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1、American Table MannersBeforediningBeforesittingdowntoaformalmeal,gentlemenstandbehindtheirchairsuntilthewomenareseated.Aprayeror'blessing'maybecustomaryinsomehouseholds,andtheguestsmayjoininorberespectfullysilent.Napkinsareplacedinthelap.Atmoreformaloccasionsdine
2、rswillwaittoplacetheirnapkinsontheirlapsuntilthehostplaceshisorhernapkinonhisorherlap.Atmoreformaloccasionsalldinersshouldbeservedatthesametimeandwillwaituntilthehostessorhostliftsaforkorspoonbeforebeginning.GeneralmannerswhilediningAsisthetraditionalmanner,thefo
3、odmaybepassedaroundorservedbyahostorstaff.Ifpassed,youshouldpassontheservingdishtothenextpersoninthesamedirectionastheotherdishesarebeingpassed.Youshouldconsiderhowmuchisontheservingdishandnottakemorethanaproportionalamountsothateveryonemayhavesome.Ifyoudonotcare
4、foranyofthedish,passittothenextpersonwithoutcomment.Whenserving,servefromtheleftandpick-upthedishfromtheright.Beverages,however,aretobebothservedaswellasremovedfromtheright-handside.Dipyoursoupspoonawayfromyouintothesoup.Eatsoupnoiselessly,fromthesideofthespoon.W
5、henthereisasmallamountleft,youmayliftthefrontendofthedishslightlywithyourfreehandtoenablecollectionofmoresoupwithyourspoon.Ifyouarehavingdifficultygettingfoodontoyourfork,useasmallpieceofbreadoryourknifetoassist.Neveruseyourfingersorthumb.ItisacceptableintheUnite
6、dStatesnottoacceptallofferings,andtonotfinishallthefoodonyourplate.Nooneshouldaskwhyanotherdoesn'twantanyofadishorwhyhehasnotfinishedaserving.Thereshouldbenonegativecommentsaboutthefoodnoroftheofferingsavailable.Chewwithyourmouthclosed.Donotslurp,talkwithfoodinyo
7、urmouth,ormakeloudorunusualnoiseswhileeating.Say"Excuseme,"or"Excuseme.I'llberightback,"beforeleavingthetable.Donotstatethatyouaregoingtotherestroom.Donottalkexcessivelyloudly.Giveothersequalopportunitiesforconversation.Refrainfromblowingyournoseatthetable.Excuse
8、yourselffromthetableifyoumustdoso.Burping,coughing,yawning,orsneezingatthetableshouldbeavoided.Ifyoudoso,say,"Excuseme."Neverslouchortiltbackwhileseatedinyourc
