吃面包记住“别摸我”

吃面包记住“别摸我” 职场美语说礼节:吃面包记住“别摸我” 陈豪昨天晚上陪一位总裁去出席晚宴，可是他还个问题不太清楚。为了请教美籍华人Mary， 他约她今晚一起去美国餐馆吃晚饭。 M:嗨，陈豪，how's last night's dinner? Everything OK? C:你告诉过我怎么喝汤，各种刀叉的用法。可是，It may sound silly，昨晚我发现我不 太清楚该怎么吃面包。美国人好象跟我们的吃法不一样。 M:别着急。你看服务员给我们送面包来了。The first thing is that your bread goes on your bread and butter plate. C:面包放在面包和黄油的盘上。Which one is my bread and butter plate? M:It's the one on your left above the forks。 C:噢，就是这个。 M:Just remember: Bread and butter on the left; water or coffee on the right and meat goes in the middle. 你就记住德国的名牌汽车BMW就行了。 C:What has BMW to do with eating bread? M:B代表bread, 在左边， M代表meat, 在中间，W代表water，在右边。 C:BMW! C:Mary，你还没有告诉我究竟该怎么吃面包呐。我们中国人都是一口一口咬的，可是美 国人好象是用手掰的。 M:Yes, I noticed that too. 我给你示范一下。Tear off a small piece, butter it if you like and eat it. Then tear off another piece and continue until you are satisfied or have eaten the whole thing。 C:That's the way I saw Americans eat their bread last night. 现在你证实了，我 以后就没问题了。 M:So everything is clear? 没问题了吧, C:等等，我还有一个问题。昨晚的面包很松，面包渣很多。我是不是应该把面包盘放到我 面前。这样面包渣就不会撒在桌上。 M:No, the bread plate remains in its place. Just break the bread and butter it over the plate and let the crumbs fall where they may. C:噢，面包盘是不能搬动的，一直放在左上方。然后掰面包，涂黄油都在盘上面。So the bread crumbs would fall into the bread plate。 M:That's right. Now, let me sum up the main points: bread goes on your bread and butter plate which is on your left above the forks; to eat bread, don't bite, but tear off a small piece, butter it if you like and eat it and continue until you are satisfied or have eaten the whole thing.