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1、Today,IwillintroducethedifferencesoftablemannersbetweenChinaandWest.Mypresentationisdividedintofiveparts:backgroundandobjectives,arrangementofseat,tablewares,atmospheresattableandconclusion.Withthedevelopmentofglobaleconomy,cross-culturecommunicationhasb
2、ecomemoreandmorefrequent,andthedifferencesbetweenChineseandwesternculturehavebecomemoreobvious,especiallythedifferencesoftablemanners.Havingdinnerismorethanthebasicnecessityoflife.Instead,havingdinnerisanimportantpartinpeople’sdailylife.Bylearningthediff
3、erencesbetweenChineseandwesterntablemanners,wecanopenupeyesight,acquiremoreinformationandexpandthecircleofcommunication.Chinesearrangementofseatisdifferfromwestern’s.Chinesepeoplealwayschooseroundtableswhenenteringfriendsandseatsatonetablealsohavediffere
4、ntmeanings.Theseatoppositetothedooristhedoorseat,whichisforchiefguestsorelders;theseatsbesidearethesecondhonorseatwhichareforotherguests;theseatsthatoppositetothehonorseataretheinferiorseat.Inferiorseatareforthehostandhostess.Hostssitdownontheinferiorsea
5、tsafteralltheguestssitdown.Differently,westernpeoplepreferlongtabletoroundtablewhenenteringfriends.Thehostandthehostessseatatbothendofthetable.Thechiefguestsitsattheupperrightsideofthehostess,andthewifeofthechiefguestseatsattheupperrightsideofthehost.The
6、differencesareassociatedwithmanyreasons.Chinesepeoplebelievethatindividualconsciousnessshouldobeygroupconsciousness,whilewesternpeoplepreferindividualconsciousness.Chinesepeoplelayemphasisonreveringeldersandcaringtheyoung,whileWestern’sisself-expressiona
7、ndequals.Chineseandwesterntablewaresarealsodifferent.ChopsticksarethemaintablewaresinChinesefoodculture.It’simpolitetoinsertchopsticksstraightlyintothefood,becauseonlywhensacrificingthedeathdoChinesepeopledoingso.What’smore,usingchopsticksthatlickedtopic
8、kupfoodisveryimpoliteandwillmakeotherguestsfeelsick.InWest,peopleusuallyuseknife,forkandspoon.Therightordertousetablewaresistopickfromoutsidetoinside.Asweallknown,Chinesetableatmospherealwaysnoisyandalwaysthenoisierthebett
