Table Manners

at a Dinner Party

At a dinner party

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drinking

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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 mo

uth; • 5. Finish the drink at once if possible;• 6. Do not put too much food in your mouth at

a time;

Fast ReadingFast 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 aboutTable 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: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

Part 1 (Para.1):

•Explain all the things that you would find laid on a dinner party;

Part 2(Para.2─Para.5):•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?

Dinner or Main Course Fork

Napkin

Fish Fork

Salad Fork

Soup Bowl & Plate

Dinner Knife

Dinner Plate

Fish Knife

Soup Spoon

Bread & Butter Plate

Butter Knife

White Wine

Red Wine

WaterDessert Spoon and Cake Fork

Does he use the fork and knife in the right way?

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What do westerners usually eat for dinner?

starter

soup

pizza dessert

Main coursemain

course

Question: In what order will the following dishes be served at a western dinner party?

dessert main course starter soup

starter soup main course

dessert

Get a damp hot cloth Tea or

drinksCold dishes

Rice or noodles

Meat and vegetables,soup

Tea or fruit

A Chinese dinner party

How should we behave at

a dinner party?

( ) 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?

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True or False…True or False…

( ) 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?

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The differences

Chinese table manners

tools chopsticks

Western table manners

knife and fork

dish number

over-order 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 Good bye and have and have a good a good time!time!