关于餐桌礼仪的英语作文范文
Chinese table manners of families have no intrinsic quality even there are different region and position. No matter three meals a day or guest’s arrival, always bowls with chopsticks, food
with soup. There is no rule for how to put the tableware. What people
care about more are not the gorgeous tableware but the sumptuous food.
People’s dining position reflects the most obvious
etiquette of Chinese table manners. In ancient society, men are supreme, and women are not allowed to sit with men on the same table. Although this is modern society, this kind of ancient
etiquette still remains. Today in China, the phenomenon that men sit on the table before women can be found everywhere. The master of a family usually sits on the first-class seat. The
first-class seat is usually near the interior of a room facing to the door. Once there is a guest, the master will offer the first-class seat to the guest politely. If it is an ordinary meal of
family, families should start after the elder. If there is a guest, the master offer the food to the guest is essential from the beginning to the end. And the tradition of urging others to
drink is also a special phenomenon.
中国就餐举止家庭中国就餐举止没有内在质量甚而那里是另外区域并且安置。问题
三饭食每天或客人的到来，总不滚保龄球与筷子，食物用汤。没有规则为了怎样能投入
碗筷。什么人关心关于更多是没有华美的碗筷，而是奢侈食物。人的用餐的位置反射中
国就餐举止最明显的礼节。在古老社会，人是至尊，并且妇女不允许坐与人在同一张桌。虽然这是现代社会，这种古老礼节仍然依然存在。
今天在中国，人坐桌的现象，在妇女可以找到到处之前。家庭的大师通常坐头等
位子。头等位子通常在面对对门的屋子的内部附近。一旦有客人，大师为客人将礼貌地
提供头等位子。如果它是家庭一顿普通的膳食，家庭应该在长辈以后开始。如果有客人，主要提议食物对客人对末端从开始是根本的。并且敦促其他的传统喝也是一种特别现象。
Table Manners
The main difference between Chinese and western eating habits is that
unlike the West, where everyone has their own plate of food, in China the dishes are placed on the table and everybody
shares. If you are being treated by a Chinese host, be prepared for a
ton of food. Chinese are very proud of their culture of cuisine and will do
their best to show their hospitality.
And sometimes the Chinese host use their chopsticks to put food in your bowl or plate. This is a sign of politeness. The appropriate thing to do would be to eat the whatever-it-is and say how
yummy it is. If you feel uncomfortable with this, you can just say a polite thank you and leave the food there.
Eating No-no's
Don't stick your chopsticks upright in the rice bowl.Instead,lay them on your dish. The reason for this is that when somebody dies,the shrine to them contains a bowl of sand or rice with two
sticks of incense stuck upright in it. So if you stick your chopsticks
in the rice bowl, it looks like this shrine and is equivalent to wishing death upon a person at the table!
Make sure the spout of the teapot is not facing anyone. It is impolite to set the teapot down where the spout is facing towards somebody. The spout should always be directed to where nobody
is sitting, usually just outward from the table.
Don't tap on your bowl with your chopsticks.Beggars tap on their bowls, so this is not polite.Also, when the food is coming too slow in a restarant, people will tap their bowls. If you are in
someone's home,it is like insulting the cook.
Drinking
Gan Bei! Cheers! “Gan Bei” literally means “dry [the] glass” Besides beer, the official Chinese alcoholic beverage is Bai Jiu,high-proof Chinese liquor made fromassorted grains. There are
varying degrees of Bai Jiu. The Beijing favorite is called Er Guo Tou, which is a whopping 56% alcohol. More expensive are Maotai and Wuliangye.
Of course, the main difference on the Chinese dinner table is chopsticks instead of knife and fork, but that’s only superficial. Besides, in decent restaurants, you can always ask for a pair
of knife and fork, if you find the chopsticks not helpful enough. The real difference is that in the West, you have your own plate of food, while in China the dishes are placed on the table and
everyone shares. If you are being treated to a formal dinner and particularly if the host thinks you’re in the country for the first time, he
