American Table Manners

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1、AmericanTableMannersTheRoleofManners?ThereisnotmuchcallforacompleteworkingknowledgeoftablemannersinAmericatoday.Manyfamiliesonlygatherallatoncearoundthedinnertableatholidayfeasts,andmostrestaurantsaretoocasualtorequire,oreventoallowfor,morethanbasicgoodtablemanners.If,havingdroppedhi

2、snapkin,adineratabistroweretoattempttopracticeproperetiquettebysignalingamemberofthestafftobringafreshone,hewouldprobablyhavetodowithoutanapkinatall.Tryashemighttomakeeyecontactandindicatethenatureoftheproblemwithasubtlewiggleoftheeyebrowanddownwardflickeroftheglance,heislikelytosucc

3、eedonlyincausinghisdatetothinkheismakingaplayfortheserver.Althoughstrictgoodmannersforbidplacingausedeatingutensilbackonthetable,theserverremovingaplateonwhichaforkhasquiteproperlybeenpositioned"pointingat11o'clock"mightjustplopthatitembackwhereitstarted,makingmoreofaclatterthanifthe

4、dinerhadsimplydoneitherself.Fromtimetotime--perhapsatanimportantbusinessdinner,aromanticdateatanexpensiverestaurant,orafirstdinnerwiththefamilyofthepersonwhomaybe"theOne"--itisnecessarytodisplayamoresophisticatedknowledgeoftableetiquette.Thisisnotdifficult,onceyouhavemasteredthebasic

5、s.Anyonearmedwiththiscoreknowledgeandtheabilitytoadaptsmoothlytothesituationathandwillbeabletohandleeventhemostformalevent.Thegoalisnot,afterall,todemonstrateuttermasteryofthemostarcanedetailsofetiquette(whichwouldbequitedifficultconsideringthewidevariationsofcustomsindifferentcultur

6、esandfromgenerationtogeneration),butrathertobehavewithgraciousnessandpoiseatthetable.MasteringtheBasicsMuchofthedifficultyencounteredinlearningtablemannersderivesfromthestruggletomastertheritualhandlingofthevarioustoolsinvolved.Inordertodisplaytherightsocialveneer,itisnecessarytosita

7、tthetablewitheleganteaseandwieldtheutensilswithaplomb.Thedinerwholeavesthenapkinfoldedonhisplateuntilitobstructstheplacementofhisappetizerplaterevealshislackoftraining.Thedinnerpartyguestwhoobserveswithdismaythearrayofflatwareoneithersideofherplate,needonlytakethetimetolearnthesimple

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