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Bookshelf Visiting Friends Bookshelf Silent Reading Text Understanding Cultural Tips and Hints Language Points Text Translation Exercises Silent Reading You are going to read a passage about dinner invitation. Before you read, note your own views on the different aspects of the subject. Text Understanding Read the passage and try to answer the questions below. Text Understanding Read the passage and try to answer the questions below. Text Understanding Read the passage and try to answer the questions below. Cultural Tips and Hints Table Manners There Are Various Written Invitations in America Why Americans Offer Home Hospitality Cultural Tips and Hints Table Manners Table Manners are important and complicated in America. In general, Americans try to eat neatly, without making a lot of noise. If something on the table is out of their reach, they politely ask someone to pass it to them. Food should be lifted up to the mouth. Do not bend over to eat it. They sit up as straight as they can without being uncomfortable. They do not talk with the mouth full. Table napkins are placed on the lap, folded in half if they are very large. If they are in a small group, it is polite to wait to start eating until the host sits down and begins, or if the host urges the guests to. They use their fork, knife and spoon to eat their food. There are some exceptions, like lobster and corn on the cob, cookies, shrimp, and fried chicken and other foods. If they do eat with their hands, they don’t lick their fingers to clean them. Generally, it is not polite to pick the teeth at the table to remove trapped food. If they have to do this before the end of the meal, they excuse themselves and go to the restroom. Cultural Tips and Hints There Are Various Written Invitations in America R.S.V.P. (reply to an invitation) : If you receive a written invitation with the notation “R.S.V.P.” on it, it means that you should contact the host by phone to let him or her know whether or not you can atte