高中英语 老外最想聊的100个口语话题（31） 餐桌礼仪素材.doc

table manners 餐桌礼仪dialogue 1tom: we are going out for dinner tonight. are you coming, betty?晚上我们要一起出去吃饭,贝蒂,你一块儿去吗?betty: im not sure. i have to check my schedule. where are you going?我不太确定,要先看一下我的安排.你们去哪儿吃饭?t: oh, jake made a reservation at fridays.哦,杰克预定了星期五餐厅.b: jack?杰克?t: yes, the one with the r$d team. is that a problem?对啊,就是研发组的杰克.怎么了?b: i will never go out with him anymore.我再也不会和他一起出去吃饭了.t: why did you say so?为什么这么说?b: last time when we had dinner at the smiths, it was a horrible experience. he had no manners at all!上次我们一起去史密斯家吃晚饭,太可怕了.他吃饭根本就没规矩.t: oh, really?真的吗?b: he made a lot of noises while eating. he talked with his mouth full and sipped loudly.他吃饭时发出很大的声响,嘴里塞满了吃的却说个不停,喝汤时还弄出很大的声音来.t: are you kidding me? how could he behave like that?你在开玩笑吧!他怎么能这样呢?b: it is true. everyone kept looking at him. it was so embarrassing as i was sitting right next to him.真的,当时每个人都在不停地看着他.我正好坐在他旁边,觉得特别尴尬.t:what a shame! didnt he realized that?真丢人!他自己没有意识到吗?b: i have no idea. he seemed to enjoy the dinner very much.我不知道,他看起来吃的很开心.t; maybe he should really something about eating etiquette.或许他真该学学餐桌礼仪了.b: oh, he really should.是啊,他真的应该学学.dialogue 2t: hi, betty.whats up?你好,贝蒂.最近怎么样?b: nothing special. how about you? are you used to the life here in the states?一切如故.你呢?在美国生活得还习惯吗?t: evertything has been fine for the past several months.这几个月都挺好的.b: great!真好!t: well, i wish someone could talk to me about western table manners嗯,我希望有人能跟我说说西方的餐桌礼仪.b: sounds interesting. where did you get the idea?听起来挺有意思.为什么会这么想?t: as you know, table manners in china are quite different from those of westerners.你也知道,中国的餐桌礼仪和西方的差别还是挺大的.b: absolutely. thats because both of us have distinctive cultural features.当然啦,这是因为我们有不同的文化.t: for example, in china, its okay to talk while eating. however, you may regard it as rude.比方说,中国人认为吃饭时可以讲话,相反你们会觉得这样很没礼貌.b: yes. this must be a huge difference.是的,这是中西文化的一个巨大差异.t: can you think of anything else?你能说说其他方面吗?b: sure. we tend to think that the slower on eats, the more polite one seems.好的.我们会认为一个人吃得越慢,显得越有修养.t: i didnt know that before.我第一次听说呢.b: and we never sip or slurp the soup loudly. we quietly like little mouthfuls.而且我们喝汤时不会发出声响.我们会安静地一小口一小口喝.t: i got it. ill bear it in mind.我知道了.我应该记住这些.b: dont worry. im sure our etiqu