老外最想聊的100個英語口語話題（31)： 餐桌禮儀

　　Table Manners 餐桌禮儀

　　dialogue 1

　　Tom: we are going out for dinner tonight. Are you coming, Betty?

　　晚上我們要一起出去吃飯,貝蒂,你一塊兒去嗎?

　　Betty: I'm not sure. I have to check my schedule. Where are you going?

　　我不太確定,要先看一下我的安排.你們去哪兒吃飯?

　　T: oh, Jake made a reservation at Friday's.

　　哦,杰克預定了星期五餐廳.

　　B: Jack?

　　杰克?

　　T: yes, the one with the R$D team. Is that a problem?

　　對啊,就是研發(fā)組的杰克.怎么了?

　　B: I will never go out with him anymore.

　　我再也不會和他一起出去吃飯了.

　　T: why did you say so?

　　為什么這么說?

　　B: last time when we had dinner at the Smith's, it was a horrible experience. He had no manners at all!

　　上次我們一起去史密斯家吃晚飯,太可怕了.他吃飯根本就沒規(guī)矩.

　　T: oh, really?

　　真的嗎?

　　B: he made a lot of noises while eating. He talked with his mouth full and sipped loudly.

　　他吃飯時發(fā)出很大的聲響,嘴里塞滿了吃的卻說個不停,喝湯時還弄出很大的聲音來.

　　T: are you kidding me? How could he behave like that?

　　你在開玩笑吧!他怎么能這樣呢?

　　B: it is true. Everyone kept looking at him. It was so embarrassing as I was sitting right next to him.

　　真的,當時每個人都在不停地看著他.我正好坐在他旁邊,覺得特別尷尬.

　　T:what a shame! Didn't he realized that?

　　真丟人!他自己沒有意識到嗎?

　　B: I have no idea. He seemed to enjoy the dinner very much.

　　我不知道,他看起來吃的很開心.

　　T; maybe he should really something about eating etiquette.

　　或許他真該學學餐桌禮儀了.

　　B: oh, he really should.

　　是啊,他真的應該學學.

　　dialogue 2

　　T: hi, Betty.what's up?

　　你好,貝蒂.最近怎么樣?

　　B: nothing special. how about you? Are you used to the life here in the States?

　　一切如故.你呢?在美國生活得還習慣嗎?

　　T: evertything has been fine for the past several months.

　　這幾個月都挺好的.

　　B: great!

　　真好!

　　T: well, I wish someone could talk to me about Western table manners

　　嗯,我希望有人能跟我說說西方的餐桌禮儀.

　　B: sounds interesting. Where did you get the idea?

　　聽起來挺有意思.為什么會這么想?

　　T: as you know, table manners in China are quite different from those of Westerners.

　　你也知道,中國的餐桌禮儀和西方的差別還是挺大的.

　　B: absolutely. that's because both of us have distinctive cultural features.

　　當然啦,這是因為我們有不同的文化.

　　T: for example, in China, it's okay to talk while eating. However, you may regard it as rude.

　　比方說,中國人認為吃飯時可以講話,相反你們會覺得這樣很沒禮貌.

　　B: yes. this must be a huge difference.

　　是的,這是中西文化的一個巨大差異.

　　T: can you think of anything else?

　　你能說說其他方面嗎?

　　B: sure. We tend to think that the slower on eats, the more polite one seems.

　　好的.我們會認為一個人吃得越慢,顯得越有修養(yǎng).

　　T: I didn't know that before.

　　我第一次聽說呢.

　　B: and we never sip or slurp the soup loudly. we quietly like little mouthfuls.

　　而且我們喝湯時不會發(fā)出聲響.我們會安靜地一小口一小口喝.

　　T: i got it. i'll bear it in mind.

　　我知道了.我應該記住這些.

　　B: don't worry. i'm sure our etiquette will become a natural part of your behavior as time goes by.

　　不用擔心,過些日子,這些禮儀一定會自然而然地成為你日常行為的一部分.

　　T: I hope so.

　　但愿如此吧.