旅游英语Unit 8 C

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7 Drink only when there is no food in your mouth. It is bad manners to take a mouthful of food and then wash it down with a gulp of water. Be sure your lips are not greasy when you drink from your glass. Try not to get your lips greasy. If you do, you have your napkin to wipe them with. 8 Try not to get into your mouth anything that will have to be taken out. But if you have a small bone or some other object you cannot swallow, remove it in a way that will not be noticed. If you are eating with a spoon, take it in the spoon from your mouth to the plate; if not, use your hand. Do not spit anything from your mouth on to the plate or on to the floor.
II. Exercises Choose the Best Answers According to Text C.
1. Which action is proper when the guest uses the table napkin? A. If the hostess picks up her napkin, the guest s lap. B. If a roll of bread is wrapped in the napkin, the guest should take it out and put it on the table. C. If the napkin is large, the guest should unfold it completely. D. If the napkin is small, the guest had better leave it folded double on the table. 2. It is polite behavior for a guest to . A. actively talk when eating at the table B. put down the knife and fork after finishing eating C. enjoy eating slowly at the end of the meal D. stay at his or her seat until the host leaves the table
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9 Be careful not to drop any food or water on the tablecloth. If you have an accident, do not do anything which will make others notice it; but always apologize quietly to the hostess. You might say, "Oh, I am so sorry, I was very careless." 10 Do not make any noise when you eat. It is bad manners at a Western meal to make any noise with the mouth. And if you have to cough or choke, use your napkin to cover your mouth. 11 Avoid cleaning your teeth at the table or anywhere in public, with your finger or with your tongue. If you have to get something out that is caught between your teeth, cover your mouth with your napkin while you do so, but it is better to leave it until you are alone sometime later.
I. Text The Table Napkin 2 As soon as the hostess picks up her napkin, pick yours up and lay it on your lap. Sometimes a roll of bread is wrapped in it; if so, take it out and put it on your side plate. If the napkin is large, leave it folded double on your lap; if small, unfold it completely. When You Finish a Course 3 As in Chinese etiquette, the hostess tries to keep eating as long as the slowest guest. A thoughtful guest will try to eat neither too fast, so as to seem to gobble, nor too slow, so as to keep others waiting. And when he has eaten all he intends to eat, he should lay down his knife and fork, or his spoon, as the case may be, with a final air, so that his hostess is in no doubt as to whether he has finished or not.
Text C
Table Manners
I. Text C II. Exercises III. Chinese version of Text C
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Table Manners
1 From the time when our caveman ancestors chewed on their wild-pig bones in front of their fire to our own day when we sit around a table spread with a snowy table cloth and shining silver, we have the history of the change in eating habits from the simple satisfaction of hunger to the meal as a delightful, if rather complex, social institution. When you are invited to dinner today, it is assumed that you will be more interested in the persons and conversation at the table than in the meal itself. Therefore, leisurely eating habits should be cultivated, allowing for conversation and pleasantries at the same time. The actual eating ought to be done with as little noise and movement as possible.
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Various Rules and Suggestions 5 Sit up straight on your chair; do not lean heavily against the back. Never tilt the chair backward on two legs. You may lean the body slightly forward when you eat, but never lower the head down toward the plate. Your arms should be held close to your sides, so as not to touch the person next to you and they should not rest on the table when you are eating. 6 Do not put much food in your mouth at a time. Keep your lips closed while you are chewing. And as long as there is food in your mouth, do not try to talk.
II. Exercises
3. From the passage we can learn as guests it is courteous to . A. leave the table a little bit earlier than the hostess gives the signal of ending B. continue chatting at their seats if they like after the meal C. ask the hostess to excuse no matter who has to leave the table during the meal D. wash down a mouthful of food with a gulp of water 4. Which decent sitting posture does the author indicate in Para. 5? A. Leaning the body heavily against the back of the chair. B. Tilting the chair backward on two legs. C. Sitting up straight on the chair. D. Resting the arms on the table when eating.