旅游英语 Eating In American (2)

旅游英语 Eating In American (2) 　　美国人吃饭用刀叉，而且他们的用餐方式是很有讲究的。因此，在应邀与美国朋友一起吃饭时，应特别注意他们的用餐习惯。一般情况下，餐桌上摆放有一幅餐

旅游英语 Eating In American (2) 美国人吃饭用刀叉，而且他们的用餐方式是很有讲究的。因 此，在应邀与美国朋友一起吃饭时，应特别注意他们的用餐习惯。 一般情况下，餐桌上摆放有一幅餐刀和两幅餐叉，外边的餐叉供你 吃色拉，里边的餐叉用于吃主食和其它点心食品，餐刀用来切肉 食。如果你两手并用，应左手握叉，右手握刀，而且一次握刀时间 不能太长。美国人的早餐有：炒或煮鸡蛋、香肠、油炸土豆片、薄 煎饼、果子冻、烤面包、松饼、桔子汁以及咖啡等。 Eating Custom and Practice 用餐习惯 American eating is funny. They eat almost everything with afork, and it appears that holding aknife in one's right hand longer than afew seconds is considered to be against good table manners. The system is that if it is absolutely necessary to use aknife, people take the fork in their left hand, and cut off apiece of meat or whatever it is in the normal manner. Then they put the knife down, transfer the fork to their right hand, and only then do they transport the food to their mouth. This is clearly ludicrous(滑稽可笑), but it is considered good manners. There are several results of this system. First, if it is not absolutely necessary to use aknife, Americans don't use one, because obviously this greatly plicates(使复杂化) things, and you will therefore see them trying to cut things like potatoes, fish and even bacon(熏猪肉) with a