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商务餐桌礼仪英语【第一篇】

1) As soon as the hostess picks up her napkin， 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 place is the soup spoon. It 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 may be a special fork for the fish， or it may be similar to the meat fork. Often it is smaller.

4) The Meat Course

The main Course is usually served by the host himself， especially if it is a fowl(鸡禽) or a roast which need to be carved.

He will often ask each guest what piece he prefers， and it is quite proper to state your preference 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 notice a few differences in their customs of eating. For the main 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 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 small piece 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 food 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 is something you may not like， you may quietly say: ”No thank you."

7) Second Helpings

The hostess may or may not ask if you would like a second helping， according to the formality of the meal. If she does and you accept it，

you should pass your plate to her or to the servant with the knife and fork still lying 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 smaller 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 plate， it is never take with a fork.

Butter is taken from the butter dish with the butter knife and placed on the side plate， not on one's bread.

10) Other Things on the Table

When there are things on the middle of the table， such as bread， butter， jelly， pickles，nits， candies， you should not take any until 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 not make any nose when you eat;

Do not clean your teeth at the table or anywhere in public， either with your finger or a tooth pick(牙签)， not even with you tongue.

英语餐桌礼仪【第二篇】

I believe the Chinese food is famous around the world.中国饮食在世界上是很有名的。

And if you are in China and you are asked by your Chinese friend to a dinner, you may want to know how to pick up your seat at the table and what is the proper way to sit at the table.假如你来到中国，中国朋友请你吃饭，你就需要了解一下有关宴会中的座次问题。

Well, normally this seat is the seat for the host or the hostess.这个位子一般是主位，是主人的。。

The seat is facing the door of this room.这个位子面朝着门。(面朝着门的一般是主位。)

One may also distinguish the seats at the table from the style in which the napkins are folded.也可以根据餐巾的样式来辨别座位。

Regardless of how the napkins are arranged.，the tallest arrangement will always correspond to the master seat.无论餐巾折成什么样式，最高的餐巾对应的座位，一定是主位。

At the small table, a table for four of five, the seat right across of the host seat, the seat over there, the back of which is facing the door is the seat for the main guest.一张坐四五个人的小桌子，与主人的座位相对应的背对着门的那个位置则是被邀请的主客坐的位置。

But usually of course, when it’s a bigger table, a table for ten or twelve, and it is not easy for host or hostess talking with the main guest, right across the table like right across the ocean and they can just sit side by side which can make it easier for them to talk.

当然如果桌子大一点的时候，比如说可以坐十到十二个人的桌子，由于主人和客人说话不太方便，跨越桌子就像跨越一片大海一样，所以他们可以挨着坐，这种情况下是可以挨着坐的，这样坐主人和客人说话更方便一些。

西方餐桌礼仪英语【第三篇】

1.

TABLE MANNERS AT A DINNER PARTY:

People who go to a formal Western dinner party for the first time may be surprised by table manners in Western culture.

Knowing them will help you make a good impression.

Having good table manners means knowing,for example,how to use knives and forks,when to drink a toast and how to behave at the table.

Beside your napkin you will find a small bread roll and three glasses—one for white wine,one for the red wine,and one for water.

There are two pairs of knives and forks on the table,forks on the left and knives in the right of the plate.

When you see two spoons,the big one id for the suop and the samll one for the dessert.

The knife and fork that are closest to your plate are a litte bit bigger than the ones beside them.

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

In Chinese you sometime get a hot,damp cloth to clean your face and face and hands,whinch,however,is nat the custom in Western countries.

Dinner start with a small dish, which is often called a starter.

Sime people pray before they start eating , and other people may keep silent for a moment.

Then you can say”Enjoy your meal“to each other and everybody start eating.

For the starter,which you eat with the smaller pair,you keep the knife in your right hand and the fork in your left.

After the starter you will get a bowl of soup—but only one boel of soup and never ask for a seconf serving.

The next dish is the main course.

Many Westerners think the chicken breast with its tender white flesh is the best part of the bird.

Some people can use their fingers when they eating chicken or other birds,but never touch beef or other meat in bones.

It is polite to finish eating everthing on your plate,so don't take more food than you need.

At table ,you should try to speak quietly and smile a lot,but do not laugh all the time.

Most Westerners like soft drink if they will drive home.

Many of them drink white or red wine with the food.

When drinking to someone's health,you raise your glasses,but the glasses should not touch.

The custom of toasting in some parts of China is to finish the drink at once,but Westerners usually take only a sip.

For drinking during a dinner,the best advic is never to drink too much.

Table manners change over time.

They follow the fashion of the day .

Beside,table manners are only important at formal dinner parties.

If you're not sure what to do ,you can always follow your hosts.

Although good manners always make you look good,you do not need to worry about all these rules while having dinner with your friends or family.

2.

Sit up straigh,keep your elbows off the table,and silence your cell phone.

Dishes are passed from left to right

Do try a little of everything on your plate

When a lady arrives or leaves the table,it‘s polite for all gentleman at the table of to stand up.

Always say“Please“and “Thankyou“.

Thank the host and hotess before leaving.

3.

Every culture in the world is equal, with no one being dominant or recessive to another.

We should avoid using our own culture, morality and value to judge foreign culture.

We should treat foreign culture objectively and comprehendly.

内容提要

本文主要讲中西方餐桌礼仪的不同点和相同点。

在当今社会，随着中西方跨文化交流的平凡以及中西方礼仪的影响加深，导致双方餐桌礼仪方面的差异产生。

本文着重于比较中西方在餐桌礼仪。

例如，就餐是人们不同的入座方式，不同的饮食概念以及不同的。餐具等等。

此外还会指出不同国家中的一些用餐禁忌来帮助人们更好的理解餐桌礼仪。通过此法，我们可以更加了解西方国家的文化背景，并且建立起良好的关系。

关键词：餐桌礼仪；文化背景；餐桌文化

Abstract

This paper mainly focuses on the differences of table manners of China and Western countries.

In our modern society, the cross-culture communication between China and Western countries becomes a hot issue and the influences of Chinese and Western etiquette are increasingly profound, which causes the differences in table manners.

In this paper, we attach more importance to the different table manners of China and Western countries, such as, the different ways people sit for a meal, different dining concepts and different table wares and so on.

Meanwhile, it helps us understand the situation.

In this way, we can know well the western countries’ cultural background, and can set up a harmonious relationship with the westerns.

Key words: table manners; cultural background; table culture

Contents

Introduction

With the development of global economy, cross-culture communication has become more and more frequent, and the differences between Chinese and western culture have become more obvious, especially the differences of table manners.

Having dinner is more than the basic necessity of life.

Instead, having dinner is an important part of social formulae.

“John Loke, a famous British philosopher once said, the purpose of playing a ceremonial role is to change the original stubborn to gentle, so that people’s temper can become more moderate and let people learn to respect for others and get along with each others.

” (Duan, Chen, ) There is no doubt that sometimes some strangers become acquaintances, those acquaintances get a better understanding of the other even to the germination of love.

Because table manner is so fantastic that it does us a favor on acquiring more information, opening up eyesight and expanding the circle of communication.

It is obvious that table manners are quite important in people’s everyday life.

There are numberless differences between Chinese and western food cultures, and those differences cause the differences of table manners.

China is one of the four earliest civilizations in the world.

Chinese nation is the only inheritance millennium civilization.

Western society went through the darkness of Middle Ages and then came to Renaissance, gave birth to capitalism and modern civilization.

Today, with the economic globalization, international commercial activities have become more and more frequently and cross-culture communication has come into every nation’s daily life.

餐桌礼仪英语【第四篇】

both sides get all-round display tutelage.

Must wait until all the people here can begin any form of dining activities - even if someone was late, will have to wait. Once you are ready, they can do the host. Opening During dinner, the host must assume a active role - urged guests enjoy eating and drinking is completely reasonable.

On formal banquet dishes on the way, like the projected slides, every time a dish. Surprisingly, rice is not with dishes is alexandrine, but can choose to eat. Because dishes have distinguishing feature each, should individual taste, and only eat once from a bowl, not a mixed taste. Do not use a bowl dish, can eat. Bones and shells class on individual plate. Don't clean dishes must often use clean plate is replaced.

A Chinese restaurant if no tea table and call no formal. Therefore, as storage varieties of tea is wise practices, ensure the most astute taste also care to. Relevant tea problem, should pay attention to several pieces of key things. Seat should be responsible for the recent teapot for others and yourself ZhenCha - according to age, ZhenCha order by the elders to the youth, last pour. When somebody else for you ZhenCha, protocol should use fingers to knock table, doing so is to thank the ZhenCha and respect.

Certain foods can move chopsticks eyes

ZhenCha order is very exquisite, young, long after first after first female male

Table decoration

The decoration of daily meals in various seating is put on a bowl, a pair of chopsticks, a spoon, a disc of sauces, with meal will usually give guests a hot towel, instead of paper towel wipe hand and wipe your mouth. All the dishes on the table while, each with their own central directly from each disc chopsticks share dishes clip food; The end of a pot of soup in a pot, each with drink soup. Guests can come when absolute became a recruit fly like across the river, clip on distant dishes. As the Chinese people like all share dishes, their table most is a circle or square, rather than westerners multi-purpose long bar table.

China table manners summarizing Chinese table etiquette attributed the following:

A. Seated. First guest table etiquette in please. Banquet on your seat beside the elders in turn table, seated guests to your seat from the chair left after entering. Don't move chopsticks. The more don't get what noise. Don't walk up. If you have anything to master greeting.

Second, dinner guest, elderly. First when moving chopsticks. Clip vegetables every less. From his far of dishes ate less. Eat don't drink the soup a voice. Also don't make a noise, drink soup spoon nibble the drink the bowl. Unfavorable to her mouth, the drink soup too hot drink again later when cold. Don't blow sips. Some while man eats like to use to chew food. Especially hard to chew food, issued a very clear crisp voice. This practice of the etiquette requires is not dine. Especially and all, will try to prevent this kind of phenomenon.

Third: dine hiccups, don't don't appear other voice, if appear sneezing, such as sound involuntarily satisfactory, will say I'm sorry.; I'm sorry; Cool. please. the words of apology. To show within.

The fourth; If you want to give a guest or elders BuCai. The Can also GongKuai from guest or elders far dishes came to them, by our Chinese nation habit. Food is a a upwards. If the table, the old man, the guest leadership have come up a new word. Whenever it please them when dish can first move chopsticks. Or take turns please them first move chopsticks for them. To show the attention.

餐桌礼仪的英语【第五篇】

DIFFERENT TABLE MANNERS IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES

Table Manners We will define 7 different countries’s table manners table manners means your politeness and behavior when you have dinner with others.

They include how to handle knives, forks and spoons and how to eat in a polite manner.

To behave well abroad, you are to know some Table manners

In Russia, it is considered polite to rest your wrists on the edge of the table -not on your lap.

Also, keep your fork in your left hand and knife in your right.

Russian is enthusiastic, when the owner hands you a glass of vodka, u can not refuse it out of politeness, men have to drink off,and it's unnecessary for women.

if u refuse it, the owner may feel u don't take him as a friend.

and When u propose a toast, ur eyes should look into each other.

kvass is a drink for children.

this kind of drink is also in Harbin .

If ur bread left, it will be regarded as a matter for dismay and wasting.

Also,the sauce and gravy in food should be finished off.

When you are eating in Britain.

The British generally pay a lot of attention to good table manners.

First, we should learn how to use a fork and knife.

How to hold a fork and a knife ? The fork is held in the left hand and the knife on the right.

If you have a knife in one hand, it is wrong to have a fork in the other with the prongs pointed up.

When people finish eating, place your knife and fork together.

How to eat desserts To eat dessert, break the dessert with the spoon, one bite at a time.

Push the food with the fork into the spoon.

Eat from the spoon.

(Fork in left hand; spoon in right.

) In the English, the platters and bowls of food are placed in front of the table “host”, along with a stack of dinner plates.

The host carves and serves the meat and side dishes, and passes the filled plates around the table to the hostess and the guests.

Sometimes the hostess assists with the serving.

Condiments, rolls, relishes, etc.

are usually found elsewhere on the table and passed around family style.

Stack of Plates Main course Hostess Host serves from here Rolls Relishes Correctly, no person would start eating until everyone has received their plate.

The host serves himself last.

Vegetable dish Table manners French when the Meat (such as steak) should start cutting corners, finished a further cut off a piece.

Do not eat or encountered some of the side dishes, it just moved to the side dish.

A quick glance at the table setting OK, here are some more tips to keep in mind ? if there is something to spit out his mouth, lips Didao should take a fork or your fingers out, and then moved to the edge of the plate.

The whole process should not be cited as much as possible to pay attention to other people, after the meal can be naturally.

to clean hands after eating Mozui avoid rubbing vigorously with napkins, napkin with attention to the deportment of the iceberg and India to gently on the lips or fingers can be greasy.

each finished Diecai, such as knife and fork to release four sides, or to fight cross-leave around, very ugly.

The right way is to discharge the plate and knife and fork, the fork up teeth.

Australia Table manners

用餐礼仪 ?Dining etiquette The seat ? General host sits at the nearest position from the kitchen, the rest of the people is the host assigned seat.

Sometimes the host said “ Sit where you like.

” this is allowed to sit.

If you are a man, in the fall to sit the front to see your right hand, whether already sat down, if she's not into a sitting chair, you should help her.

The conversation ? Don’t be involved in personal.

About political, religious talk must be careful, otherwise you might accidentally offend others.

The best way is to wait for others to open the topic and talk about it.

To be a guest ? If you go to someone 's house, when he brings you food, say no is not polite.

Chinese pay attention to don’t eat clean, while in western countries in the opposite.

You should try to put the plate, if you have some, will be considered impolite.

Special foods Table manners in China 1.

If you are the guest, wait to be seated as hierarchy is involved .

(The left means superior. The left guest sit beside the host was the most respected guest.)

usually begins once the host offers the first drink.

3. Let older people eat first, or if you hear an elder say “let's eat”, you can start to eat.

helping yourself to the dishes, you should take food first from the plates in front of you rather than those in front of others.

In China Lay … on… Put up the bowl Do not stick chopsticks vertically into your food, especially not into rice, as this will make Chinese think of funerals.

In China Don’t do these Slurp when drinking soup or eating noodles 喝汤和吃面条时发出声音 +Keep the spoon inside the bowl or cup 勺儿留在汤碗或茶杯里 Talk with your mouth full 满口食物时讲话 Chew with your mouth opened 咬食物时把嘴巴张开 In China, as with any culture, there are rules and customs that surround what is appropriate and what is not when dining, whether it is in a restaurant or in someone’s home.

Learning the appropriate way to act and what to say will not only help you feel like a native, but will also make those around you more comfortable, and able to focus on you, instead of your interesting eating habits.

It is rude to not eat what you are given.

If you are offered something you absolutely can't stomach, finish everything else, and leave the rest on your plate.

Leaving a little food generally indicates that you are full.

Hold the chopsticks in your right hand between the thumb and index finger, and when eating rice, place the small bowl in your left hand, holding it off the table.

You should say “Itadakimasi!(い ただきます)”before meal，that means you love this meal;say “Go-chiso-samadeshita!(ごちそう さまでした)”after meal，that means your thankfulness to this meal.

▲Don't stick your chopsticks upright in the rice bowl,lay them on your dish.

▲It is polite to make noise when you have a meal,especially when you eat noodles.

▲Take sushi by hand instead of chopsticks.

When eating sushi, dip in with fish sauce.

Use the thumb and middle finger gently take sushi.

天 妇 罗 Tempur a Table manners in korea

In korea

1. Do not touch the chopsticks until the elderly begin to eat.

on the table,do not point at others with chopsticks.

3. Make sure the chopsticks are neatly placed on the table when dinner is over. What’s more

4. Incessant talks are not suitable on Korean tables.

5. It is also a shamful behavior to make too loud noises while eating.

6. When a dinner is housed at home, both the host and the guests are sitting crosslegged around a shot-legged table,in such circumstances,never touch your feet with hands,strech out your legs,or splay apart your legs.