餐桌礼仪 Dinner Etiquette

2009-08-17 16:55 BJT

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中国饮食在世界上是很有名的。
I believe the Chinese food is famous around the world.

假如你来到中国,中国朋友请你吃饭,你就需要了解一下有关宴会中的座次问题。
And if you are in China and you are asked by your Chinese friend to a dinner, you may want to know how to pick up your seat at the table and what is the proper way to sit at the table.

这个位子一般是主位,是主人的。
Well, normally this seat is the seat for the host or the hostess.

这个位子面朝着门。(面朝着门的一般是主位。)
The seat is facing the door of this room.

也可以根据餐巾的样式来辨别座位。
One may also distinguish the seats at the table from the style in which the napkins are folded.

无论餐巾折成什么样式,最高的餐巾对应的座位,一定是主位。
Regardless of how the napkins are arranged.,the tallest arrangement will always correspond to the master seat.

一张坐四五个人的小桌子,与主人的座位相对应的背对着门的那个位置则是被邀请的主客坐的位置。
At the small table, a table for four of five, the seat right across of the host seat, the seat over there, the back of which is facing the door is the seat for the main guest.

当然如果桌子大一点的时候,比如说可以坐十到十二个人的桌子,由于主人和客人说话不太方便,跨越桌子就像跨越一片大海一样,所以他们可以挨着坐,这种情况下是可以挨着坐的,这样坐主人和客人说话更方便一些。
But usually of course, when it’s a bigger table, a table for ten or twelve, and it is not easy for host or hostess talking with the main guest, right across the table like right across the ocean and they can just sit side by side which can make it easier for them to talk.