Table manners at a dinner party

Here is a quiz about table manners for a typical Western evening meal. Discuss with your partner to see which are wrong and then try to correct them.

1. If necessary, you can pick up the soup bowl and drink from it. ( )2. Try a little of everything; do not take a lot of anything. ( )3. If you like, you can break your bread into the soup, or mix with gravy. ( 肉汁 ) ( )4. Don’t talk and laugh with your mouth full. ( )5. Reach across the table for some kind of food if it’s not in front of you. ( )

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6. Watch how fast others are eating. Try not to be too slow or too fast. ( )7. Use your napkin to clean your face. ( )8. Ask your hostess for a doggy bag to take home the food you cannot finish. ( )9. Once you’ve used your fork or knife, do not place it down on the table cloth. It should be put on your plate. ( )10. You should excuse yourself if you must leave the table during a meal. ( )

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11. If there are bones in your food, spit them out and put them on the tablecloth. ( )12. When you have finished eating, refold your napkin in the way it was before and put it next to your plate. ( )13. Always use the water glass to your right and eat from the bread dish to the left.( )14. If you are the guest, you should not order the most expensive item on the menu unless it is recommended by your host. ( )15. If a piece of food falls off your plate, don’t touch it and leave it on the table, ( )

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16. Make loud sounds when you are eating noodles to show how good they are. ( )17. If there are two forks on the table, you should start using the fork closest to the plate. ( )18. When you finish your meal, put your fork and knife back to where they were before. ( )19. Do not put your elbows on the table, or sit too far back. ( )20. Do not touch your nose, hair or teeth at the table. ( )

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Read the text quickly and match A with B A (paragraph) B(main idea)

Part1(Para1) a table manners’ changing over time and places

Part2(Para2-5) b laying the table and good table manners

Part3(Para6) c the order of dishes and good table manners

Read Para1 carefully and answer the questions.

1. How is the table laid ?

2. What are good table manners?

How is the table laid ?

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2 345 6 711

11 bread plate

dinner plate

Table setting for a casual( 非正式的 )dinner

Table setting for a formal dinner

In 1930 a Chinese official visited America. An American friend invited him to have awestern dinner. After he sat down at the table , heused the napkin to clean the knives and forks .The host was embarrassed( 尴尬 ) .So the host asked the waiter to take away all the tableware( 餐具 )on the table and bring other pairs.

Why was the host embarrassed?

What are good table manners ?

You can take your napkin , unfold it and put it on your lap when you sit down at the table .

What are good table manners ?

Pray and keep silent for a moment .Then say

“enjoy your meal”to each other and start eating .

Keep the knife in your right hand and the fork

in your left .

Never ask for a second bowl of soup.

Use your fingers when eating chicken or other birds.

Finish eating everything on your plate .

Speak quietly and smile a lot .

Raise your glasses and take only a sip.

Read Para2-5 carefully and answer the questions.

1. Find out the right order of dishes and number them .dessert drinks main course starter soup

2. What are good table manners?

starter soupmain course drinks dessert

Starter

Maincourse

dessert

drinks

Read Para6 carefully and answer the questions.

1. What will you do if you are not sure what to do?

2. Why is it difficult for people to follow good table manners?

what can you do if you’re not sure what to do ?

You can always follow your hosts.

A. They follow the fashion of the day.B. I couldn’t follow what he said.C.Follow this road until you get to the church.D. May follows April .

The word Follow has the same meaning as the one in __________.A

Why is it difficult for people tofollow good table manners?

Table manners change over time and places.

A friend from Britain named Jack invites you to have a dinner at his home at 7:00 pm. What will you do if you want to leave a good impression?

Arrive on time .

Say thanks and goodbye

Follow table manners

Knowing the manners will help you makea good impression

Do table manners in china also change?

Women were not allowed to eat at the table.

Now women can sit together with the others and eat at the same time.

Seats used to be arranged around the table according to the age or importance of the guests.

It is still a strong tradition at important dinners in the countryside, but no longer in cities.

It used to be impolite to eat up all the food from the plates.

People now accept that it is better not to waste food. It is becoming OK to take left-over food home.

Give the guest as much wine as possible to drink.

It is still polite to ask the guest to drink, but not as often as before.

When playing football or basketball, you might use 400 calories an hour.

When walking in the street, she met an old friend of hers.

While doing the experiment, he noticed something strange.

You know, table manners are only important at formal dinner parties. You would be considered impolite if you don’t behave properly at table.

So we needn’t worry about some rules at informal occasion. It seems unusual for you to worry too much about some rules at such an informal occasion.

dis- agree disagree

appear 出现 disappear 消失cover 盖，遮 discover 发现like dislike

in- complete 完全的 incomplete 不完全的

correct incorrect

un- able 有能力的 unable 无能力的fair 公正的 unfair 不公正的

non- stop nonstop 不停的smoker 吸烟者 non-smoker

Guess the meaning of these words

immoral impatient imperfect impolite indirect infamous inhuman non-iron

不道德的 不耐烦的 有缺点的 不礼貌的 间接的 恶名昭著的 无人性的 免熨的

non-white unborn uncertain uncommon unclean

非白种人的 未出生的 不确定的 不普通的 不干净的

限制性定语从句

This is a shop that sells personal computers.

The watch that I bought yesterday works well.

非限制性定语从句 We are all proud of the Great

Wall, which is one of the man-made wonders of the world.

My father, who is a doctor, often encourages me to work hard.

Restrictive Attributive Clause

Non-restrictive Attributive Clause

1. The extra information is necessary.

2. We don’t use commas with these clause

1. The extra information can be left out.

2. We use commas with these clauses.

一种特殊的非限制性定语从句 在非限制性定语从句中，有时根

据句子意思，常把 some, any, none, all, both, several, many, most, neither, either 等词、分数或百分比与 of whom 或 of which 连用。

He has five children, two of whom are abroad.

比较： He has five children, and two of them are abroad.

We have tested three hundred types of boots, none of which is/are completely waterproof.

比较： We have tested three hundred types of boots, but none of them is/are completely waterproof.

The man ____ is our new teacher.A. whom you spokeB. whom you spoke toC. with whom you spokeD. you spoke with whom

Do you work near the building _____ color is yellow?A. that B. whichC. whose D. its

B

C

The building _____ windows are bright at night is our school building.A. which B. thatC. whom D. whose

He helped his father on the small town _____ they lived.A. which B. thatC. when D. where

D

D

That’s the factory _____ we paid a visit last year.A. where B. to whichC. which D. in which

This is the house _____ we used to sleep.A. where B. whichC. that D. when

B

A

This was a time _____ there are still slaves in the USA.A. which B. thatC. when D. where

I’m one of the boys _____ never late for school.A. that is B. who isC. who are D. who am

C

C

The second book _____ I want to read is Red Star Over China.A. which B. thatC. what D. whatever

Who _____ knows him would trust him?A. whom B. thatC. who D. which

B

B

September 18, 1931 is the day _____ we’ll never forget.A. when B. on whichC. on that D. that

I know a place _____ we can have a quiet talk.A. which B. whereC. when D. that

D

B

The only language ____ is easy to learn is the mother tongue.A. which B. whereC. that D. it

Is this the shop _____ sells children’s clothing?A. what B. whichC. in which D. where

C

B

?

Is this shop ____ sells children’s clothing?A. the one that B. whatC. which D. that

The company _____ I visited last year was not the one ____ I once worked.A. which, which B. where, whichC. which, where D. where, where

A

C

先行词之前有 all, any, every, no, little, much, only, very等修饰时，关系代词应用 that 。

例： He’ll read all the books that are sold here.

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