高中英语Unit1Alandofdiversity背景知识拓展新人教版选修8.docVIP

Unit 1 A land of diversity Eating Custom and Practice American eating is funny. They eat almost everything with a fork, and it appears that holding a knife in ones right hand longer than a few seconds is considered to be against good table manners. The system is that if it is absolutely necessary to use a knife, people take the fork in their left hand, and cut off a piece of meat or whatever it is in the normal manner. Then they put the knife down, transfer the fork to their right hand, and only then do they transport the food to their mouth. This is clearly ludicrous 滑稽可笑 , but it is cons