第1个回答 2008-04-14
美国人性格外向,热情直爽,不拘礼节,他们的风俗礼仪存在着许多与众不同之处。美国是一个时间观念很强的国家,各种活动都按预定的时间开始,迟到是不礼貌的。同美国人约会联系简单,打个电话,对方会很高兴地同意在尽短的时间内见面。美国人也有礼尚往来的习惯,但他们忌讳接受过重的礼物,一则是美国人不看重礼品自身的价值,二来法律禁止送礼过重,从家乡带去的工艺品、艺术品、名酒等是美国人喜欢的礼物,除节假日外,应邀到美国人家中作客甚至吃饭一般不必送礼。美国社会有付小费的习惯,凡是服务性项目均需付小费,旅馆门卫、客房服务等需付不低于l美元的小费,饭店吃饭在结帐时收15%小费。
美国人请客吃饭,属公务交往性质多安排在饭店、俱乐部进行,由所在公司支付费用,关系密切的亲朋好友才邀请到家中赴宴。美国人的食物因地区、民族不同而种类繁多,口味各异,汉堡包、“热狗”、馅饼、炸面圈以及肯德基炸鸡等都是风靡世界的食品,但美国人待客的家宴则是经济实惠、不摆阔气、不拘泥形式的。通常的家宴是一张长桌子上摆着一大盘沙拉、一大盘烤鸡或烤肉、各种凉菜、一盘炒饭、一盘面包片以及甜食、水果、冷饮、酒类等。宾主围桌而坐,主人说一声“请”,每个人端起一个盘子,取食自己所喜欢的菜饭,吃完后随意添加,边吃边谈,无拘无束。
美国人将请客人吃顿饭、喝杯酒或到乡间别墅共度周末作为一种交友方式,并不一定要求对方做出报答,如有机会请对方到自家吃饭就可以了。吃完饭后,客人应向主人特别是女主人表示特别感谢
美国人的饮食习惯
美国人在吃午餐和吃晚餐之前,通常要喝点鸡尾酒,但在加利福尼亚州,人们大都喝葡萄酒。
同时,在吃主食之前,一般都要吃一盘色拉。炸蘑菇和炸洋葱圈可作为开胃食品,牛排、猪排和鸡(腿)为主食,龙虾、贝壳类动物以及各种鱼类,甚至包括淡水鱼被统称为海鲜。炸土豆条则是深受人们喜爱且几乎成了必不可少的食物。
另外,应特别注意的一点,如有吃剩的食物,一定要打包带回家,以免浪费。
美国人在吃饭的时候是刀叉并用,而且他们的用餐方式也是很有讲究的。因此,在应邀与美国朋友一起吃饭时,应特别注意他们的用餐习惯。一般情况下,餐桌上摆放有一幅餐刀和两幅餐叉,外边的餐叉供你吃色拉,里边的餐叉用于吃主食和其它点心食品,餐刀用来切肉食。如果你两手并用,应左手握叉,右手握刀,而且一次握刀时间不能太长。
美国人的早餐有:炒或煮鸡蛋、香肠、油炸土豆片、薄煎饼、果子冻、烤面包、松饼、桔子汁以及咖啡等。
如果你是初到美国餐馆用餐,那么应该注意如下事项:
1、选择合适的餐馆(如:家庭式餐馆、特色餐馆以及自助式餐馆等);
2、餐馆营业时间(上午11:30开门营业,直到夜晚);
3、一般都应事先预订餐位:
4、到达餐馆后,不能径直地到餐桌旁入桌,除非餐厅有“随意就坐”的告示;
5、付款时,别忘了留给服务员一定比例的小费(一般为实际总额的10%~15%)。
随着美国人生活节奏的加快,快餐食品便应运而生。其快餐连锁店遍及世界各地,其中,影响最大的当属麦当劳快餐连锁店。供应的快餐食品有:汉堡包、烤牛肉、牛排、火腿、三明治、肯德鸡、油炸土豆片、烘馅饼、冰淇淋以及各种碳酸饮料等
Americans personality outgoing, warm Zhishuang, casual, their customs and rituals, there are many unusual about. The United States is a very strong concept of time, according to the various activities of the time, the late is impolite. Contact with the Americans about simple or a phone call, they will be very happy to agree to meet within a short period of time. Americans also have the habit of reciprocity, but they too heavy a taboo accept gifts, a gift is the Americans do not value their own value, the law prohibits gifts to heavy, brought souvenirs from his hometown, works of art, such as the United States wines people like gifts, except for holidays, was invited to the Americans Jiazhongzuoke not even eat normally gifts. American society is customary to tip, where the service project is required to tip, hotel doormen, room service, etc. subject to not less than l dollar tips, eat in the hotel at the close to 15 per cent tip.
Americans eat a banquet, an official nature of many exchanges in restaurants, clubs, paid for by the host company, was invited close friends and relatives in the home feast. Americans food from region to region, and a wide range of different nationalities, different tastes, hamburgers, "hot dogs", pies, fried doughnut and KFC are sweeping the world such as food, but the Americans were feted hospitality economic benefits, not indulging, the formality. The private banquet is usually a long table on them a market salad, a market chicken or barbecue, various Liangcai, a fried rice, a bread-and sweets, fruit, cold drinks, alcohol, etc.. They Weizhuo on their masters say "please" and everyone porting a plate, feeding their favourite Caifan, after eating arbitrarily add, Jizhao remarked while eating talk freely.
Americans will be invited guests meal, or to the countryside villa Hebeijiu weekend as a weather friends, the other does not necessarily require a return, if the opportunity to invite each other to their own meals on it. After the meal, guests should be masters in particular express special thanks to mistress
American eating habits
Americans eat lunch and eat dinner before they drank cocktails, but in California, most people drink wine.
At the same time, the staple food before eating, it usually will eat a salad. Fried mushrooms and fried onion rings can be used as appetizers food, steak, and the menu includes sparerib chicken (legs) mainly food, lobster, shellfish and fish species, including fish collectively referred to as seafood. Fried potatoes, it is deeply popular and seems to have become an essential food.
In addition, special attention should be the point, if eating leftover food, packaging must bring home to avoid waste.
Americans eat often and with knife and fork, and their meal is very sophisticated way. Therefore, in the United States and was invited to dinner with friends, should pay special attention to their dining habits. Under normal circumstances, there are placed on the table knives and two meals a fork, the fork for the outside meal you eat salads, meals inside the fork for eating dim sum and other staple food, knives used to cut meat. If you use both hands and should be left hand fork, the right Oudao, and a time not too long Oudao.
American breakfast: Yuzhu fried eggs, sausage, fried potato chips, thin pancake, frozen fruit, toast, muffins, orange juice and coffee.
When I first arrived in the United States if you are dining restaurants, then they should pay attention to the following matters:
1, choose a suitable restaurant (such as: family-style restaurants, with restaurants, as well as self-service restaurants, etc.);
2, the restaurant business hours (11:30 am open for business until the night);
3, the general should advance booking Seating capacity:
4, at restaurants, not to try to go to the table next to the table, unless the restaurant "sits at the" notices;
5, payment, do not forget to leave a certain percentage of the attendants tip (generally 10% of the total actual ~ 15%).
As Americans pace of life is speeding up, and fast food have come into being. The fast-food chain throughout the world, of which the greatest impact was the McDonald's fast-food chain. The supply of fast food: hamburgers, grilled beef, steak, ham, sandwiches, KFC, the fried potato chips, baked pies, ice cream, as well as carbonated drinks, etc.