10 Dining Etiquette Don’ts from Around the World

1. Pre-viewing vocabulary activities.

2. Complete the following table with a country:

Spain Russia Britain Denmark Mexico
Thailand The USA Zambia Egypt Germany
COUNTRY IT IS RUDE TO…
10. talk with a mouthful of food
9. take the last danish
8. leave your chopsticks in the bowl
7. arrive on time
6. cut lettuce in a salad with your knife
5. blow on your food when it’s hot
4. look at someone else’s food
3. dip bread into your soup
2. mix vodka with something
1. ask what ingredients are in your food

3.Watch the video and check your answers.

4. Homework: Complete these sentences with “must”, “mustn’t” or “can”.

a) In Britain you ________ speak with your mouth full.

b) In Denmark you ________ take the last item on the plate. You ________ continue to cut it until only crumbs are left.

c) In Thailand you ________ place your chopsticks in the bowl because it symbolises death.

d) In Mexico you ________ arrive 30 minutes late to a dinner party.

e) In Germany you ________ cut lettuce in a salad with your knife, you ________ fold it with a fork.

f) In Catalonia you ________ blow on your hot soup.

g) In the USA you ________ wait for your food to cool because you ________ blow on your hot food.

h) In France you ________ look at someone else’s food.

i) In Spain you ________ dip bread into your soup.

j) In Ireland you ________ mix vodka with ice.

k) In Zambia you ________ ask what ingredients are in the food because this suggests that you suspect your host of trying to poison you.

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