【正文】 be neglected. Their advantages and disadvantages are all appearance in the process of contrast researching. This kind of researching is good for the positive movement of culture as taking the essence and discarding the dregs, then promoting the development of our national language and culture.Works Cited[ 1]賈玉新. 跨文化交際學(xué)[M ]. 上海: 上海外語教育出版社, 1997.[ 2]胡文仲. 跨文化交際學(xué)概論[M]. 北京: 外語教學(xué)與研究出版社, 1999.[ 3] SAMOVAR .LA, 跨文化交際[M]. 北京: 外語教學(xué)與研究出版社, 2000.[ 4 ]費霓云. 中西方餐桌禮儀英文PowerPoint 百度文庫[ 5 ]張亞紅. 中西方飲食文化差異以及餐桌禮儀的對比 哈爾濱師范大學(xué) 西語學(xué)院, 哈爾濱 150080 邊疆經(jīng)濟(jì)與文化TH E BORDER ECONOMY AND CULTURE4。 Do not put much food in your mouth at a time。Chinese and English Table MannersThesis statement: Intercultural munication has been people’s great help and indispensable matters along the road to 21st century’s modernity .Different regions, races, nations formed different cultures .Catering culture or table manners is an important part of intercultural munication in the aspect of nonlanguage cultures. We can understand English language better and avoid some misunderstandings between ourselves and the foreigners through table manners’ learning.This paper is intended to make a parison between Chinese and English table manners to see their differences and similarities, and a tentative explanation is given to the differences of these etiquette or customs from the aspect of culture as to illustrate the municative functions they play in their own society.Outline 1. Introduction 2. Comparison between Chinese and English table manners Comparison between Chinese and English eating habits Differences between Chinese and English table manners 3. Cultural connotation of Chinese and English table manners 4. Conclusion Works cited Chinese and English Table Manners1. Introduction Throughout human history people have been careful of their behaving at table. This is an old topic and we have literatures to know that table manners had formed an extremely perfect system at least backward to Zhou dynasty. Confucius had held the position of sacrifice of Lu kingdom and he gave table manners highly praise.Each culture has defined its own set of table manners. These table manners may be influenced by the culture39。 it is then the turn of your neighbor on the right. It is polite to take some of everything that is passed to you. But if there is something you may not like, you may quietly say: No thank you.“⑥ Various rules and SuggestionsSit up straight on your chai