口语七级Customs话题中西方不同习俗Country参考PPT

1、2group work: table manners in china3 you shouldnt have dinner until the others all come, or you will be regarded as impolite. you are supposed to pick up your bowl to eat. its rude to point at anyone with your chopsticks. you arent supposed to stick your chopsticks into the food. instead, lay them o

2、n your dish. you arent supposed to make any noise while eating. youd better eat food that is close to you. youre also supposed to chat with other people in a humorous way while eating. and sometimes the chinese hosts use their chopsticks to put food in your bowl or plate. this is a sign of politenes

3、s.4what are you supposed to do when you have lunch at school?be supposed to do its polite to do be not supposed to do its rude / impolite to do wait in linejump the queuetalk in low voicestalk in loud voiceseat up the food in plateswaste food5whats wrong with zhang?a: did you have a good time at zha

4、ngs birthday party?b: oh, yes. but i was a bit hurt about the way he treated my present. i gave zhang the latest tapes from the u.k. as a birthday present when i got inside the door and what do you think happened?a: what?b: nothing. he only said thank you, but then just put them away in a corner. i

5、really didnt know why. didnt he like them?a: oh, thats misunderstanding in the west, its regarded as polite to open gifts as soon as they are given to express appreciation. but in china, if you did that, you might be thought greedy. so chinese people tend to open the gifts after the visitors have le

6、ft.6challenge yourself!what are you supposed to do?7 what are you supposed to do when you meet the teacher in china? you are supposed to greet the teacher first. and you are supposed to greet him or her “hello, teacher.”what are you supposed to do when you meet the teacher in the west? you are suppo

7、sed to greet the teacher according to the situation. you are not supposed to greet him or her “hello, teacher.” but you are supposed to call them “hello, professor ”8what are you supposed to do when friends give you a present in china? you are supposed to put it away first, then open it after the gu

8、est leaves. you are not supposed to open it at once because you would look greedy if you did that.what are you supposed to do when friends give you a present in the west? you are supposed to open it at once to show your appreciation. you are not supposed to put it away. its impolite to guests.cultur

9、e differences1. lisa kept finishing all the food on her plate because she wished to be polite, but she made a big mistake. because in china your behavior is to show that you appreciate the food and the host would refill more food following. but in the west, the host gives the guests the chance to ch

10、oose whats their favorite.102. in the west if you were invited to have a meal at someones home, there would often be only one or two dishes. even if it was a formal dinner, it would be usually just three courses: soup, main dish, and dessert. but in china, an informal dinner would have four dishes a

11、nd a soup and a formal dinner would have at least eight dishes and a soup.113.when you are invited to dinner by americans, the hostess expects you to be there on time or not more than a few minutes later. 4.when the guests sit down at a dinner table, it is common for the men to help ladies by pushin

12、g their chairs under them. some families have a habit of offering a prayer of thanks before they eat.125. europeans keep the knife on the right hand, the fork on the left. but americans use just one hand, and keep the other one on the lap. they constantly change their fork to the left hand when they

13、 have to cut meat.6. you should leave a spoon to lie flat. (a coffee spoon on the saucer, a soup spoon on the service plate beside the soup bowl.)7. when americans eat the bread, they hold it in their fingers, usually break it first.138.if you have to leave during the meal, you should ask the hostes

14、s, “would you please excuse me for a minute?” after the meal, you neednt fold the napkins unless you are house guests and want to stay for more than one meal.9.when you leave, it is a custom for you to say: “goodbye. it was so nice of you to have me.” or “thank you. ive had a nice time.” then, maybe

15、 you can send a thank-you note. 1.why was wang kun nervous before she arrived in france? 2.why did she have no reason to be nervous? 3.how has her french improved? 4.what is one particular challenge she is facing? 5.what does she find surprising ? 3aanswer the questions according to the passages in

16、3a.because her french was not very good .because her host family was really nice.her french has improved very quickly.it is learning how to behave at the dinner table.french people put their bread on the table, not on the plate.table manners in francenot to put your bread on the platenot to eat anyt

17、hing with hands except bread, even fruitsnot to say you are fullnot to put hands in your lap( on the table )( it was delicious )(to keep your hands not elbows on the table)(cut fruit up and eat it with a fork)16do you know how to set your table? bread roll, butter knife, napkin, dinner knife, dinner

18、 fork, plate, salad fork, dessert spoon, water glass, red wine glass, white wine glass, soup spoon17water glassred wine glasswhite wine glassbread rollnapkinplatesoup spoondessert spoonsalad forkdinner forkdinner knifebutter knife18number the order of the dishes of a western dinner party:dessert drinks main course starter soupcorrect order:1.starter 2. soup 3.main course 4.dessert 5.drinks19group work how can