查看更多>>摘要:Table etiquette reflects the social-cultural meaning and values of a nation. With the development of China’s opening-up, and more western culture gets into our sights. The dining table is one of the most important places where good manners are displayed. Elegant manners at the table may bring friendship and even success. The different table manners between Chinese and British are the core of this thesis. By comparison of table manners between China and Britain, the thesis aims to make a research on the cultural differences in seating arrangement, using tableware, serving order, dining atmosphere and toasting. Furthermore, this paper displays some taboos of table manners in Chinese and British dinners, which helps a better understanding of the customs.Also,the author collected some business etiquette used in real commercial field and do a lot of investigations. With the comparative research into cultural contrast of table manners in China and Britain, I suggest that you should combine the theory and practice of table manners, understand each cultural background clearly and deeply. Therefore, we can take a better utilization of table manners in social communication and commercial affairs. I hope this paper can help people achieve a successful cross-cultural communication.