1、.Table Manners 餐桌禮儀dialogue 1Tom: we are going out for dinner tonight. Are you coming, Betty?晚上我們要一起出去吃飯,貝蒂,你一塊兒去嗎?Betty: I'm not sure. I have to check my schedule. Where are you going?我不太確定,要先看一下我的安排.你們去哪兒吃飯?T: oh, Jake made a reservation at Friday's. 哦,杰克預定了星期五餐廳.B: Jack?杰克?T: yes, th

2、e one with the R$D team. Is that a problem?對啊,就是研發組的杰克.怎么了?B: I will never go out with him anymore.我再也不會和他一起出去吃飯了.T: why did you say so?為什么這么說?B: last time when we had dinner at the Smith's, it was a horrible experience. He had no manners at all!上次我們一起去史密斯家吃晚飯,太可怕了.他吃飯根本就沒規矩.T: oh, really?真的嗎?B:

3、 he made a lot of noises while eating. He talked with his mouth full and sipped loudly.他吃飯時發出很大的聲響,嘴里塞滿了吃的卻說個不停,喝湯時還弄出很大的聲音來.T: are you kidding me? How could he behave like that?你在開玩笑吧!他怎么能這樣呢?B: it is true. Everyone kept looking at him. It was so embarrassing as I was sitting right next to him.真的,當

4、時每個人都在不停地看著他.我正好坐在他旁邊,覺得特別為難.T:what a shame! Didn't he realized that?真丟人!他自己沒有意識到嗎?B: I have no idea. He seemed to enjoy the dinner very much.我不知道,他看起來吃的很開心.T; maybe he should really something about eating etiquette.或許他真該學學餐桌禮儀了.B: oh, he really should.是啊,他真的應該學學. dialogue 2T: hi, Betty.wha

5、t's up?你好,貝蒂.最近怎么樣?B: nothing special. how about you? Are you used to the life here in the States?一切如故.你呢?在美國生活得還習慣嗎?T: evertything has been fine for the past several months.這幾個月都挺好的.B: great!真好!T: well, I wish someone could talk to me about Western table manners嗯,我希望有人能跟我說說西方的餐桌禮儀.B: sounds int

6、eresting. Where did you get the idea?聽起來挺有意思.為什么會這么想?T: as you know, table manners in China are quite different from those of Westerners.你也知道,中國的餐桌禮儀和西方的差異還是挺大的.B: absolutely. that's because both of us have distinctive cultural features.當然啦,這是因為我們有不同的文化.T: for example, in China, it's okay to

7、 talk while eating. However, you may regard it as rude.比方說,中國人認為吃飯時可以講話,相反你們會覺得這樣很沒禮貌.B: yes. this must be a huge difference.是的,這是中西文化的一個宏大差異.T: can you think of anything else?你能說說其他方面嗎?B: sure. We tend to think that the slower on eats, the more polite one seems.好的.我們會認為一個人吃得越慢,顯得越有修養.T: I didn't know that before.我第一次聽說呢.B: and we never sip or slurp the soup loudly. we quietly like little mouthfuls.而且我們喝湯時不會發出聲響.我們會安靜地一小口一小口喝.T: i got it. i'll bear it in mind.我知道了.我應該記住這些.B: don't worry. i'm sure our etiquett