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Table Manners Questions and answers: 1. What are the table manners in the United States mentioned in this MP3? 9 points 1) They often say a prayer before they start their meal 2) Do not put your elbows on the table, but the forearms are ok. 3) We usually put the napkin on our lap. 4) It is impolite to slurp your food, which is to make noise when you’re eating. 5) It is also common that if you are sitting at a table or in a restaurant with friends that you wait until everyone has their food before you start eating. 6) It’s also considered rude to burp at the dinner table. 7) Its also considered polite, at the dinner table, to keep your mouth closed when you are eating, not to chew, “chew,” with your mouth open. 8) There are some foods in the U.S. that you can eat with your hands, such as Pizza, Fried Chicken, bread, etc. 9) At the end of the meal, you want to thank the person, if you are in someones house, who cooked the meal. “Thanks you for the wonderful meals.” 2. What do Americans usually pray for before they start their meals? To say grace means to say a prayer, usually thanking God for the gifts of the food that you are about to eat. 3. What does “slurp” mean? Could you give an example mentioned in this MP3? That is to make a noise when you are eating your soup or drinking something out of a cup or glass Script: On todays Café were going to talk about table manners in the United States, how people eat their food. Were also going to talk about the capitol of the US, Washington, DC, and, as always, well answer a few questions. Lets get started. 今天的咖啡时间会聊聊美国的用餐礼仪，即人们怎样吃东西。 我们还会谈谈美国华盛顿的国会大厦；像往常一样，我们还会回答一些问题。 让我们开始吧。(节目简介，请稍候……) Our first topic today is going to be about what we would call table manners, “manners,” in the United States, and manners are the way that you behave, the way you act. If we say someone has good manners, we mean theyre polite, they do things according to the accepted rules of behavior. Table manners refers to how you are supposed