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Today,IwillintroducethedifferencesoftablemannersbetweenChinaandWest.Mypresentationisdividedintofiveparts:backgroundandobjectives,arrangementofseat,tablewares,atmospheresattableandconclusion.Withthedevelopmentofglobaleconomy,cross-culturecommunicationhasbecomemoreandmorefrequent,andthedifferencesbetweenChineseandwesternculturehavebecomemoreobvious,especiallythedifferencesoftablemanners.Havingdinnerismorethanthebasicnecessityoflife.Instead,havingdinnerisanimportantpartinpeople’sdailylife.BylearningthedifferencesbetweenChineseandwesterntablemanners,wecanopenupeyesight,acquiremoreinformationandexpandthecircleofcommunication.Chinesearrangementofseatisdifferfromwestern’s.Chinesepeoplealwayschooseroundtableswhenenteringfriendsandseatsatonetablealsohavedifferentmeanings.Theseatoppositetothedooristhedoorseat,whichisforchiefguestsorelders;theseatsbesidearethesecondhonorseatwhichareforotherguests;theseatsthatoppositetothehonorseataretheinferiorseat.Inferiorseatareforthehostandhostess.Hostssitdownontheinferiorseatsafteralltheguestssitdown.Differently,westernpeoplepreferlongtabletoroundtablewhenenteringfriends.Thehostandthehostessseatatbothendofthetable.Thechiefguestsitsattheupperrightsideofthehostess,andthewifeofthechiefguestseatsattheupperrightsideofthehost.Thedifferencesareassociatedwithmanyreasons.Chinesepeoplebelievethatindividualconsciousnessshouldobeygroupconsciousness,whilewesternpeoplepreferindividualconsciousness.Chinesepeoplelayemphasisonreveringeldersandcaringtheyoung,whileWestern’sisself-expressionandequals.Chineseandwesterntablewaresarealsodifferent.ChopsticksarethemaintablewaresinChinesefoodculture.It’simpolitetoinsertchopsticksstraightlyintothefood,becauseonlywhensacrificingthedeathdoChinesepeopledoingso.What’smore,usingchopsticksthatlickedtopickupfoodisveryimpoliteandwillmakeotherguestsfeelsick.InWest,peopleusuallyuseknife,forkandspoon.Therightordertousetablewaresistopickfromoutsidetoinside.Asweallknown,Chinesetableatmospherealwaysnoisyandalwaysthenoisierthebetter.Butwestern’sisalwaysquiet.BecauseChinesepeopleconsidereatingasthehappiestthingintheirlivesandbegintotalkatthetimetheysitdownandevenhelpguestswithfoodtoshowrespectandwarmth.Onthecontrast,westernpeopleavoidurgingothersdrinkingandpickingupfoodtoothers.Theyemphasizingindividualrightsandprivacyandbegintoeatfoodfromtheirownplates.Inconclusion,Chinesetableculturepaysparticularattentiontotheorderamongpeople.Westerntableculturepaysattentionmoreonharmoniouslyuseoftools.Andincrossculturecommunication,themisunderstandingscausedbyculturebarrierappearfrequently.Sometimeswell-meaningtalkingmightmakepeopleembarrassed.So,studyingthedifferencesisnecessary.