IV)-Complete the conversation between Nick and Mai about British
table manners with the sentences given (A-J). Practise the
conversation with your partners.
A. If you are a guest, it is polite to wait until your host starts eating or
indicates you should do so. It shows consideration.
B. When you have finished eating, and to let others know that you have, place
your knife and fork together, with the prongs on the fork facing upwards,
on your plate.
C. Yeah, of course, Mai. First, we are expected to eat properly with cutlery,
especially fork and knife.
D. Right. Hold your knife with the handle in your palm and your fork in the
other hand with the prongs pointing downwards.
E. You may eat chicken and pizza with your fingers if you are at a barbecue;
otherwise, always use a knife and fork.
F. If you have a knife in one hand, it is wrong to have a fork in the other with
the prongs pointed up.
G. Yes, they are sandwiches, crisps, and fruit.
H. Well, the fork is held in the left hand and the knife in the right.
I. Always say thank you when you arc served something at a party. And in a
restaurant, it is normal to pay for your food by putting your money on the
plate which the bill comes.
J. Of course not. Rest the fork and knife on the plate between mouthfuls, or
for a break for conversation.
Mai: Can you tell me a little bit about English table manners, Nick?
Nick: (22)
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Mai: How can we use the fork and the knife in the correct way?
Nick: (23)
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Mai: l see. But is there anything that we should not do?
Nick: (24)
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Mai: Our teacher has already mentioned it in the English lesson.
Nick: (25)
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Mai: Do we hold the knife and the fork all the time?
Nick: (26)
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Mai: Are there any foods that you don't eat with a knife, fork or spoon?
Nick: (27)
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Mai: And is there any that we eat with our fingers, Nick?
Nick: (28)
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Mai: If we are invited to a party, when should we start eating?
Nick: (29)
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Mai: How can we show that we finish eating?
Nick: (30)
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Mai: Anything else? For example, say “thank you” or pay the bill?
Nick: (31)
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Mai: Thank you so much. I think all of us should have good table manners at
anywhere, in England or in Viet Nam.
Nick: You're welcome, Mai.