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1、AcomparativestudyontableculturebetweenChinaandtheUnitedStatesIthasanoldsaying:“Foodisofgreatimportancethingforpeople”,whichisnotonlydealwithhungeratpresent,butalsoobtainmoreculturalmeanings・Thediningtableisoneofthemostimportantplaceswherepeopleshowtheirg
2、oodmanners・Dcccntmannersatthetablemaybringfriendshipandevensuccess.Obviously,itisclearthateatinghasinfiltratedintoeveryaspectofsociallifeandevenmoreinashowofnationalandethnicculturalbackground・Withtheboomingbusiness,tablecultureistheessentialprocedureine
3、veryone?sdailylifc.Toanyone'seducation,weusuallybeginwithtableculture.Tablemarrnersasasocialcustom,therearesomesimilaritiesanddifferencesbetweenChinaandtheUnitedStates・Chinahasanaturaldeepastheancientcivilizationoftheancienttableculture:TheUnitedStatesis
4、alsonationalintegrationandmodernizationintheprocessofbuildingupitsowntableculture・DuringthecomparativestudyontableculturebetweenChinaandtheUnitedStates,wecanmakesenseinourrealitylife.Hereisthesimilaritybetweenthetwocountries・ThetableculturebetweenChinaan
5、dtheUnitedStateswasbothemphasizedthehigheststatusofthecentralauthorityinafamily.Eventhoughtheguestsaresomeonewhohasahigherstatusorelderagethanthehost,theyshouldsitbesidethehostwhentheyhaveamealtogether・Thisrulecan，tbeunaccepted・Itseemsthatitlastsforalong
6、time・（1）Besidesthesimilaritybetweenthem,wewilltalkaboutthedifferencesofthetableculturebetweenChinaandtheUnitedStates・Firstly,thechoiceoftableandthearrangementofseatsaredifferent・InChina,peoplewouldliketochooseroundtablebecauseroundsymbolizesrcunion.Onthe
7、roundtable,everyonesitsaroundthetabletoenjoythesamedishfromoneplate.Thehostwillleadthegueststaketheirseatsfirstandthenleadtheelderssitbesidetheguest・Atlast,thehostwilltakehisseat・Ifthehostsitsdownwithoutgivingthegueststhetipwheretheycantaketheirseats,the
8、guestsshouldtaketheirseatsnearthehostinsteadoffarawayfromthehost.IntheUnitedStates,peopletendtousetherectangulartablebecausechoosingarectangulartableleavealotofspacefortheirpersonalplates・Usually,theyputnamecardsonthetable
