1. Table manners from Englishspeaking culture Presented by--- Tina Tseng Patty Chang

2. 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

3. 1)Opening If we do not know the table manners………… We would be like this!!! How embarrassing!!!!!!!

4. 2)General Table manners 1.Stand up when lady leaves 2.Keep elbows off the table 3.Sit in decent pose 4.Napkin (on the lap) 5.Dishes (passed from left to right) 6.Fork and knife 7.Eat with fingers 8.Eat bread 9.Wine with stemmed-glass 10.Pour the drink

5. 3)American table manners 1.Prayer or blessing 2.Fork (with the tines-up) 3.Knife 4.Spoon 5.Beverages 6. When finished(with the fork at the 4 o'clock position)

6. 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)

7. 5)Utensils & their place setting Let's learn how to use utensils with Vivian!!! Let's learn how to use utensils with Vivian!!!

8. 6)Comparison with the European style American European (Continental) After cutting, should the fork be transferred to the righ hand for eating? YesNo Eating with the fork tines up or down tines uptines-down The use of fish knifesare 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 centuryfrom 18th century

9. 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”!!!

10. 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

11. The End!! Thanks for your attention!