中美餐桌礼仪的不同1.pptVIP

* Background 全球经济的发展,跨文化交际日益频繁,中西文化差异变得更加明显,特别是餐桌礼仪的差异。 With the development of global economy, cross-culture communication has become more and more frequent, and the differences between Chinese and western culture have become more obvious, especially the differences of table manners. SITTING 入席 In China, any banquet, only will have one form, will be everybody sits in a circle all round. The banquet must use the round table, this formally has created one kind of unity, politeness, altogether the interest atmosphere. However,westerners treat with a long table, men and women sit in the owner at both ends, and then the guest of honor men and women in the press and the general order of the guests seating arrangements. Western people prefer long table to round table when entertaining friends. The host and the hostess seat at both end of the table, while guests seat at other seats. The chief guest sits at the upper right side of the hostess, and the wife of the chief guest seats at the upper right side of the host. 重要的客人坐在女主人的右上角，而重要客人的妻子坐在主人的右上角位置。 In China, left is honor and right is secondary. While in western, right is honor and left is secondary. The proper way to take the seat in western is to sit by the left hand. It is better not to walk out before the banquet is finished. Chinese Chinese table wares involve chopsticks, small dish, bowl and glass. Chopsticks and spoon are always put together on the right hand of the plate. Toothpick and ashtray are also necessary. Western In western meals , they use so much table wares with different kinds and sizes. the use of table wares also shows different food culture in different countries, the main table wares in western are knives, forks , spoons , glass and napkin. Chopsticks are the main table wares in Chinese food culture. It is impolite to use chopsticks to clean tooth, or pick other things that aren’t food. It is also bad manner to talk with chopsticks in hand. The right way t