I originally designed this listening to lead in to a lesson on dining etiquette of the world (for the Lifestyle Intermediate textbook). But perhaps it can also be used on its own.
The PowerPoint Presentation is embedded below, and on Google here (drive, slides, pub). The transcript is on Google here (drive, docs, pub), and below.
This listening is not completely my own creation. Another teacher had already discovered this video, and had been using it as a lead-in for the same lesson before me. The PowerPoint is his creation (with some slight modifications I added.) The transcription, however, is my own work.
This listening is not completely my own creation. Another teacher had already discovered this video, and had been using it as a lead-in for the same lesson before me. The PowerPoint is his creation (with some slight modifications I added.) The transcription, however, is my own work.
I’m Terry
Ewing, your lifestyle etiquette expert, here today to talk to you about table
etiquette settings, manners, and some classic mistakes. This is a typical, um,
table setting both formal or informal.
You have your bread plate. You
have your salad fork, dinner fork, your dessert fork and spoon, which you can
use for your coffee. And then, on the
other side, you have your dinner knife with your soup spoon. Your napkin, of course, is in the middle of
your plate when you start off and you take your napkin and you place that on
your _________ before every meal. Proper
etiquette or manners at a table would include never ever chew with your _________
open.
Never pick your _________, _________, or put your _________ on the table, or _________ to try to _________ something on the dinner table—it’s
unacceptable. Or even _________ your hair—that is _________ as well.
a huge common mistake that
you should really try to avoid is never to use someone’s bread plate or use
their wineglass or water bottle. What
you can do for a quick tip is to always do the OK signs. The b on the left and the d on the right. It’s a quick tip to remember that your bread
is always on your left, and the drink is always on your right. You’ll never ever ever be mistaken at a
dinner party by taking someone’s bread or their wineglass. So again, this is
Terry Ewing, your lifestyle etiquette expert, here talking about table manners,
mistakes, and different scenarios.
Answers:
I’m Terry
Ewing, your lifestyle etiquette expert, here today to talk to you about table
etiquette settings, manners, and some classic mistakes. This is a typical, um,
table setting both formal or informal.
You have your bread plate. You
have your salad fork, dinner fork, your dessert fork and spoon, which you can
use for your coffee. And then, on the
other side, you have your dinner knife with your soup spoon. Your napkin, of course, is in the middle of
your plate when you start off and you take your napkin and you place that on
your lap before every meal. Proper
etiquette or manners at a table would include never ever chew with your mouth
open. Never pick your teeth, slouch, or
put your arm on the table, or reach to try to grab something on the dinner
table—it’s unacceptable. Or even
grooming your hair—that is unacceptable as well. a huge
common mistake that you should really try to avoid is never to use someone’s
bread plate or use their wineglass or water bottle. What you can do for a quick tip is to always
do the OK signs. The b on the left and
the d on the right. It’s a quick tip to
remember that your bread is always on your left, and the drink is always on
your right. You’ll never ever ever be
mistaken at a dinner party by taking someone’s bread or their wineglass. So
again, this is Terry Ewing, your lifestyle etiquette expert, here talking about
table manners, mistakes, and different scenarios.
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