有关Chinese customs 的补充材料.pptx

Homework :;Time;Meeting people;Table manners;Table manners;Table manners;? Elegance It is not good manners to pick up too much food at a time. You should behave elegantly. When taking food, don’t nudge or push against your neighbor. Don’t let the food splash or let soup or sauce drip onto the table. When eating, you should close your mouth to chew food well before you swallow it, which is not only a requirement of etiquette, but also better for digestion. You should by no means open your mouth wide, fill it with large pieces of food and eat up greedily. Don’t put too much food into your mouth at a time to avoid leaving a gluttonous impression. Neither should you stretch your neck, open your mouth wide and extend your tongue to catch food you are lifting to your mouth.;Table manners;Table manners;Table manners;Giving gifts/ What to do for someone’s birthday;It is inappropriate to send a clock or things to do with four as a gift, because they associate with funeral and death. Scissors or sharp things are not proper either, since they symbolize severing relations. Small items like books, music CDs, perfumes, cigarettes and candies from your country are always well received Offer your gifts, which will probably be placed on the table or taken away unopened, as is the Chinese custom. Fruit is popular, though confectionery or souvenir products from your own country would also be welcomed. ? Never write things in red ink. It symbolizes protest or severe criticism.;Visiting someone’s home;? Chinese people are just as proud of their country as visitors are of theirs, and probably more so. They can get a little irritated when customers favor them with criticisms of China. They know that things are not perfect, and they also know that they, like other countries, are working hard to deal with problems of environment and population and so on. Discussions regarding politics, state leaders, recent history, and issues about Taiwan, Xinjiang and Tibet are still seen as sensitive. ?