table manners餐桌礼仪

Table manners are the ultimate way to show respect (or some accidental disrespect) to your gracious host.Now it's time to learn how to eat.

My show is divided into three parts.First,we are talking about the basic table manners.

英国基本餐桌礼仪

如何使用刀叉

you should hold the knife firmly in your right hand with the handle tucked into your palm, your thumb should be on one side of the handle, and your index finger along the top. Remember you must never eat off a knife.

When we use a fork together with a knife or spoon, the fork should be held in the left hand, in much the same way as the knife, with the prongs facing downwards. But sometimes people only use a fork. In that case you should hold the fork in the right hand with the prongs facing upwards.

一般应该右手持刀，要握紧，刀把放在手掌中间。你的拇指要放在刀柄的内侧，食指放在刀背处。记住, 你绝对不能用刀子把食物送到嘴里。如果和刀子或勺子一起使用的话，那么应该左手握叉，方法嘛和握刀姿势类似，要让叉齿朝下。但是有时人们只用叉子，不用刀，这时就要换成右手持叉，叉齿要朝上。

刀叉讲完了，接下去是如何用勺子。

如何使用勺子

Sometimes we have soup as a starter and we often have desserts to finish off a meal. So we use different spoons for different dishes. Generally speaking, a spoon is held in the right hand, unless you are left-handed. You may notice that British people usually eat food off the side of the spoon. And you must never slurp!

有时英国人以喝汤作为一餐的开始，然后经常以甜点结束。吃不同的东西要用不同的勺子。一般来说人们都是右手持勺子，除非是左撇子。你可能会注意到英国人都是从勺子的侧面吃或喝东西。注意，喝东西时绝不能出响声！

Your back should never touch the chair. One must sit straight and bring the food to your mouth. No matter how crumbly the pastry is, never lean down to the dish. The only exception is when you drink soup – you can gently bow your head ever so slightly.

出席正式宴请时的一些礼仪要求

Then we should talk about formal dinner etiquette.

忌口

First of all, if you have special dietary requirements, please let the host know beforehand. For instance if you are a vegetarian you will be given the vegetarian option.

首先，如果你要是有什么忌口或特别要求，一定提前告诉做东的主人。比如你是一位素食者，那么主人会给你安排素食餐的。

穿着

Remember always dress smartly. Generally speaking the invite will have a dress code. Usually suit for a man and evening dress for a woman.

记住穿着要精神。一般来说请柬上会注明着装要求，通常情况下会要求男士穿西装，女士穿晚礼裙。

倒酒

Formal dinners usually start with wine and will be poured from the right. Please wait until your host has lifted his or her glass before you drink yours. If you don’t want wine, place your fingertips lightly on the rim of the glass when the server approaches to pour. You can say "I'm not having any today".

正式宴请一般都会以葡萄酒开始。服务员从右边斟酒。请等主人举杯开始喝酒时你再开始喝。如果你不想喝酒，可以在服务员来斟酒时轻轻地把手指尖儿挡在酒杯边上，你可以说―我今天不喝酒了‖。

菜的数量

The number of pieces of cutlery will indicate the number of courses you , and the general rule is to start from the outside. As far as I know you may expect up to seven courses, in this order: soup, fish, sorbet, or another palate cleanser, a meat or fowl dish, cheese, dessert, and coffee. Note that

food is served from the left and empty plates are cleared from the right. Wine is poured from the right.

If you’re seated at a table with eight or fewer guests, wait for everyone to be served and for the hostess to begin eating before you dig in. At a long banquet table, it’s OK to start when several people are seated and served.从餐具的数量就能看出将上多少道菜。使用规则嘛，从外面的一圈开始。Neil 说，据他所知，正式宴请的菜单上最多会有七道菜。一般顺序是汤，鱼，果汁冰沙或清口菜，肉或家禽，还有奶酪，甜点和咖啡。注意每道菜都是从左边端上来，空盘子从右边撤下去。酒则从右边满上。

如果就餐人数少于等于八人，那就等所有人都坐好了，女主人开始用餐了，再开动。如果是长餐桌，那么只要有几个人入座进食了，你也就可以开始吃了。

刀叉摆放

There's another interesting thing about formal British table manners. You can use your cutlery to signal when you are finished or you are resting. when you finish everything, you place them together in the bottom-centre of your plate, which indicates that you are done.

However if you are just pausing ,you should place your knife and fork on the plate with an inverted V shape with the prongs pointing down.

还有一个有意思的英国餐桌礼仪就是如何用刀叉来表示自己吃完了

还是停顿休息一下。设想一个时钟，如果把刀叉并在一起放在10点20分的角度就表示―吃完啦‖。如果是停顿一下，就需要把刀叉分开，形成倒V 字形，叉子齿尖朝下，刀刃面朝里。

全球各国的餐桌礼仪

Here are some of the very specific dining do's and don't's from around the world.

现在就来学学如何吃饭吧。下面是全球一些餐桌礼仪，该做什么不该做什么。

Slurp your food. 吃东西时砸吧嘴。

In Japan, most commonly when eating noodles and soups, slurping shows your appreciation of the food to the chef. The louder the better! You may also drink directly from the soup bowl -- spoons are uncommon. Furthermore, never cross your chopsticks, lick your chopsticks, or stick your chopsticks vertically into a bowl of rice. It's considered very rude in Japan and many other Asian countries, including China.

在日本，吃面喝汤极其寻常，发出啧啧声是对厨师食物的肯定。越大声越好！你还可以直接端起汤碗来喝汤——调羹反而用的不多。另外，千万别把筷子交叉，舔筷子或是把筷子垂直插在米饭中间。这在日本以及其他亚洲国家包括中国，都是极其粗鲁的表现，

Eat only with your right hand. 只用右手吃饭。

in India, the Middle East, and some parts of Africa, it is considered unclean to eat with your left hand.

左撇子对不住啦——在印度、中东以及非洲某些地区，用左手吃饭是不卫生的表现。

Don't offer to split the bill. 别想着AA制。

In France, splitting the bill is considered the height of unsophistication. Offer to pay the bill in its entirety or someone else will.

在法国，AA制被看成不懂人情世故。要么就请客，不然就等别人买单吧。

Don't touch any part of your meal with your hands. 不要用手碰到任何食物。

In Chile, touching food with your hands is considered ill-mannered. even fries! In Brazil, too, pizza and burgers are normally eaten with a fork and knife.

在智利，用手碰食物是非常不礼貌的表现。是的，甚至是薯条！而在巴西亦是如此，披萨和汉堡通常都是用刀叉吃的。

Don't ask for cheese. 不要要芝士。

In Italy, never ask for cheese if it's not explicitly offered to you. It's considered a sin to put extra cheese on top of your pizza -- and it's even worse to put it on seafood.

在意大利，如果没有给你提供芝士，千万别去要。在披萨上放入多余的芝士会被看成是一个诅咒--如果放在海鲜上就更糟了。

Don't ask for salt and pepper. 不要要盐或胡椒粉。

In Portugal, if salt and pepper aren't already on the table, don't ask for them. It's considered an offense to the chef's seasoning skills.

在葡萄牙，如果桌子上没有盐和胡椒粉，千万别要。这会被看成是对厨师调味技巧的挑衅。

Don't bring yellow flowers to dinner.不要带着黄花去吃饭。

In Bulgaria, yellow flowers symbolize hatred. Not the message you're trying to send.

在保加利亚，黄花意味着仇恨。（我们希望）应该不是你想传达的信息。

Never rest your hands in your lap while dining.

吃饭的时候别把手放在膝盖上。

In Russia, it is considered polite to rest your wrists on the edge of the table -- not on your lap. Also, keep your fork in your left hand and knife in your right.

在俄罗斯，把手放在桌子边搭着是礼貌的行为——但千万别放在膝盖上。另外叉子要在左边，刀要在右边。

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