Many people go to different countries and live in different places in lifetime. In different countries, they may meet with different manners. Sometimes they are confused by the different manners, and maybe they make a joke about those manners. So when we go to a strange country, we should pay attention to something new or dissimilar. For example, most Westerners don’t care too much about manners in social matter. But there are a few table manner the Easterners should try to follow at all times.

	Put the napkin on your lap. This protects your clothes from food or is used to wipe your hands or mouth when necessary.
	Hold the knife in your right hand and the fork in your left hand, and cut the meat into pieces before you eat. Always use your fork to put the food into your mouth. Use your spoon only for soup or other liquids.
	Don’t put your own utensils (fork, knife, spoon) into the serving (公用) bowl. Use the utensil in the bowl to put some of the food on your own plate, and then return the serving utensil to the bowl.
	Don’t spit food anywhere. If you have bones in your mouth, take them out with your fingers and place them on the edge of your plate, never on the table or floor.
	Don’t reach across the table or in front of another person. Ask someone to pass whatever you want.

Hello, I’m Bill. This is my new living room (起居室). It’s quite big. There is a chair and two big sofas. There are some flowers near the sofa. In the middle of the room, there is a lovely cat. There aren’t any pictures but there is a clock on the wall. There is a computer on the small desk next to the sofa. On the sofa near the door there are some books. There is a TV on the table under the window. I often watch TV in the living room. What a nice living room I have!

Can you speak English? Maybe you know a lot of English words. You can read, speak and understand English, but there is another kind of language—the language of the body. All over the world, people “talk”, with their hands, their heads, and their eyes. When Japanese people meet, they bow. When Indians meet, they put their hands together. When British and American people meet someone for the first time, they shake hands. They do not usually shake hands with their friends. Women sometimes kiss their women friends, and men kiss women friends on the cheek(脸颊). When a man meets a man friend. he just smiles, and says “Hello”. Men do not kiss each other, or hold hands. Even fathers and sons do not often kiss each other.