2021年办公室英语之餐桌礼仪

1、办公室英语之餐桌礼仪 1) As soon as the hostess picks up her napkin(餐巾), pick yours up and lay it on your lap. Sometimes a roll of bread is wrapped in it; if so, toke it our and put it on your side plate. 2) The Soup Course Dinner usually begins with soup. The largest spoon at your pla _ is the soup spoon. It

2、will be beside your plate at the right-hand side. 3) The Fish Course If there is a fish course, it will probably follow the soup. There _y be a special fork for the fish, or it _y be similar to the meat fork. Often it is s _ller. 4) The Meat Course The _in Course is usually served by the host himsel

3、f, especially if it is a fowl(鸡禽) or a roast which need to be carved. He will often ask each guest what pie _ he prefers, and it is quite proper to state your preferen _ as to lean or fat, dark(红肉) or light(白肉). 5) Using Knife and Fork If you have English and American friends you will noti _ a few d

4、ifferen _s in their customs of eating. For the _in or meat curse, the English keep the fork in the left hand, point curved downward, and bring the food to the mouth either by sticking the points onto it or in the case of soft vegetables, by placing it firmly on the fork in this position with the kni

5、fe. Americans carve the meat in the same position, then lay down the knife and taking the fork in the right hand with the point turned up, push it under a s _ll pie _ of food without the help of the knife and bring it to the moth right-side-up. 6) Helping Yourself and Refusing If a servant passes fo

6、od around, he will pass the dish in at your left hand so that you can conveniently serve yourself with your right hand. Never serve yourself while the dish is on your right; it is then the turn of your neighbor on the right. It is polite to take some of everything that is passed to you. But if there

7、 is something you _y not like, you _y quietly say: No thank you. 7) Second Helpings The hostess _y or _y not ask if you would like a second helping, aording to the for _lity of the meal. If she does and you aept it, you should pass your plate to her or to the servant with the knife and fork still ly

8、ing on it. 8) The Salad Course A salad is eaten with a fork only held in the right hand with points turned up. There is usually a special one for the salad, a little s _ller than the meat fork. 9) Bread and Butter Bread is taken in the fingers and laid on the side plate or the edge of the large plat

9、e, it is never take with a fork. Butter is taken from the butter dish with the butter knife and pla _d on the side plate, not on ones bread. 10) Other Things on the Table When there are things on the middle of the table, such as bread, butter, jelly, pickles, nits, can _s, you should not take any un

10、til the hostess ahs suggested that they be passed. 11) Leaving the Table It is impolite for a guest to leave the table during a meal, or before the hostess gives the signal at the end. When the hostess indicates that the dinner is over, she will start to rise from her seat and all the guests she rise from theirs at the same time. 12) Various rules and Suggestions Sit up straight on your chair; Do not put much food in your mouth at a time; Drink only when there is no food in your mouth; Try not to get into your mouth anything that will have to be taken out; Do