参观西方友人家.ppt

Visiting a Western Friend’s Home Visiting a Western Friend’s Home Nothing will make you feel easier to learn more of the Western customs than visiting a Western home. When you are doubtful about what to do, it is always polite to consult the host or hostess, which is much better that pretending a knowledge that you have not yet acquired. Visiting a Western Friend’s Home The Right Time to Arrive On Arrival How Long to Stay What to Say on Leaving Be Appreciative The Right Time to Arrive When you are invited to a luncheon, a dinner, or a supper, it is very impolite to arrive late, as the meal hour is usually given in the invitation. By arriving late, you will not only keep the other guests waiting, but cause great inconvenience to the hostess and possibly spoil the dinner. The Right Time to Arrive Western cooking is not like Chinese cooking, served up at the last minute, dish by dish from the frying pan. The dishes are all cooked, and planned to be ready exactly on the hour on which you are asked to come. The Right Time to Arrive It is just as important not to arrive too early. Your hostess may be still dressing or busy arranging the table or cooking the dinner, and not prepared to meet you. One should plan to arrive no more than five minutes before the appointed time-just in time to remove one’s wraps and meet the other guests before dinner. The Right Time to Arrive On other occasions-that is ,when you are not invited for a meal, it is right to arrive a few minutes after the time given in the invitation. On Arrival When you arrive, the hostess or some member of the family will probably meet you at the door and take your coat and hat. In the winter time you should dress more lightly than usual, as you may expect the rooms to be warmer than in most Chinese homes. It is bad manners to open a window or a door in another person’s home without first asking permission. Before you do that, you should consider the comfort of the other people present. On Arrival Your hos