TableManners中西方餐桌礼仪.ppt

What do the Westerners and Chinese use to eat? Warm-up Question II: Do you have any bad table manners? Slurping (出声地吃喝) when drinking some soup. Making a lot of noise licking the fingers when eating. 1) The most important rule is to remain silent while eating. Of course, this refers to family meals only. Not talking over meals is supposed to be good for the health. It is impolite if people do not talk to each other during a social party. 2. The table arrangement and serving order for a social party are complicated. Each dish should be placed in correct position. 1) When fish is served , the tail should be pointing at the guest. Why is that? Because tail meat is supposed to be tasty. 3. Each dish should be commenced (开始，着手) by the eldest person who is seated at the head of the table. 4. The diners should sit close to the table so…? food won’t drop on their clothes. 5. No noise should be made when c_______. 7. One should drink soup slowly and is not supposed to m____ a lot of n____. Westerners like to say, “bon appetite” before meals which is one way to suggest “mind your table manners”. Five tastes: sour, bitter, sweet, pungent（辛辣） and salty. What effect do the five tastes make on the organism(机体)? Pungent food promotes circulation (循环) and evaporation（挥发） of vital energy qi. Bitter tasting food opens block centers and promote healthy bowel (肠) movement. Eating sour dishes accumulates (积累) and concentrates vital energy. Salty food can alleviate (减轻) all feelings of heaviness. spoil other people’s appetite chopstick slurp lick table arrangement 6. etiquette 7. bon appetite 8. pungent 9. evaporation 10. alleviate 社交宴会上的座次和上菜次序很复杂。 Table arrangements and serving order for a social party are complicated. 2. 菜品的摆放有讲究。 Each dish should be placed in the correct position. 3. 谁也不能把取出来的食物再放回去。 No one should move food back to the communal plate. 4. 喝汤时不能发出声响来。 One is not supposed to make a lot of noise