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upposed to open it at once to show your appreciation. You are not supposed to put it away. It’s impolite to guests. Culture differences 1. Lisa kept finishing all the food on her plate because she wished to be polite, but she made a big mistake. Because in China your behavior is to show that you appreciate the food and the host would refill more food following. But in the west, the host gives the guests the chance to choose what’s their favorite. 2. In the west if you were invited to have a meal at someone’s home, there would often be only one or two dishes. Even if it was a formal dinner, it would be usually just three courses: soup, main dish, and dessert. But in China, an informal dinner would have four dishes and a soup and a formal dinner would have at least eight dishes and a soup. you are invited to dinner by Americans, the hostess expects you to be there on time or not more than a few minutes later. the guests sit down at a dinner table, it is mon for the men to help ladies by pushing their chairs under them. Some families have a habit of offering a prayer of thanks before they eat. 5. Europeans keep the knife on the right hand, the fork on the left. But American