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1、American Table MannersBeforediningBeforesittingdowntoaformalmeal,gentlemenstandbehindtheirchairsuntilthewomenareseated.Aprayeror'blessing'maybecustomaryinsomehouseholds,andtheguestsmayjoininorberespectfullysilent.GeneralmannerswhilediningAsisthetradi
2、tionalmanner,thefoodmaybepassedaroundorservedbyahostorstaff.Ifpassed,youshouldpassontheservingdishtothenextpersoninthesamedirectionastheotherdishesarebeingpassed.Youshouldconsiderhowmuchisontheservingdishandnottakemorethanaproportionalamountsothateve
3、ryonemayhavesome.Ifyoudonotcareforanyofthedish,passittothenextpersonwithoutcomment.Whenserving,servefromtheleftandpick-upthedishfromtheright.Beverages,however,aretobebothservedaswellasremovedfromtheright-handside.Dipyoursoupspoonawayfromyouintothesou
4、p.Eatsoupnoiselessly,fromthesideofthespoon.Whenthereisasmallamountleft,youmayliftthefrontendofthedishslightlywithyourfreehandtoenablecollectionofmoresoupwithyourspoon.Ifyouarehavingdifficultygettingfoodontoyourfork,useasmallpieceofbreadoryourknifetoa
5、ssist.Neveruseyourfingersorthumb.ItisacceptableintheUnitedStatesnottoacceptallofferings,andtonotfinishallthefoodonyourplate.Nooneshouldaskwhyanotherdoesn'twantanyofadishorwhyhehasnotfinishedaserving.Thereshouldbenonegativecommentsaboutthefoodnorofthe
6、offeringsavailable.Chewwithyourmouthclosed.Donotslurp,talkwithfoodinyourmouth,ormakeloudorunusualnoiseswhileeating.Say"Excuseme,"or"Excuseme.I'llberightback,"beforeleavingthetable.Donotstatethatyouaregoingtotherestroom.Donottalkexcessivelyloudly.Give
7、othersequalopportunitiesforconversation.Refrainfromblowingyournoseatthetable.Excuseyourselffromthetableifyoumustdoso.Burping,coughing,yawning,orsneezingatthetableshouldbeavoided.Ifyoudoso,say,"Excuseme."Neverslouchortiltbackwhileseatedinyourchair.Don
8、ot"playwith"yourfoodorutensils.Neverwaveorpointsilverware.Youmayrestforearmsorhandsonthetable,butnotelbowsDonottalkonyourphoneor"text"atthetable,orotherwisedosomethingdistracting,suchasreadorlistentoapersonalmusicplayer.Readingatthetableispermittedon