九年级英语上册 Unit 12《You are supposed to shake hands》Self check 课件 人教新目标版.ppt

Go for it J9 Writing Table Manners in China At a Chinese dinner party to talk to people sitting beside you to smile to eat with chopsticks to stand up when others make a toast to say you are full if you don’t want any more food not to keep your hand under the table At a western dinner party to eat with knives and forks to be lively and smile not to shout or laugh loudly at the table not to smoke cigarettes during the dinner 　Talking about eating habit, unlike the West, where everyone has their own plate of food, in China the dishes are placed on the table and everybody shares. Chinese are very proud of their culture of cuisine and will do their best to show their hospitality. And sometimes the host will serve some dishes with his or her own chopsticks to guests to show his or her hospitality. This is a sign of politeness. The appropriate thing to do would be to eat the whatever-it-is and say how yummy it is. If you feel uncomfortable with this, you can just say a polite thank you and leave the food there. There some other rules that are suggested you follow to make your stay in China happier, though you will be forgiven if you have no idea of what they are. 1. Never stick your chopsticks upright in the rice bowl, lay them on your dish instead. Otherwise, it is deemed extremely impolite to the host and seniors present. The reason for this is that when somebody dies, the shrine to them contains a bowl of sand or rice with two sticks of incense stuck upright in it. So if you stick your chopsticks in the rice bowl, it looks like the shrine and is equivalent to wishing death upon a person at the table. 2. Make sure the spout of the teapot is not facing anyone. It is impolite to set the teapot down where the spout is facing towards somebody. The spout should always be directed to where nobody is sitting, usually just outward from the table. 3. Dont tap on your bowl with your chopsticks, since that will be deemed insult to the host or the ch