Reading 2
Unit 12 Kitchen Dining Utensils and Etiquette
Lead in
Dining utensils are tools used for eating (c.f.the more general category of tableware).Some utensils are both kitchen utensils and eating utensils.Cutlery (i.e.knives and other cutting implements) can be used for both food preparation in a kitchen and as eating utensils when dining.Other cutlery such as forks and spoons are both kitchen and eating utensils.
Vocabulary
fork [fɔːk] n.&v.叉子；使……成叉形；用叉叉起
skewer ['skjuːə（r）] n.&v.串肉扦；用扦串肉
shish kebab ['ʃɪʃkɪbæb] n.羊肉串
ladle ['leɪdl] n.&v.勺子
dish [dɪʃ] n.盘；碟；菜肴；一道菜
plate [pleɪt] n.板；盘子；板块
bowl [bəʊl] n.碗
chopstick ['tʃɑp.stɪk] n.筷子
tableware [ˈteɪblweə（r）] n.餐具
host [həʊst] n.男主人
hostess [ˈhəʊstəs] n.女主人
etiquette [ˈetɪket] n.礼节
slotted spoon 有孔汤匙
soup tureen 盛汤盖碗
main course 主菜
table manner 餐桌文化
Focus on Language
Dialogue 1
Hostess: Would you like to hxdye some more chicken ?
Guest: No,thank you.The chicken is very delicious,but I’m just too full.
Host: But I hope you have some dessert.Mary makes very good pumpkin pies.
Guest:That sounds very tempting.But I hope we can wait a little while,if you don’t mind.
Host: Of course.How about some coffee or tea now?
Guest: Tea,please.Thanks.
Dialogue 2
A: I used to have headache with Chinese chopsticks,but now I’m getting used to it.
B:You must have taken a lot of efforts to practice.By the way,in China,don’t stick chopsticks vertically into food,especially in a bowl of rice.
A: I’m not very clear about this.Why?
B:Because chopsticks in bowl of rice usually appear in Chinese traditional memorial for ancestors.
Task 1 Look at the pictures below and try to write down English name below the pictures.
Task 2 Look at the picture below,discuss with your partner about seats arranging.
Task 3 Translate the following sentences into English.
1.西方人喜欢用叉子，中国人喜欢用筷子。
2.把鸡肉放到碗里。
3.用叉子吃牛排。
4.请给他一个勺子，他要喝汤了。
5.用勺子挖哈密瓜。
6.在用餐的时候，男女主人一般不坐在一起，便于照顾到宾客。
7.客人在用餐中离开餐桌是很不礼貌的。
Reading 1
Types of fork
● Asparagus fork
● Barbecue fork
● Beef fork
A fork used for picking up meat.
● Carving fork
A two-pronged fork used to hold meat steady while it is being carved.
● Cheese fork
● Chip fork
A two-pronged disposable fork,usually made out of sterile wood (though increasingly of plastic),specifi cally designed for the eating of chips (known as french fries in North America),fried fish and other takeaway foods.
● Cocktail fork
A small fork resembling a trident,used for spearing cocktail garnishes such as olives.
● Cold meat fork
● Crab fork
A short,sharp and narrow three-pronged or two-pronged fork designed to easily extract meat when consuming cooked crab.
● Dessert fork (alternatively,pudding fork/cake fork in Great Britain)
Any of several different special types of forks designed to eat desserts,such as a pastry fork.
● Dinner fork
● Fish fork
● Fondue fork
A narrow fork,usually having two tines,long shaft and an insulating handle,typically of wood,for dipping bread into a pot containing sauce.
● Fruit salad fork
A fork used which is used to pick up pieces of fruit such as grapes,strawberries,melon and other varies types of fruit.
● Granny Fork
● Ice cream fork
A spoon with flat tines used for some deserts.See spork.
● Knork
● Meat fork
● Olive fork
● Oyster fork
● Pastry fork
● Pickle fork
A long handled fork used for extracting pickles from a jar,or an alternative name for a ball joint separator tool used to unseat a ball joint.
● Pie fork
● Relish fork
● Salad fork
Similar to a regular fork,but may be shorter,or have one of the outer tines shaped differently.
● Sardine fork
● Sporf
A utensil combining characteristics of a spoon,a fork and a knife.
● Spork
A utensil combining characteristics of a spoon and a fork.
● Sucket fork
A utensil with tines at one end of the stem and a spoon at the other.It was used to eat food that would otherwise be messy to eat such as items preserved in syrup.
● Tea fork
● Terrapin fork
A spoon with flat tines used for some soups.See spork.
● Toasting fork
A fork,usually having two tines,very long metal shaft and sometimes an insulating handle,for toasting food over coals or an open flame.
● Novelty forks
Spaghetti fork
● Extension Fork
A long-tined fork with a telescopic handle,allowing for its extension or contraction.
● Spaghetti fork
A fork with a metal shaft loosely fitted inside a hollow plastic handle.
Reading 2
Table manners
All the food a person intends to eat is put on a large plate in front of him at the beginning of the meal（分食制）；if one finishes the food on his plate and wants some more，he will get a second helping.
Some families will say grace before eating.It is common with Christian families but not all families.
When the waiter serves one dish to the guests one by one,if he stands on your left,it is your turn to take the food.If on your right,it is not your turn.
As to the seating,there are places of honor.And the honored guests sit on the right side of the host and hostess.And the host and hostess often sit at the two ends of the ordinary rectangular tables.People of the same sex avoid sitting together.
Hold the knife on your right hand and fork left.After cutting the food,put your knife on the table and eat the food with your fork on your right hand.
Slurping（啧啧） and burping（打嗝） are considered as extremely rude.If you have to，say “excuse me”.