中西方餐桌礼仪差异的英文文献

A, banquet etiquette
(1) in when you're invited to dinner party, you sit at this table and table conversation, probably want to eat more interested in comparison. Therefore, should as far as possible to dine thetime little noise and less action.
(2) the hostess a picked up a napkin, you also can take your napkin, in your lap. Sometimes napkin package are a little bread. If that is the case will get it also, on the side of XiaoDie.
(3) napkin if large, double of overlapping in your lap, If small, is opened entirely. Never will napkin in collar or vest don't in hand, and don't rub disorderly. Can use the napkin corner of the mouth or wipe away the oil or dirt on her finger. Don't use it to wipe the silver or dishes.
(4) dinner usually start from soup. In your seat before the biggest a spoon is spoon, and it's on your right side of the side. Don't wrong with in the middle of the table and the spoon, because that can be taken with vegetables can jam.
(5) in the hostess takes up her a spoon or a fork, before the guest may not eat any kind of a dish. The hostess normally wait until every guest get after dish began. She doesn't like China get used to that, please eat first. When she picked up the spoon or a fork, that means you can do that.
(6) if you have fish this dish, it is found mostly in soup after send, table may have a special fish fork, it may also meat forks similar, usually are smaller, anyhow, harpoon in meat from the outside of the fork dish far side.
(7) usually served in fish, fish bone early before picking clean, if you eat the piece of fish and stab words, you can be left with a bread roll, or a piece of bread, right hand holding a knife through thorn.
(8) if mouth has got a splinter quietly, as far as possible, should not attract attention with fingers will it out, put them in the plate edge and don't put on the table, or throwing in underground.

In addition, I on French table manners taboo some knowledge, such as after:
Second, the French table manners seven avoid
Promised to each other's invitation if temporary have something to be late or even cancel the appointment, must notice to each other. When some of the later is acceptable, but if more than 15 minutes will give each other not value date of bad impression. In order when oneself should be selected favorite foods, if read the menu also have no idea word, but please waitress for you recommend restaurants specialty, but will give made clear, if eat seafood, don't eat red meats, remember everything hesitated, only knows how to say "is it (literally let)" will only add trouble to ride the guest. Dinner should pay attention to detail very much, but actually most daily's etiquette, just keep calm, not doing big movement, not a lot of noise or obstruction of others as a proper words had dinner.

1, use the most basic principle is tableware from outside to inside, complete a dish is serve to receive this copy of tableware, according to need or will fill the another set of knife and fork.

2, eat meat (such as when the steak) should start cutting corners, finished one again cut piece. Do not eat or parts of dishes, need to move it to plate.

3, such as mouth have anything to spit it out, shall be handed over to pick up a fork mouth, or with finger out, then moved to plate edge. The process must try not to lead others note that after meals can be naturally.

4, meet legumes or rice type of dishes, can left hand to hold the forks on flat surface plate, fork pointing upwards, again with a knife will legumes or rice light to fork on will be to dial. If need seasoning but stretched out his hand and took less than, can ask the other side pass you, don't stand up prone to take.

5, finish eat wipe hand wipe mouth with the napkin energetically rub, avoid by all means a corner of the carriage with the napkin attention to talk or finger print gently on the oil can be.

6, even if stool more comfortable, sitting position should be kept upright, don't depend on the back. While feeding body can be slightly lean forward, two arms shall cleave to the body, to avoid hitting the next door.

7, finish eat after each dish, such as put your knife and fork quadrilateral put, or play cross put in disorder, is very ugly. The correct method is put your knife and fork side by side on plate, fork tooth face up.