SUBJECT: Chopsticks
GENERAL PURPOSE: To inform
SPECIFIC PURPOSE: To inform the audience about the history of chopsticks,
To inform the audience on the different types of chopsticks, To inform the audience how to u chopsticks. SUPPORTING MATERIALS:
1Documented Sources:
"Chopsticks." Diner's Digest. 23 Sept. 1998 .
1"Chopsticks (Hashi)". The Japane Tutor. 23 Sept.
1998 .
1Giblin, James Cross. From Hand to Mouth, Or, How We
Invented Knives, Forks, Spoons, and Chopsticks, and the
Manners to Go With Them. New Faux City: Pudo, 19??.
1"Learn 2 U Chopsticks". Learn2 - The Ability Utility. 22
Sept. 1998 .
•Visual aids: posters and chopsticks
Outline
1Introduction
Attention-Getting device: Imagine you are invited to a nice
Chine or Japane restaurant to have dinner with your
good friends. What kinds of utensils are you going to u
when you start to enjoy your meal? A fork and a knife? Or
chopsticks? Do you know some kinds of foods taste better
when you u the right utensil? Chine and Japane foods
are no exception. They taste better when you eat them with
chopsticks.
1Preview: In China and Japan, chopsticks play a very
important role in the dining culture. Today, I am going to
share with you veral topics about chopsticks:
1Where did they come from?
1How do you u them in the proper way?
1How can you practice using them?
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1Body
The History of Chopsticks -- We ar not sure when chopsticks were first ud but, we do know that they were invented in
China where their u has been traced back at least as far as the 3rd century B.C. The famous philosopher Confucius, who lived over 200 years earlier, influenced the development of chopsticks with his nonviolent teaching. According to his teaching, food should be cut up in slaughterhous or kitchens, not at the table. Knives, with their association to war and death, were not to be brought to the dinner table.
Today, chopsticks are ud in Japan, Korea, and Vietnam as well as China, making them the world's cond most popular method of conveying food to mouth.
1What chopsticks are made of -- Most chopsticks are
made of bamboo or other wood. But they can be made
of plastic or silver. There is a very special purpo for
chopsticks that are made of silver. I will talk aabout
this later.
1The name of chopsticks藏族信仰
In Chine, chopsticks are pronounced "Kuai-zi"
meaning "something fast" or "quick one."
1In Japane, chopsticks are called "Hashi." It
means "bridge."
1The word "chopsticks" as we u it today
came from the 19th century when the Chine
word was translated by trader into pidgin English.
The word "chop" means "fast" -- as in the phra
"chop chop!"
1The Shape of chopsticks -- Chine chopsticks are
squared-off and blunt at the end. Japane chopsticks
are rounded and tapered to a point. It has been
suggested that this is in order to facilitate the removal
of bones from fish which makes up a major part of the
Japane diet.
1No one really knows who came up with the phrade "soap opera," but there are veral reasons why this term was created.
1Other us of chopsticks -- Besides being an eating utensil, there are other ways to u chopsticks:
1In ancient China, chopsticks were always
made of silver in the royal family. The emperor
群昵称网名大全was very important to the whole country. To
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rvants would test the food with silver
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chopsticks which change color upon contact with
certain types of poisons.
1In Taiwan, there is a special kind of folk dance
called the "chopsticks dance" in which dancers
would hold a pair of chopsticks in each hand
while they dance. In this situation, chopsticks
are like paint brushes to the painter. They
become a tool for artistic expressions.
最新dj嗨曲1In Japan, chopsticks can be treated as
decorative objects. They are usually made of
lacquered wood and are sometimes elaborately
painted and personalized for their owners.
1It is said that using chopsticks helps to
prevent old people from becoming demented.
There could be wisdom to this adage since
people who always u their fingers tend to keep
their minds sharp.
1How to u chopsticks
1Hold one stick between your first two fingers and the other stick between your cond and third fingers
1U your thumb as a pivoting point for the upper stick. Then push down on the lower stick with the area between your thumb's joint and your thumb's knuckle.
1The lower stick should remain stationary and only the upper stick moves.
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1You should hold chopsticks at the correct position.
Holding chopsticks in the incorrect position will make them difficult to u.
1How Do You Practice
1Position the chopsticks like in the above mention steps
1Time: 3 minutes a day for veral days
1What you will need:
1Some pieces of food
1 A t of chopsticks -- preferably tapered中国护肤品
1Tips:
1Practice with salad first
1Start with large pieces and decrea the size
as your skill improves
1Soon you can even pick up peanuts
1Like any other skills, repetition is the key to success.
Several shot practices over a period of time is more
effective than a big chunk of time spent in one day.
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Conclusion
1Summary -- Today, I have shared with you the history of
chopsticks, how to u them, and how to practice using
them.
1Concluding Device -- I mentioned in the beginning that
food will taste better if you u the right utensil. Just like you
need to u a fork and a knife when you order steaks at a
steak hou, you need to u chopsticks to eat when you go
to a Chine or Japane restaurant. So practice how to u
them when you have a chance. Next time you are in a
Chine or Japane restaurant, you will appreciate the real
taste of Chine and Japane foods.
Introduction of Chine Chopsticks
Traditional Chine Chopsticks
In ancient times, chopsticks were called ‘Zhu’. At that time, our ancestors liked to steam or boil food. It was difficult for them to u spoons to dip vegetables in the soup. So they cleverly invented ‘Zhu’ to nip food, thus it has become the most convenient tableware in their lives. Development of chopstic
k has experienced a long history. Early in Xia Dynasty (21st –16th century BC), the shape was still in development. Chopsticks only became two sticks of the same length in the Shang Dynasty (16th –11th century BC). In the late Shang Dynasty, the tyrannical King Zhou ordered his craftsmen to make chopsticks from elephants’ teeth, which was en to be the most luxurious in the early history of Chine food culture.
The appearance of chopsticks said goodbye to tho days when our Chine ancestors had to u their hands to eat, so they featured the coming of civilization to food culture. The invention has many scientific theories. The lever principle of mechanics was
