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A. Table Manners

Table manners are the rules of etiquette used while eating,

which may also include the appropriate use of utensils. Different

cultures observe different rules for table manners. Table manners

were introduced by the Europeans, then, it becomes a standard
rule, especially when dining together at a formal event or a family

banquet event. If we can demonstrate good manners at the dinner

table, it will indirectly indicate our social quality, intellect, and also

our social ethics. Ethics in eating is not set up unexpectedly. It must

be done from the age of children and teenagers. Good basic table
manners are important because they ensure that both guests and

hosts are comfortable at the table. Table manners are mostly

common sense.

Table manner is that we must learn ethics. Because if one day

we've grown up and worked with foreigners, we will be invited to

the banquet. And very embarrassed if we do not know how

distinct international dining etiquette is good and right. In table

manners, there are some things we should do, and we should not
do. Like start eating at the same time, do not talk while eating, and

use the right cutlery. Between western and China also there are

many ways of eating. We also must know what is different and the

same between the two countries. Because if we do not know the

difference, we would have felt embarrassed and noticed a lot of
people. So that's why we must learn ethical eating.

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