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ns 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。s power orientation, philosophical or religious assumptions, environment, or any number of factors.Through table manners, it is possible to understand a culture39。d like to make a parison between Chinese and English kinship systems to see their differences and similarities, and then I39。either. Their raw vegetables include not only tomato and lettuce but also even cabbage and broccoli. So their salad seems like a plate of feedstuff and it’s hard for us to swallow. Although modern Chinese take care of nutrition and health and know that the traditional cook style will break the vitamins in the vegetables and raw food is able to avoid loss, we prefer the former. You can say that it is because of habit is second nature. But it’s sure that it tastes more delicious.2 The emotional Chinese aim at relish and enjoymentIn China, there is an old adage:“Food is the paramount necessity of the people and the taste of the food matters the most.”The taste is the top principle of cooking. Eating is not simply for the stomach, nor is for the nutrition. Sometimes we are full. But we go on eating. Why? We couldn’t help to have a feast of taste for we can’t stand the attractive relish. But this kind of eating habit results in waste and health problem in eyes of English. Although it is particular to Chinese of having diet treatment and attach importance to using food to preserving our health, our cooking style damages a lot of nutrition. So the problem of nutrition maybe our largest blind side. Differences between Chinese and English table mannersEating culture, table ware, eating manners and a serious of table manners reflects different living styles or cultur