1、.中國餐桌禮儀英語小短文假如你叫李磊，你的美國筆友 Bill 要來你家做客，想知道中國的餐桌禮儀。請你寫一篇 80 詞左右的信件，告訴他如何就餐，包括如何婉拒某種食物，如何擺筷子，等等China Dining CustomTable MannersThe main difference between Chinese and western eating habits is that unlike the West, where everyone has their own plate of food, in China the dishes are placed on the table a

2、nd everybody shares. If you are being treated by a Chinese host, be prepared for a ton of food. Chinese are very proud of their culture of cuisine and will do their best to show their hospitality.And sometimes the Chinese host use their chopsticks to put food in your bowl or plate. This is a sign of

3、 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.Eating No-nosDont stick your chopsticksupright in the rice bowl.Instead,laythem on yourdish. The reas

4、on for this is that when somebodydies,theshrineto themcontains a bowl of sand or rice with two sticks of incense stuck upright in it. Soif you stick your chopsticksin the rice bowl, it looks like this shrine and isequivalent to wishing death upon a person at the table!Make sure the spout of the teap

5、ot 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.Dont tap on your bowl with your chopsticks.Beggars tap on their bowls, so this is not polite.

6、Also, when the food is coming too slow in a restarant, people will tap their bowls. If you are in someones home,it is like insulting the cook.DrinkingGan Bei! (Cheers! “ Gan Bei ” literally means “ dry the glass ” ) Besides beer, the official Chinese alcoholic beverage is Bai Jiu,high-proof Chinese

7、liquor madefrom assorted grains. There are varying degrees of Bai Jiu. The Beijing favorite is called Er Guo Tou, which is a whopping 56% alcohol. More expensive are.Maotai and WuliangyeChinese table mannersChinesetable mannersof familieshave no intrinsicquality even there aredifferent region and po

8、sition. No matter three meals a day or guest s arrival,always bowls with chopsticks, food with soup. There is no rule for how to putthe tableware. What people care about more are not the gorgeous tablewarebut the sumptuous food. People sdining position reflects the most obvious etiquette of Chinese

9、table manners. In ancient society, men are supreme, and women are not allowed to sit with men on the same table. Although this is modern society, this kind of ancient etiquette still remains. Today in China, the phenomenon that men sit on the table before women can be found everywhere.The master of

10、a family usually sits on the first-class seat. The first-class seat is usually near the interior of a room facing to the door. Once there is a guest, the master will offer the first-class seat to the guest politely. If it is an ordinary mealof family, families should start after the elder. If there

11、is a guest, the master offer the food to the guest is essential from the beginning to the end. And the tradition of urging others to drink is also a special phenomenon.Even there is no official “ tablemanners in china, while there is “ eating behavior ”O(jiān)nce. there is “ eating behavior ”there, must b

12、e some eating manners up to standard.Here are some characteristics on Chinese eating:a. Keep your eyes on the meal, especially at the beginning of the meal.b. When eating, keep your bodies forward, and face to your food.c. It is allowed to spit the bone on the tables.d. When chewing, it is allowed t

13、o make some rhythmical noisy of chewing.e. Traditional Chinese meal doesn t need the public chopsticks.f. Traditional Chinese meal doesn t have the sweet snackstermealaf.有英文翻譯關(guān)于進餐禮儀的一段話英國家庭素有 “把餐桌當成課堂 ”的傳統(tǒng)：從孩子上餐桌的第一天起，家長就開始對其進行有形或無形的 “進餐教育 ”，目的是幫助孩子養(yǎng)成良好的用餐習慣，學(xué)會.良好的進餐禮儀，具備各種值得稱道的素質(zhì)或性格。英國人平時談吐語言中，“請”與

14、“謝謝 ”非常普遍，即使家庭中也是如此。父母子女同桌吃飯時，父親叫兒子把桌子上那瓶鹽、 醬油或其他東西拿過來， 也得說聲：“請把鹽拿給我。 ”當兒子把父親所要的東西拿過來后，作父親的一定要說聲： “謝謝 ”。夫妻、母女等之間也然。如若孩子在飯桌上向母親要一片面包時，說 “給我一塊面包， ”母親會回答他： “什么，給我一塊面包！ ?”孩子得重新說： “請給我一塊面包。 ”這些生活用語在英國是非常嚴格的。問題補充： 幫忙翻譯一下！最好是初中階段能接受的詞匯不要太難！跪謝！ British families known as the table as the traditional classroo

15、m on the tablefrom children, parents began to tangible or intangible dine education, the purpose is to help children to develop good habits, learn good meal etiquette,the dining with various admirable quality or character.British people normally speech language, please and thank you is very popular

16、in the family, even so. Parents and children having dinner, father son on the table that bottle of salt, soy sauce, or other things, also say: give methe salt, please. When the father to son, the father must say: thank you. Between husband and wife, mother and also. If children at the table to mothe

17、rfor a piece of bread, said, give me a piece of bread, his mother answered him: what, give me a piece of bread!? Children will have to say: please give me a piece of bread. These expressions in English is very strict.English families always have the tradition that called turn the table into the clas

18、s:since the first day of dinning,parents have taught a lesson that a available dinning education or not in order to help the kids to get into the good habits,learn the nice manners and keep all kinds of worth-saying personalityand quality.in the often talking of English,pleaseand thanksare very common,even if in the families. When parents and children have dinner on a table,father often ask his son to bring salt ,sause or others, and saysPlease bring