Table Manners At A Dinner Party

Pre-reading• Look at the pictures and answer the

questions:

• What is going on in each picture?

• Do you often take part in a party?

• Do you know how to use fork and

knife to eat bread?

Group Work• Work in groups to write down the rules for being

polite in the situation of Chinese culture.

Situation Rules for being polite in Chinese culture

At a dinner party

Try to talk to people sitting beside you; smile; eat with chopsticks; stand up when others make a toast; don’t stand up to get the food, wait for others to get the food for you;don’t keep your hand under the table; don’t ask for more even if you are not full.

Teaching aims:• 1 ）使学生掌握西方国家宴会礼仪 （ Table Manners at a

dinner Party ）一文中的四会单词、短语和语言知识点。 Learn about good table manners

• 2 ） 在阅读的基础上，提高学生关于就餐礼仪方面的英语表达能力。如 how to lay the table 、 how to use forks and knivers 、 how to behave at the table; how to toast;

• 3 ）使学生掌握一些阅读策略，提高学生的阅读理解、分析能力。

• 4 ）增加学生对中西方餐桌文化差异的了解，培养学生跨文化的意识。

• 5 ）使学生学会如何查找、收集、处理和利用与某一主题相关的信息，培养学生的信息能力。

• 6）小组合作完成活动任务，进行对比研究、交流辩论，提高英语表达能力、高级思维能力、与人合作的能力，初步的分析研究能力。

Pictures

Dinner setting napkin toast

Birthday party table setting

Skimming

• Reading the text carefully and then answer the following questions:

1. How many pairs of knives and forks on the table?

2. Where are the forks on the plate? Where are the knives?

Skipping• Read the text again and finish the following

exercises.¤ People who go to a formal western dinner

party for the first time may be surprised by ___________ in Western culture.

¤ When you sit down at the table, you can take _____________, ________ it and _____it on your lap.

¤ Most Westerners like ____________ if they drive home. Many of them drink _____ or _________ with the food.

table manners

your napkin unfold put

soft drinkswhite

red wine

Comprehension• Listen to the tape carefully and then write

“P”(polite) or “I”(impolite) in brackets.( ) 1. Use the knife with your right hand.( ) 2. Put your napkin on your lap.( ) 3. Start eating as soon as your food is served in front of you.( ) 4. Ask for a second bowl of soup.( ) 5. Use your fingers when eating chicken.( ) 6. Finish eating everything on your plate.( ) 7. Talk loudly while eating.( ) 8. Make other people drink more spirits than they can take.

PP

PP

I

I

II

Groups Work• Look at the following pictures and find out

which one is found on a Chinese dinner table or a Western dinner table.

bowlchopsticks dessert

knifefork salad spoon

Post-reading• Laying the table for a dinner party in Western

countries and in China is not the same. Make a list of things on a Western dinner table and what is found on a Chinese one.Western dinner table Chinese dinner table

A small plate; a large plate; a napkin; a small basket with a roll of bread; a glass for red wine; a glass for white wine; a glass for water; two pairs of knives and forks…

A bowl; a Chinese spoon; small plate; a pair of chopsticks; a small ornament to rest the chopsticks on; a small tray with a humid cloth; a napkin; a small glass for spirits…

Pair Work• Task One: Do table manners in China also

change? Give some examples.

• Women were not allowed to eat at the table. ( Now women can sit together with others and eat at the same time.)

• Seats used to be arranged around the able according to the age or importance of the guests. (It is still a strong tradition at important banquets in the countryside, but no longer in cities.)

• Make 8, 10 or 12 dishes for each table. The dishes were brought up to the table in strict order, e.g. in southern China, the fish dish should be the last to serve.

• It used to be impolite to eat up all the food from the plates.(People now accept that it is better not to waste food. It is becoming OK to take left-over food home.)

• Give the guest as much wine as possible to drink.(It is still polite to urge the guest to drink, but not as persistent as before.)

Language Points• 1.People who go to a formal Western dinner pa

rty for the first time may be surprised by table manners in Western culture.

分析：who go to a formal western dinner party fro the first time 是一个定语从句修饰 people 。固定词组 for the first time 表示“第一次，首次”。e.g. He came to England for the first time. 他第一次来英国 。

• 2.Knowing them will help you make a good impression.

分析： Knowing them 是 v.-ing 动名词作主语，

Swimming in winter is a healthy sport.Crossing the Atlantic by plane takes onl

y a few hours nowadays.被动形态的动名词也可作主语 Being elected chairman is a great hono

r to him.

____ 3. Having good table manners means knowing, for example, how to use forks and knives, how to toast and how to behave at the table.

比如，良好的餐桌礼仪就是意味着在就餐时怎样使用餐具，怎样祝酒，以及怎样表现得有礼貌。

Mean 是常用词，主要有两个意思。作“打算、有……意图、意欲”解，后接名（代）词、

不定式、从句。表示主语的主观愿望，不接动名词。Anybody could see he meant no harm.

I mean to go and nothing is going to stop me.

作“意思是、意味着”解，后接名（代）词、动名词或从句。

What do you mean by acting like this?

5. When drinking to someone’d health, you raise your glasses, but the glasses should not touch.

你为别人的健康祝酒时，要举起酒杯，但不要碰杯。

Drink to sb./ drink sb./ drink to ones health / drink one’s health 都可以表示“为……健康干杯”，但有 to 比较正式。

I drink to your good health.

We drank to each other’s health for most of the evening.

_______

5. Although good manners always make you look good, you do not need to worry about all these rules while having dinner with friends or family.

虽然有礼貌总是使你显得有教养，但在同朋友和家人吃饭时，就不必担心这些礼节。

Although 或 though 是从属连词，引导让步状语从句，表示“虽然”。

We were not tired although (though) we had worked all day.

注意： 按照英语习惯， although(though) 不能与 but连用，如不可说： Although (though)…but… 。但为了加强前后两句的对比意义，在主句前可以加上yet 。

Although(though)he is young, he knows a lot.

 

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Exercises1. The painting is very old and should .

A. take care B. take care of

C. be taken care D. be taken care of

2. The doorway is low, so your head when you go in.

A. mind B. take care

C. expect D. attend

3. The teacher apologized _____ late. A. to his students to arrive B. to his students for arriving C. at his students for arrive. D. at his students for arriving.

4. Sophia’s birthday party _____ the English song Say You, Say Me.

A. started B. began C. started with D. began by

• 1 ． I want some coffee, but there is ______ in the pot.

A ． no one B ． something C ． none D ． nothing• 3 ． At last the workers had their pay

________. A ． raised B ． raise C ． risen

D ． rose• 6 ． One of the advantages of living on the

top floor of a high-rise is that you can get a good _____.

A ． sight B ． scene C ． view D ． look

Summary

重点句型：• Knowing them will help you make a good

impression

• It’s polite to …

• The custom is to…

• Although…, …

Homework: Task Two:Make a contrast study on table manners in Chinese

and Western culture.中西方餐桌习俗知多少？

• 活动目的：引导学生熟悉中西两种文化及生活习俗，提高跨文化交际的意思；

• 培养学生探究学习的能力，提高归纳、分析能力；• 在实践中复习、运用、巩固所学的词语。• 活动形式：• 1 ）个人活动：学生组内分工，一部分收集中国餐桌习俗（建议

采访上年纪的老人，）另一部分收集西方的，并列出要点；• 2 ）小组活动： • 学生自主分成两个大组（鼓励学习能力强的学生接纳需帮助的学

生），合作讨论，交流各自获取的信息资料；合作研究，分析两种习俗的异同；整理研究成果（或以表格形式，或以文章形式，或学生网站形式等）。

• 3 ）班级活动：展示各组研究成果。

Reference:

• http://www.qinglian.com/FOODSKLG/GBCQLY.html

• http://english.bhes.tpc.edu.tw/report/table_manners.asp http://www.qinglian.com/FOODSKLG/GBRHBDC.html