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7. Custom
from tradition in some aspects such as scale and time. (different)
dish. (serve)
8. Don't use your personal chopsticks to get food from the
9. Many families have three
which create unique cultural features. (generate)
10. We have lots of customs and it can get a bit
for visitors. (confuse)
VIII. Choose the word which best fits each gap.
Vietnamese people often enjoy sharing a meal with the whole family. The meal is often shared with loved
They eat from bowls and use chopsticks and spoons but chopsticks still
ones over a lot of (1)
remain as the most popular means of eating. Learn how to use chopsticks and how to put them (2)
when not using. For instance, you should place them neatly on the table or on the bowl when breaking to drink
or speak. When finished (3)
chopsticks straight up from a bowl of rice is a (4)
best to keep in mind that (5)
a meal, rest your chopsticks on your rice bowl. Sticking the
because it indicates funeral incense. It is also
the chopsticks on the side of a bowl is considered rude.
You should also wait to be seated in the dining table and ask the elders to eat first(6)
mark of honor to them. The women normally sit right next to the rice cooker to serve rice for the diners. It is a
this is a
common table (7)
and a sign of affection and care to pick up food for each other.
Before starting the meal, Vietnamese have a catchphrase: "Chúc mọi người ăn ngonmiệng". It means "Have
a nice meal". This not only shows your politeness (8).
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also your eagerness before enjoying the
food.
1. a. laugh
b. laughing
c. laughed
d. laughter
2. a. cleanly
b. properly
c. easily
d. mainly
3. a. to
b. by
C. with
d. up
4. a. taboo
b. offence
c. disrespect
c. fitting
d. crime
5. a. tapping
b. kicking
d. cutting
6. a. although
b. because
c. as long as
d. when
7. a. setting
b. dining
d. style
C. manner
8. a. or
b. so
C. and
d. but
IX. Read the text carefully, then answer the questions.
BRITISH STRANGE FOOD HABITS
Perhans vou knowy about some of the food that British neonle eat but do vou kmow about their stronge
fond