table_manners.pptVIP

Chinese Table Manners Not rude to reach in front of someone to grab something Polite to reach for food with chopsticks Chinese host like to put food on your plate for you Your host will fill up your dish if it is empty Never take the last bit from a serving dish begins with a set of at least four cold dishes Business Table Manners in China Banquets（宴会） start around 6:30-7:00 p.m. Last about 2 hours Arrive 30 minuets before your guests Business is not always discussed during a meal Never eat before your host Return the favor American Table Manners Food is passed around the table If something is out of your reach, you ask politely for someone to pass it to you Not rude to leave plate full Not rude to leave your plate empty Not rude to take last item off dish Business Table Manners in America Arrive early, especially if you are the host Pay for the meal in advance Courteous(客气的） to hold the door open for male and female Business is discussed during the meal Eating Habits in China Dishes are placed on the table and everybody shares Give guests a taste of many different types of dishes Hostess like to put food into the plates of their guests. When eating rice hold bowl close to mouth Eat lightly at meals, could be up to 20 courses Eating Habits in America Food is passed to the right Have own plate of food Try little of everything Keep table cloth clean Food lifted to mouth Repulsive（令人厌恶的） to talk with mouth full No elbows on table Do not clean your teeth at the table, either with your finger or a tooth pick(牙签), not even with you tongue. Chinese are very proud of their culture of cuisine（菜肴） and will do their best to show their hospitality. China’s Chopsticks Chopsticks for eating rice Polite if try to use chopsticks Bad luck in set parallel on top of bowl, or dropped rude to Point your chopsticks to sth. or sb. Dont tap on your bowl with your chopsticks. Rude if chopsticks are stuck straight up in bowl ( this is that when somebody dies, the shr