Question

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Different countries have different ideas about how to be polite. In Britain, table manners are important. But how do you show good table manners in Britain? Here is some advice:

How to sit: You should sit up straight in your chair. When you eat, don’t pick up the bowl. This is called very bad manners.

Noises at the table: It is never a good idea to make a noise at the table.

Using your fingers: 62Usually we don’t pick food up with our fingers when we are eating main dishes. But there are some foods such as pizza, sandwiches, chips and fruit we can eat with fingers.

Passing things: If someone asks you to pass something like the salt, only get it if you are the closest person to it. Never lean (倾斜, 倾倒) across someone else’s food. It’s more polite not to use it yourself first --- pass it directly to the person who asked, and then use it later. It’s best to taste your food before you put salt in it.

Your mouth: 63 It is not polite to talk with your mouth full of food, nor to eat with your mouth open.

How much to eat: It is polite to eat up the food that you have been offered, so a clear plate is a good plate. It shows that you enjoy the food. If you can’t finish everything and you can leave a little, that is okay. You could say something like “That was very nice, thank you.”

（一）根据短文内容简要回答问题。

How should you sit when you eat in Britain?

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What shows that you like the food?

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（二）将短文中划线的句子译成汉语。

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（三）请给短文拟一个适当的题目。

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Answer 1

【答案】

【1】We should sit up straight in our chairs.

【2】Eating up the food that you have been offered.

【3】通常我们在吃主菜的时候不用手把食物拿起来吃。

【4】嘴里塞满食物说话是不礼貌的，也不要张着嘴吃东西。

【5】Table Manners in Britain

【解析】本文介绍了英国的餐桌礼仪：如何坐着；是否发出噪音；是否用手拿起食物；如何传递东西；是否塞满嘴地说话；吃多少。

【1】根据How to sit: You should sit up straight in your chair.可知在英国吃饭时，你应该在椅子上坐直了，故此处为We should sit up straight in our chairs.

【2】根据It is polite to eat up the food that you have been offered, so a clear plate is a good plate. It shows that you enjoy the food. 可知吃光盘子里的食物可以表明你喜欢这个食物，故此处为Eating up the food that you have been offered.

【3】pick food up 拿起食物，with our fingers 用手； main dishes主菜，故此处为通常我们在吃主菜的时候不用手把食物拿起来吃。

【4】It 是形式主语，真正的主语是to talk with your mouth full of food,“嘴里塞满食物说话”，nor表示也不，eat with your mouth open “张着嘴吃东西”，故此处的意思为：嘴里塞满食物说话是不礼貌的，也不要张着嘴吃东西。

【5】根据But how do you show good table manners in Britain? Here is some advice:可知本文主要介绍了在英国的餐桌礼仪。故题目为Table Manners in Britain。