acknowledgement

Acknowledgements

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supervisorwhohasprovidedmewithvaluable

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myheartfeltgratitudetotheteacherswhohaveevertaughtmethroughout

mycollegeyears,especially,YangHengboandLiuZhaobowholedme

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Abstract

WiththeentranceoftheWTO,therelationshipbetweenChinaand

Americainpolitics,economy,

isundoubtedlythattheetiquettewillplayanimportantroleinthis

efinitionofetiquette,ChinaandAmericahaveadifferent

anners,apartofthecultures,playsan

esiscompares

thetwodifferentkindsoftablemannerstofindthedifferencestohelp

ore,tobeawareof

theimportanceoftablemannersisnotonlyforthepeoplewhoalways

attendformalpartiesorhavefrequentcontactwiththeforeigners,butalso

fortheentirenationsoastoimprovetheculturalawarenessandalso

improvethecommunicationeffectsoftablemanners.

KeyWords:Chinetablemanners;Americantablemanners;cultural

background;differences

摘要

随着中国加入世界贸易组织，中美两国在政治、经济、文化方面的关系变得越来越密切。

因此，礼仪就毫无疑问地在这个过程中扮演着一个非常重要的角色。对于礼仪这一概念，中

美两国对它有不同的理解。餐桌礼仪是文化的一部分，在沟通这个过程中也就起着重要作用。

本文就两种不同的餐桌礼仪进行了对比，其目的是找到它们的相似之处和不同点来帮助读者

了解这种全新的文化。因此，了解餐桌礼仪不论是对于经常出席正式宴会的人，还是和外国

人频繁接触的人来说都是非常重要的，它有助于提高全民族的文化意识，并提高餐桌礼仪的

交际影响。

Contents

uction.....................................................................................1

enttablemanners....................................................................2

2.1Differenttableware...................................................................2

2.1.1Chinetableware..............................................................2

2.1.2Americantableware............................错误！未定义书签。

2.2Differenteatinghabits...............................................................5

2.2.1Chineeatinghabits..........................错误！未定义书签。

2.2.2Americaneatinghabits.......................错误！未定义书签。

2.3Theetiquetteofformalorbusinessdining..错误！未定义书签。

2.3.1Chinebanquetetiquette...................................................7

2.3.2Americanbanquetetiquette.................................................8

sonsfordifferencesintheChineandAmericantablemanners

............................................................................错误！未定义书签。

3.1Differenteducation.....................................................................9

3.2Differentcultures........................................错误！未定义书签。

sion.....................................................................................13

Bibliography......................................................................................14

TheDifferencesofTableMannersbetween

ChinaandAmerica

《中美两国不同的餐桌礼仪》

Class:20080315

Name:张志微

No.:24

Instructor:王进军（博士）

Date:2011-6-15