Step 1. Listening Listen to the tape carefully and find out the answers to the following questions. 1. In which country do we use a napkin and put it on our lap for dinner? In which country do we use a hot, damp cloth to clean our face and hands before dinner? 2. What does a Western dinner start with?3. Is it polite to leave some food on your plate when you finish the dinner?4. Is it polite for a Chinese to finish the drink at once?5. Do table manners change?It starts with a small dish called starter.In Western countries. In China. No, it isn’t.Yes, it’s the custom of China.Yes, table manners change over time. Step2. ReadingRead the text carefully. After your reading, divide the text into three parts and use one sentence to summarize each part. Part1:Part2:Part3:Para. 1 explains all the things laid on the table.Para. 2 – para.5 are mainly about the order of the dishes and good table manners. Para. 6 tells us that table manners change over time, following the fashion of the day. Getting to know the tableware for a western dinner: a knife and fork a spoon a dinner platea soup bowl a glass a napkin Formal dinner place settingnapkindinner platesalad forkdinner forksoup bowldinner knifesoup spoontea spoonbutter plate The order of the dishes: 1. Starter2.Soup 4. Dessert3. Main course×5.drink5.Drink to health What table manners can we learn from the text?keep the fork in your _______ hand and the knife in your ______ hand.Put the napkin on your ______.Don’t ask for a ______ bowl of soup.Don’t touch beef on bones.Finish eating _________ on your plate.Don’t _______ all the time.Don’t _______ too muchlapleftrighteverythingsecondlaughdrink Step 3 Language points of Part1.1). make / have...
