The dinner table etiquette is the important item which in the social contact and the international contact should be fastidious.From the state banquet, to personal invites, all must follow certain etiquette criterion.To the dinner table culture etiquette which the different country cultural context produces with the world in also greatly has the difference.Speeds up day by day along with our country reform and open policy step, the transnational human relations increase day by day, the life style renewal and the society associate the liveliness, understood different national the dinner table culture etiquette has the necessity very much.The dinner table etiquette already relates the country the image, also relates the international contact.It represents is the respect and the civilized reflection.Also may unfold us well on the dinner table great nation style, carries forward nation of the etiquette classical cultural inheritance. The this article first chapter first summarized the Chinese meal dinner table etiquette, the western-style food dinner table etiquette as well as its difference.Thus derives its reason the second chapter, that is the West cultural context difference, and simultaneously proposed understands the various countries cultural context mutually the importance.The third rules will carry on the forecast to China and the West dinner table culture etiquette future trend. Key word: Chinese meal dinner table etiquette; Western-style food dinner table etiquette; China and the West cultural context
Table manners and the social exchanges and international exchanges should be about important matters. Generally state that small private dinner to have to follow certain etiquette guidelines. Up with the world on the cultural background of different countries, arising from the table etiquette differs greatly from that culture. As China's reform and opening up the pace is accelerating, increasing cross-border communication, lifestyle and the update of the active social interaction to understand the different countries and cultural etiquette of the table is necessary. Table manners not only related to the country's image, is also related to international exchanges. It represents a reflection of respect and civilization. Can also show us a better table at a big country style礼仪之邦classic will carry forward the cultural heritage.
This article summarizes the first chapter Chinese table manners, table manners and the Western differences. Its causes in order to export the second chapter, which is in the background of Western culture and at the same time a mutual understanding of the importance of countries and cultural backgrounds. Chapter III on the Western table manners and cultural outlook towards the future.
Key words: Chinese table manners; Western table manners; background of Chinese and Western culture;
We soon believe what we desire.
我们欲望中的东西,我们很快就信以为真。—— Chaucer乔叟
The darkest hour is that before the dawn.
黎明前的时分是最黑暗的。—— Fuller 富勒
The longest day has an end.
最难过的日子也有尽头。—— Howell 贺韦尔
Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.
生活而无目标,犹如航海之无指南针。—— J. Ruskin 鲁斯金
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
手中的一只鸟胜于林中的两只鸟。—— Heywood 希伍德
One swallow does not make a summer.
一燕不成夏。—— Taverner 泰维纳
A man may lead a horse to the water, but he cannot make it drink.
一个人可以把马带到河边,但他不能令它饮水。 —— Heywood 希伍德
One cannot eat one’s cake and have it.
一个人不能把他的糕饼吃掉之后还留在手上。 —— Davies 戴维斯
Time is money.
时间就是金钱。—— Benjamin Franklin富兰克林
Time and tide wait for no man.
时间不等人。—— Scott 斯科特
There is no rose without a thorn.
没有玫瑰花是不长刺的。—— Ray 雷
Lookers-on see most of the game.
旁观者清。—— Smedley 斯密莱
Beggars cannot be choosers.
行乞者不得有选择。—— Heywood 希伍德
First catch your hare.
首先必须捕获兔子,然后才能宰之。—— Thackeray 萨克雷
Victory won’t come to me unless I go to it.
胜利是不会向我走来的,我必须自己走向胜利。—— M. Moore 穆尔
A great man is always willing to be little.
伟大的人物总是愿意当小人物的。—— R. W. Emerson 爱默生
Cowards die many times before their deaths.
懦夫在未死之前,已身历多次死亡的恐怖了。 —— Julius Caesar 凯撒
Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real.
但凡人能想象到的事物,必定有人能将它实现。 —— Jules Verne 凡尔纳
Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
早睡早起使人健康、富裕又聪明。—— Benjamin Franklin 富兰克林
Follow your own course, and let peopke talk。
走自己的路,让别人去说吧。
Deeds,not words。
少说话,多做事。
A good heart is worth gold。
好心胜黄金。
All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.
只要有追求的勇气,一切梦想皆可成真.
The years teach much which the days never know。
学问积年而成,而每日不知。
The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centries。
阅读一切好书,如同和过去最杰出的人交谈。
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety – nine percent perspiration.
天才来自百分之一的灵感和百分之九十九的血汗。
Life is not all cakes and ale.
人生并不就是吃喝玩乐
Table manners and the social exchanges and international exchanges should be about important matters. Generally state that small private dinner to have to follow certain etiquette guidelines. Of the world in different countries and cultural backgrounds of the table generated by cultural etiquette differs greatly from that.
Its causes in order to export the second chapter, which is in the background of Western culture and at the same time a mutual understanding of the importance of countries and cultural backgrounds. Chapter III on the Western table manners and cultural outlook towards the future. Key words: Chinese table manners; Western table manners; background of Chinese and Western culture;
As China's reform and opening up the pace is accelerating, increasing cross-border communication, lifestyle and the update of the active social interaction to understand the different countries and cultural etiquette of the table is necessary. Table manners not only the image of the country, is also related to international exchanges. It represents a reflection of respect and civilization. Can be better displayed in the table on our big country style礼仪之邦classic will carry forward the cultural heritage. This article summarizes the first chapter Chinese table manners, table manners and the Western differences.