Transcript Document 7401749

Table manners from English
speaking culture
Presented by--Tina Tseng
Patty Chang
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Outline
1) Opening
2) General Table manners
(similarities)
3) American table manners
4) British table manners
5) Utensils & the place setting
6) A brief comparison with the
European (Continental) style
7) Conclusion
1) Opening
If we do not know the table
manners…………
We would be like this!!!
How embarrassing!!!!!!!
2) General Table manners
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10.
Stand up when lady leaves
Keep elbows off the table
Sit in decent pose
Napkin (on the lap)
Dishes (passed from left to right)
Fork and knife
Eat with fingers
Eat bread
Wine with stemmed-glass
Pour the drink
3) American table manners
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6.
Prayer or blessing
Fork (with the tines-up)
Knife
Spoon
Beverages
When finished(with the fork at
the 4 o'clock position)
4) British table manners
1. Fork (with the tines-down)
2. Left-handed
3. Dishes should be passed
from left to right.
4. Eating desserts
5. For resting or short leaving
(with fork at 8 o'clock & knife
at 4 o'clock)
6. When finished(with fork at 6
o'clock)
5) Utensils & their place
setting
 Let's learn how to use
utensils with Vivian!!!
6) Comparison with the
European style
American
European
(Continental)
Yes
No
tines up
tines-down
The use of fish knifes
are rarely seen in
the U.S
Are used to cut the
food which is very soft
or flaky
When eating soup,
use the spoon
scooping in
movements away
from yourself.
scooping the soup
inwards
When was the fork
adopted?
from 19th century
from 18th century
After cutting, should
the fork be transferred
to the righ hand for
eating?
Eating with the fork
tines up or down
7) Conclusion
No matter in which culture,
table manners are very
important to everyone!!!
If we do not know the table
manners, we would be very
embarrassed just like Vivian in
the movie of “Pretty
Woman”!!!
Resources
1.The clips are extracted from
the movie”Pretty Woman”
http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=uaD08avTnlA
http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=36fI_XCbyIg
2.Table manners from Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_manners
3. Fork etiquette from Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fork_etiquette
4. Dining etiquette from Bremer
communications
http://www.bremercommunications.com/Dining_
Etiquette.htm
The End!!
Thanks for your attention!