老外最想聊的100个英语口语话题（31)： 餐桌礼仪

1、.Table Manners 餐桌礼仪dialogue 1Tom: we are going out for dinner tonight. Are you coming, Betty?晚上我们要一起出去吃饭,贝蒂,你一块儿去吗?Betty: I'm not sure. I have to check my schedule. Where are you going?我不太确定,要先看一下我的安排.你们去哪儿吃饭?T: oh, Jake made a reservation at Friday's. 哦,杰克预定了星期五餐厅.B: Jack?杰克?T: yes, th

2、e one with the R$D team. Is that a problem?对啊,就是研发组的杰克.怎么了?B: I will never go out with him anymore.我再也不会和他一起出去吃饭了.T: why did you say so?为什么这么说?B: last time when we had dinner at the Smith's, it was a horrible experience. He had no manners at all!上次我们一起去史密斯家吃晚饭,太可怕了.他吃饭根本就没规矩.T: oh, really?真的吗?B:

3、 he made a lot of noises while eating. He talked with his mouth full and sipped loudly.他吃饭时发出很大的声响,嘴里塞满了吃的却说个不停,喝汤时还弄出很大的声音来.T: are you kidding me? How could he behave like that?你在开玩笑吧!他怎么能这样呢?B: it is true. Everyone kept looking at him. It was so embarrassing as I was sitting right next to him.真的,当

4、时每个人都在不停地看着他.我正好坐在他旁边,觉得特别为难.T:what a shame! Didn't he realized that?真丢人!他自己没有意识到吗?B: I have no idea. He seemed to enjoy the dinner very much.我不知道,他看起来吃的很开心.T; maybe he should really something about eating etiquette.或许他真该学学餐桌礼仪了.B: oh, he really should.是啊,他真的应该学学. dialogue 2T: hi, Betty.wha

5、t's up?你好,贝蒂.最近怎么样?B: nothing special. how about you? Are you used to the life here in the States?一切如故.你呢?在美国生活得还习惯吗?T: evertything has been fine for the past several months.这几个月都挺好的.B: great!真好!T: well, I wish someone could talk to me about Western table manners嗯,我希望有人能跟我说说西方的餐桌礼仪.B: sounds int

6、eresting. Where did you get the idea?听起来挺有意思.为什么会这么想?T: as you know, table manners in China are quite different from those of Westerners.你也知道,中国的餐桌礼仪和西方的差异还是挺大的.B: absolutely. that's because both of us have distinctive cultural features.当然啦,这是因为我们有不同的文化.T: for example, in China, it's okay to

7、 talk while eating. However, you may regard it as rude.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.B: yes. this must be a huge difference.是的,这是中西文化的一个宏大差异.T: can you think of anything else?你能说说其他方面吗?B: sure. We tend to think that the slower on eats, the more polite one seems.好的.我们会认为一个人吃得越慢,显得越有修养.T: I didn't know that before.我第一次听说呢.B: and we never sip or slurp the soup loudly. we quietly like little mouthfuls.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.T: i got it. i'll bear it in mind.我知道了.我应该记住这些.B: don't worry. i'm sure our etiquett