UNIT 6 GOOD MANNERS

TABLE MANNERS

AT

A DINNER PARTY

Question: In what order will the following dishes be served at a western dinner party?

dessert drinks main course

starter soup

starter soup main course

dessert drinks

Make a list of things on a western dinner table.

a napkin a small bread roll

three glasses two pairs of knives and forks

two spoons a plate

Fill in the blanks:

People ____ go to a formal Western dinner party ____ the first time may be __________ by table ________ in Western culture. Knowing them will help you make a _____ impression. Having ______ table _________ means knowing, for example, ____ to use knives and forks, ______ to drink a toast and _____ to behave at the table.

whofor

surprised manners

good good

mannershow when

how

Dinner starts _____ a small dish, ______ is often called a _______. Some people _____ before they start eating, and other people may keep ______ for a moment. Then you cam say “ _____ your meal” to each other and _________ starts eating. ____ the starter, ______ you eat with the ________ pair, you keep the _____ in your _______ hand and the _____ in your ______.

whichwithstarter

praysilent

Enjoyeverybody

For whichsmaller kniferight forkleft

At table, you should try to speak ______ and ______ a lot, but do not _____ all the time.

quietlysmile laugh

Please insert the following passages into the proper places of the text.1. If there is a fish course, it will probably follow the soup. There may be a special fork for the fish, or it is similar to the meat fork. Often it is smaller.

2. It is impolite for you to leave the table during a meal, or before the hostess gives the signal at the end, when the hostess indicates that the dinner is over, she will start to rise from her seat and all the guests can rise from theirs at the same time.

3. The main course is followed by the dessert. Desserts are usually small and sweet dishes such as cakes, puddings, ice-cream or fruit, different kinds of cheese may also be served as dessert.

Some DON’TS in a western dinner:

1. Ask for a second soup.2. Touch meat on bones.

3. Take more food than you need.4. Laugh all the time.

5. Touch each others’ glasses.6. Drink too much.

Language pointsWords and expressions:

1. 拜访某人 / 某地

2. 把某人介绍给某人

3. 为某事向某人道歉

4. 给某人留下好印象

5. 为某人的健康而干杯

6. 喝一小口

7. 赶时髦

8. 忙于……

pay a visit to sb. / sth.

introduce sb. to sb.

apologise to sb. for sth.

drink to one’s health

make a good impression on sb.

take a sip

follow the fashion

be busy with

9. 有礼貌

10. 请随便吃 .

11. 以……开始，从……开始

12. 要求得到，要求见到

13. 用餐

14. 敬酒的 习惯

15. 运用，使用，利用

16. 以某人为笑柄；拿某人开玩笑

17. 省掉，遗漏

have good manners

Enjoy your meal

start with

ask for

at table

the custom of toasting

make use of

make joke about sb.

= begin with

leave out

18. raise & rise

raise vt. 使上升rise vi. 升起，上升，起立

价格被提高了。

Prices have been ______ up.

近来价格上涨了。

Prices _____ recently.

raised

rose

19. lay, lie & lie

词义 过去时 过去分词 现在分词

lie 躺，位于

lie 撒谎

lay 搁，放，下蛋

lay lain lying

lied lied lying

laid laid laying

sentences:1. It’s polite (of you) to finish eating everything on your plate, so don’t take more food than you need.

It’s adj. of sb. to do sth.

对某人来说，做某事很……。

多用在批评或是表扬的时

其它用 for you

It’s difficult for you to do this English question.

It’s adj. for sb to do sth.

2. For drinking during a dinner, the best advice is never to drink too much.

advice 后接不定式做表语，表示做……的建意是……

3. I have a good time during the holiday, and now it is time for me to study hard.

It is time…… 是做某事的时候了

time 前没有冠词。固定搭配。

4. When drinking to someone’s health, you raise your glasses.

when / while 引起的从句中，如果主语与主句的主语一致，而谓语中含有 be 动词的，从句中的主谓语可省略。

When / While on his way home, he had an accident.00

some exercises:改错：

1. He afforded me an for being late.

2. Good are very important for everybody.

3. Let’s drink your health.

4. His words surprised all of us.

5. It is foolish you to make such a mistake.

6. The book made a good impression me.

7. Ms. Zhang gave me some on how to study English well.

apologise

manner

for

were

for

to

advices

apology

manners

to

of

on

advice

8. The number of students in this school by 5% every year.

9. It’s 12:00. All the bells are striking. yeas has come.

翻译：

1. It is impolite to _______________________ ( 含着满口食物说话。 )

2. My advice is ____________________________________

___________________( 和其他客人一起离开晚会。 )

3. Let’s _____________________.( 为你的成功干杯）

raises

The other

rises

Another

talk with your mouth full

to leave a party at the same time as the

other guests

drink to your success

Some prefixes:

1.dis- disagree discover disappear dislike

2.in- incomplete incorrect

3.im- impolite impossible

4.un- unable unfair

5.non- non-stop non-smoker

6.re- rewrite reconsider

Grammar

Restrictive attributive clause:

1. The extra information is necessary.

2. We don’t use commas with these clauses.

Non-restrictive clause:

1. The extra information can be left out.

2. We use commas with these clauses.

Examples:

1. The knife and fork that are closest to your plate are bigger than the ones beside them.

2. Dinner starts with a small dish, which is often called a starter.

3. This is the house which we bought last month.

这是我们上个月买的那幢房子。

4. The house, which we bought last month, is very nice.

这幢房子很漂亮，是我们上个月买的。

5. I have a brother who is a doctor.

6. I have a brother, who is a doctor.

7. He has three sons, all of whom are workers.

8. Last week I bought a second-hand bike, the price of which is reasonable.

9. He was late for school, which was not expected.10. Tom has found a new job, which is good news for his family.