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end of the meal with a fork in the left hand and a knife in the fight hand。 stay and talk around the dinner table 1. “So when you eat Western food, do as Westerners do.” So what should you do? 2. “At the start of a meal, the French say ?Bon appetit?.” What do you say at the start of a Chinese meal? We should watch what other people do and copy them. We say “Chi ba!” at the start of normal meals or “Da jia chi hao!” at the start of more formal meals. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions. 4. “No, thanks. It was delicious, but I?ve had enough.” Do you mean you do not like the food? No, it means “I like the food but I?m full.” 3. “I?m sorry. I don?t eat meat.” When might you want to say this? I might say this if I am offered something which I do not like. 5. “It is sometimes difficult to know when the meal is over.” How do you know that a meal is over in China? In China, a meal is over when the food is finished. Read the passage again. Decide which part is surprising, interesting or unusual to you. Talk about it to your partner. Read the passage again and discuss. What do you think are the most surprising pieces of information about meals and eating customs in the West? During a meal in the West, you use _______ and forks most of the time, although you can use your fingers to eat chicken ________ or hamburgers. You will be invited to ________ yourself with food, the ________ before the _________. Complete the passage with the correct form of the words in the box. gentleman knife lady serve wing knives wings serve ladies gentlemen Write notes Read the table in Activity 3 again and plete the column In China with notes about meals and eating customs in China. Then write a passage about Chinese eating customs for a tourist magazine with Western readers. In China Meal times Birthday: around 7:00 . Lunch: around 12:00 Supper: around 7:00 . Things to say Say something: The Chinese: manman chi How to eat food Chopsticks Fingers Being served Suibian chi Hai yao ma? Ref