table manners餐桌礼仪

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1、TableMannersThespiritofcourteousconductatawesterndinnertableWhatisa‘tablemanner’?Tablemannersareaboutacertainsectionofetiquette.Thistopicincludesanddescribeseverythingofetiquettethatisrelatedtotheproper,polite,courteousconductatadinnertableinagivenculturalenvironment.Inthisdocumentwewilltalkaboutt

2、ablemannersbythewesternculture.Whatisetiquette?Etiquetteisthestandardofcourteousconductinsocietyandamongindividualsfromagrouporprofession.Ahistoryofetiquette?EtiquetteisaFrenchwordmeaning‘label’or‘ticket’.InFrance,‘étiquette’begantobeusedtodescribeappropriateconduct.Finally,bythe18thcentury,thosew

3、hospokeEnglishembracedtheworditselfbytheFrenchmeaning.Ahistoryofetiquette?Sinceforever,etiquetteorthenormofproperconductisformedbyacertainsocietywithinacertainculturalenvironment.ConsequencesofhavingetiquetteDuringhistory,peoplewhowereabletobehaveaccordinglyandfollowtherules,couldbeapartofaselecte

4、dcompanywithintheirsociety.Thesepeoplecamenormallyfromaristocratic,noblecircles.ConsequencesofhavingetiquettePeoplewhocouldn’tfollowtherulesofetiquettecameusuallyfrompoorerclasses.Nobodytaughtthemhowtobehaveincertainsituations,northeyneededthisknowledgereally;forexampletheywerenotinvitedtoparticip

5、ateinnobleevents.Thereforeintheircourseoflifethesetypeofknowledgewasn’timportantatall.EtiquetteinthemodernworldAlthoughwedon’tliveinthefeudalismanymore,thenormsofnobleconductisinheritedeventoourdays.Alletiquettesaregenerallyacknowledgedassomethinghumanlyvaluable.Followingtheetiquetteisstillveryimp

6、ortanttopeopleinaristocraticoralsoinbusinesscirclestokeeptheirstatusquo.Otherwise,bytheirinproperbehavior,theywouldbeostracizedfromthegivencommunity.EtiquetteinthemodernworldFollowingthenormsofetiquettesofagivensocietycanbeimportantforall,whowantstoconductherselforhimselfcourteously,becauseeleganc

7、eandnoblebehaviorissimplypartsoftheirhumanvalues.Sowhydoweneedtolearnetiquette?Sincemostpeopleinaristocraticcirclesknowandacceptetiquette,itisourinteresttobeabletoadjusttothenorm.Ifwecan’tbehaveinaccordancetothec