish Knife Dinner or Main Course Fork Dinner Knife

Does he use the fork and knife in the right way? NO

What do westerners usually eat for dinner?

soup starter pizza dessert

Main course main course

starter soup main course dessert

A Chinese dinner party Get a damp hot cloth Tea or drinks Cold dishes Meat and vegetables,soup Tea or fruit Rice or noodles

How should we behave at a dinner party?

True or False… T F T T T F F F T ( ) 1. Eat with little noise and movement? ( ) 2. Use the napkin to wipe the silver china? ( ) 3. Eat before all dishes are served? ( ) 4. Try every kind of new dish and appear to enjoy it? ( ) 5. Eat the bread with a fork? ( ) 6. When some people pray before they start eating, keep silent for a while? ( ) 7. Put much food in my mouth at a time? ( ) 8. Drink when there is much food in my mouth? ( ) 9. Drop some food on the table cloth? T F T T T T F F F

F T F F T T F F ( ) 10. Talk when there is food in my mouth? ( ) 11. Put my napkin on my lap? ( ) 12. Start eating as soon as my food is served in front of me when I am hungry? ( ) 13. Ask for a second bowl of soup if I consider the soup is delicious? ( ) 14. Use my fingers when eating chicken? ( ) 15. Finish eating everything on my plate? ( ) 16. Talk loudly while eating? ( ) 17. Make other people drink more spirits than they can take? F T F F T T F F

The differences Chinese table manners Western table manners chopsticks knife and fork tools over-order dish number finish everything the order of dishes fruit comes the last fruit comes the first napkin a hot, damp cloth unfold, on your lap toasting finish the drink only a sip voice loudly quiet and smile host put the food into the guest’s plate enjoy themselves

Homework: Write a passage introducing the differences between Chinese table manners and Western table manners.

Good bye and have a good time!