中国餐桌文化禁忌taboos英文.docx

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中国餐桌文化禁忌taboos英文

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chopsticks

I.Thumb大拇指

2.lndexfinger食指

3.Middlefinger中指

4.Ringfinger无名指

5.Littlefinger小指

6.censure^senja]vi.谴责，责备

Chopsticksarenotusedtomovebowlsorplates.

Chopsticksarenotusedtotoywithone'sfoodorwithdishesincommon.

Treatchopsticksasextensionofyourfingers.Itisimpolitetousethemtopointatotherpeopleortowavechopsticksaround.

ImmortalGuiding（Chine/e:

仙人指路）：

“ImmortalGuiding”meansthatoneusesthethumb,middlefinger,ringfingerandlittlefingertoholdthechopsticks,butpointstheindexfingerotheothers・Becausetheindexfingeristhefingerformeal,usingthisfingertopointtotheothersstandsforcensure

Evenworseistousethefourfingersexceptmiddlefingertoholdthechopsticksandtousethemiddlefingertopoint.

chopsticks

1..grave[greiv]n.墓穴，坟墓

2..shrine[Jrain]n.圣地；神殿；神龛

3.impale[im'peil]vt.刺穿；钉住

Donotimpalefoodwithchopst

•2.Donotstickyourchopsticksuprightinthericebowl.Insteadffay1themonyourdish・Thereasonforthisisthatwhensomebodydies,Q辛shrinetothemcontainsabowlofsandorricewithtwosticksofincensestuckuprightinit.Soifyoustickyourchopsticksinthericebowl,itlookslikethisshrineandisequivalenttowishingdeathuponpersonatthetable!

•3.Oneshouldnotdig'or'search*throughone'sfoodforsomethininparticular.Thisissometimesknownas'diggingone'sgraveor'grave-diggingandisextremelypoormanners・

1.coffinn.棺材

1.chopsticks

1.ThreeLongTwoShort（Chinese:

三长两短）Chopsticksshouldalwaysbethesamelength・Thereshouldneverbechopsticksforusethataredifferentinlengthonthetable・Thisisbecause,intheoldtimes,thebottompartofacoffinwasmadewithtwoshortboardsfortheheadandthreelongboardsforthebottomandsi如s二Thistypewascalled"ThreeLong,TwoShort**,andcametoimplydisaster.

•2.Don'ttaponyourbowlwithyourchopsticksasthoughyouwereplayingadrum・Itimpliesyouareabeggarorachild・Beggarstapontheirbowls,sothisisnotpolite・Also,inarestaurant,ifthefoodiscomingtooslowpeoplewilltaptheirbowls・Ifyouareinsomeone'shome,itiskeinsultingthec

、

1.communal[vkomjunel]adj.公共的;公社的

2.LazySusan

ItisrudetourrtheLazySusanwhensomeoneistransferringfoodfromthecommunaldishestotheirownbowl,evenifthemovementisonlyslightandwillnotpreventtheotherpersonfromstillbeingabletogettheirfood・

Teapot

Makesurethespoutoftheteapotisnotfacinganyone・Itisimpolitetosettheteapotdownwherethespoutisfacingtowardssomebody.Thespoutshouldalwaysbedirectedtowherenobodyissitting,usuallyjustoutwardfromthetable・

z・

1.ill-omen[,auman]不吉利

2.doubleentendre[9du:

blorjvtor）drd]

双关语

Topics

Itmaybeadvisabletoremarkthatalltopicswhichmightbeconsideredofill-omenshouldbecarefullyavoidec,andevenexpressionswhichmight,by'doubleentendre\

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z・

2.hands

1.gristle['grisl]n.软骨；软骨结构

2.toothpick['tuzOpik]n.牙签

Q

1・Withsomeexceptions,handsshouldneverbeusedtohandlefood・Evenwithpiecesofmeat,toolargetoeatinonebite,andcontainingbones,mustbebroughttothemouthusingchopsticks（orinsomecases,aspoon）.

2.Avoidputtingyourhandsinyourmouthforanyreasonwhileatthetable・Ifyoumusttakesomethingoutofyourmouth,suchasbones,gristle,oranotheritem,useyourchopsticksandplacetheitemtothesideofyourplate,oruseatoothpick・

〒3.relatedtofood

1.hoard[ho:

d]vt.贮藏

2.linger['lir）ge]vi.徘徊

o1.Itisimpolitetohoardadish.

Q

2・Donottakethelastpieceoffoodontheservingplatter.It'sconsideredbadluck,showsyourgreed,andseemsyouaretoohungrytotakethepieceofadish・

O・3・Donotlingermuchpasttheendofthemeal.Thehosttypicallyencouragesgueststotakeanyuneatenfoodhome・Ifofferedfood,takeit.Ifyouaretheguestofhonor,youshouldarrivefirstandleavefirst.