英语选修跨文化交际论文中西方餐桌礼仪对比英文.docVIP

Chinese and English Table Manners Thesis statement: Intercultural communication has been people’s great help and indispensable matters along the road to 21st century’s modernity .Different regions, races, nations formed different cultures .Catering culture or table manners is an important part of intercultural communication in the aspect of non-language cultures. We can understand English language better and avoid some misunderstandings between ourselves and the foreigners through table manners’ learning. This paper is intended to make a comparison between Chinese and English table manners to see their differences and similarities, and a tentative explanation is given to the differences of these etiquette or customs from the aspect of culture as to illustrate the communicative functions they play in their own society. Outline 1. Introduction 2. Comparison between Chinese and English table manners 2.1 Comparison between Chinese and English eating habits 2.2 Differences between Chinese and English table manners 3. Cultural connotation of Chinese and English table manners 4. Conclusion Works cited Chinese and English Table Manners 1. Introduction Throughout human history people have been careful of their behaving at table. This is an old topic and we have literatures to know that table manners had formed an extremely perfect system at least backward to Zhou dynasty. Confucius had held the position of sacrifice of Lu kingdom and he gave table manners highly praise. Each culture has defined its own set of table manners. These table manners may be influenced by the cultures power orientation, philosophical or religious assumptions, environment, or any number of factors．Through table manners, it is possible to understand a cultures power structure, particular interpersonal communication patterns, and normative elements of the society system, structure, and functions. In different societies and cultures, there