餐桌

Under normal circumstances, there is a display table knife and fork 2, the outside fork for the salad you eat inside fork to eat the staple food and other snack food, knife used to cut meat.

一般情况下，餐桌上摆放有一幅餐刀和两幅餐叉，外边的餐叉供你吃色拉，里边的餐叉用于吃主食和其它点心食品，餐刀用来切肉食。

From the time our cavemen ancestors goawed their wild-pig bones in front of their smoke fire to our own days when we sit around a table spread with showy linen and shining silver, we have history of change in eating habits from the simple satisfaction of hunger to the meal as a delightful and rather complex social institution.

从前，我们的穴居祖先围在烟雾迷漫的篝火前啃咬野猪骨头，其目的只是充饥果腹，而今天，我们在铺着雪白桌面和摆着锃亮银具的餐桌前进餐，饮食已成为令人愉快又非常复杂的社会习俗，这就是我们饮食习惯的变更历史。

From the time when our caveman ancestors gnawed their wild pig bones in front of their smoking fire to our own days when we sit around a table spread with snowy linen and shining silver, we have the history of the change in eating habits from the simple satisfaction of hunger to the meal as a delightful

从前我们穴居的祖先在烟雾弥漫的篝火前啃咬野猪骨头，其目的只是为了充饥裹腹。今天，我们围坐在铺着雪白桌布，摆着明亮银餐具的餐桌周围进餐，吃饭已变成了一种相当复杂、但又令人愉快的社会习俗。

From the time when our caveman ancestors gnawed their wild pig bones in front of their smoking fire to our own days when we sit around a table spread with snowy linen and shining silver, we have the history of the change in eating habits from the simple satisfaction of hunger to the meal as a delightful, if rather complex, social institution.

从前我们穴居的祖先在烟雾弥漫的篝火前啃咬野猪骨头，其目的只是为了充饥裹腹。今天，我们围坐在铺着雪白桌布，摆着明亮银餐具的餐桌周围进餐，吃饭已变成了一种相当复杂、但又令人愉快的社会习俗。这就是我们饮食习惯变革的历史。

In the West, table manners are very important.

在西方，餐桌礼节是很重要的。

I will tell you all the things I know about table manners.

我将会把我所知道的关于餐桌礼仪方面的知识都告诉你。

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

你也知道，中国的餐桌礼仪和西方的差别还是挺大的。

You'd better watch your table manners. Don't embarrass yourself and me.

你最好能注意一下自己的餐桌礼仪，不要让你自己和我尴尬。

Here are some things you need to know about table manners when you visit Japan.

以下是一些你需要了解的餐桌礼仪知道你何时访问日本。

Could you please tell us something about table manners in western countries?

你能告诉我们一些有关西方国家的餐桌礼仪吗？

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。