学习餐桌礼仪

学习餐桌礼仪T:hi,Betty.whatsup?B:nothingspecial.howaboutyou?AreyouusedtothelifehereintheStates?evertythinghasbeenfineforthepastseveralmonths.great!well,IwishsomeonecouldtalktomeaboutWesterntablemannerssoundsinteresting.Wheredidyougettheidea?asyouknow,tablemannersinChinaarequitedifferentfromthoseofWesterners.absolutely.thatsbecausebothofushavedistinctiveculturalfeatures.forexample,inChina,itsokaytotalkwhileeating.However,youmayregarditasrude.yes.thismustbeahugedifference.canyouthinkofanythingelse?sure.Wetendtothinkthatthesloweroneats,themorepoliteoneseems.Ididntknowthatbefore.andweneversiporslurpthesouploudly.wequietlylikelittlemouthfuls.1T:igotit.illbearitinmind.B:dontworry.imsureouretiquettewillbecomeanaturalpartofyourbehaviorastimegoesby.T:Ihopeso.你好,贝蒂.最近怎么样?一切如故.你呢?在美国生活得还习惯吗?这几个月都挺好的.真好!嗯,我希望有人能跟我说说西方的餐桌礼仪 .听起来挺有意思.为什么会这么想?你也知道,中国的餐桌礼仪和西方的差别还是挺大的 .当然啦,这是因为我们有不同的文化 .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.是的,这是中西文化的一个巨大差异 .你能说说其他方面吗?好的.我们会认为一个人吃得越慢 ,显得越有修养.我第一次听说呢.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 .我知道了.我应该记住这些.不用担心,过些日子,这些礼仪一定会自然而然地成为你日常行为的一部分.2但愿如此吧.distinctive:having aquality orcharacteristic that makessth different andeasily noticed 独特的;特别的;有特色的adjectiveclotheswithadistinctivestyle式样独特的衣服Themalebirdhasdistinctiveblackandwhitemarkingsonitshead.雄鸟的头上有明显的黑白斑纹 .feature:somethingimportant,interestingortypicalofaplaceorthing 特色;特征;特点Aninterestingfeatureofthecityistheoldmarket.这座城市的一个有趣特征就是古老的市场。Teamworkisakeyfeatureofthetrainingprogramme.团队合作是这项训练计划的重要特点。Whichfeaturesdoyoulookforwhenchoosingacar?你挑选轿车时要着重哪些特点？Thesoftwarehasnoparticulardistinguishingfeatures.这个软件没有明显的特点。geographicalfeatures地势mouthful:anamountoffoodordrinkthatyouputinyour3mouthatonetime 一口,一满口(的量)Shetookamouthfulofwater.她喝了一大口水.Thankyou,butIcouldnteatanothermouthful.谢谢,我一口也吃不下了.slurp:tomakealoudnoisewhileyouaredrinkingsth( 喝东西时)发出啧啧的声音Hewasslurpinghistea.他正咂着嘴喝茶.Sheslurpednoisilyfromhercup.她端着杯子,啧啧作响地喝着.whatsup? 怎么了?最近怎么样?talk