【正文】 ryone has their own plate of food, in China the dishes are placed on the table and everybody shares. If you feel unfortable with this, you can just say a polite thank you and leave the food there. There some other rules that are suggested you follow to make your stay in China happier, though you will be fiven if you have no idea of what they are. 1. Never stick your chopsticks upright in the rice bowl, lay them on your dish instead. Otherwise, it is deemed extremely impolite to the host and seniors present. The reason for this is that when somebody dies, the shrine to them contains a bowl of sand or rice with two sticks of incense stuck upright in it. So if you stick your chopsticks in the rice bowl, it looks like the shrine and is equivalent to wishing death upon a person at the table. 2. Don39。意思是 “筷子” 它通常以復(fù)數(shù)形式出現(xiàn)。 You decided to e after all. 你畢竟還是決定來(lái)了。 Maria’s mistake ___arrived late ___ate wrong food ___greeted Paul’s mother the wrong way ___wore the wrong clothes Maria: I supposed to_______________, but I arrived at 8:00. Maria: In my country, it’s different. When you’re invited for 7:00, you’re supposed to__________ . Dan: And you were supposed to ____________ instead. Dan: I guess you should have asked what you were supposed to_____. arrive at 7:00 e later shake hands wear 3a Reading Attitude about Colombia being on time visiting a friend’s house making plans with friends We are pretty relaxed about time. We often just drop by our friends’ homes. We don’t have to make plans when we get together with friends. Attitude about Switzerland being on time visiting a friend’