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●Banquet Attendance（第1页）

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&oanInvitation

Emailandessagingaresltheartofthehaioheless，whenhandlingbothformalandinformalinvitations，therearerulesofthumbthatmustbeobserved。Themannerinwhichyoureplytoaninvitatiohestyleaationyousendspeaksvolumesaboutyourcharadpersonality。

◇Youondwithaletterorphonecall，ifyougetaninvitationtoluner，bay，wedding，birthday，ora。

◇InvitatioeenonesaskforRSVPusually，andmeanspleasereply。Whetheryouiogoornotyoushouldreply。Theinvitationwilltellyouwhenthereplyisexpedhowtoreply。Yourhostmaybespeanypeopleareinvited。Youshouldtellyourhostholewouldgoifyourhostihewholefamily。Afamilyisusuallytheparentsandtheir。

◇ItisalsousualtotellthehostwhatyouoteattaninvitatioisperfectlyokaytosaythatyouareMuslimorJewishanddoporkorthatyetariananddoisoarrivelateandifytobelate，youshouldmakeatelephooyourhosttoexplain。

◇Youmayoainvitationalways。Thebestwaytorefuseistosay，“Thankyou，Iwehaveotherplansatthattimeunfortuistrue，tosaythatyouaretoobusymayseemextremelyrude。Onceyouainvitatiohingariseswhereyouotgo，youshouldonlycel。Youshouldexplaioyourhostalso。Itseemsveryrudetocelbecauseyougotabetterinvitationfromsomewhereelse，anditaffeewfriendships。Itisbestnottoainvitatihtawayandtoaskyourhostwhethertheywouldmindifyoucheckyourplahemlatersometimes。

■Attendance

Itisagestureoffriendlinessifyouareioaba，andalsoshowstheimportanceyourhostsattachtoyou。

&hingofyourhostwishesispunctualarrival。

◇Bringoed。Itisamajorfauxpastyourow。

◇asmallgiftifoneisaluest（astrangerer，adistaive，etc。）whilesafisuchasabottleofqualitywineifoneisahigher-ra。

◇Youwillbeledintotheloungeforalittlechatafterthegreetings。

◇Ifyuestofhonor，youwillbeseatedthtsideofthehost。Youproceedtofindyourowhetableswillbeplaametagsifyouareanuest。

■Behaviori

Mostpeoplehavelearnedafewbasicrulesofstandardtableetiquette。However，bahemetfused，whentheyarefacedlagataformaldihisreason，whehatsituatiosaremadetouneoftheonwhattodo，andmostimportantly，whatnottodo。

◇Atthetablemenshouldsandtheyshouldremainstandinguntilthewomeed。

◇Doinguntileveryonehasbeeheirfoodaorhostessstartseating。

◇Keepyournapkininyourlapalwaysunlessyit。

◇Spoonyoursoupawayfromyouaoslurp>

&hereifsilverisdroppedontheflizebrieflytoyourhostessifahappeable。

◇Neveruseyerstopushfoodontoafork。Useyourknifeorapieceofbreadifyouneedhelp。

◇Alwaystakefromthesideyou，whenhelpiofoodplathetable（oc。）。Totakefoodfromthesideoftheplatterfagothersissideredill-mannered。

◇Whileyouhavefoodinyourmouth，donottalkandwhileyouchewyourfood，keepthemouthclosed。Whileyouhavefoodinyourmouth，donotdrink。

◇Whiley，donotlookaroundtheroom;lookintotheglass。

◇Wheingelbowsshouldhetable;however，betweearestaurant，itispermissibletoleanforwardonyourelbows，ifyouothearyourpanion。

◇Turlyahehandkerchiefasinspicuouslyaspossibleifyoumustuseyourhahetable。

◇Don’tblowyournose，cough，burp，sneeze，ormakeanyotherunneoisesatthetableifyouhelpit。Ifyoumustdooheseleavethetable。Alwayssay“Excuseme”whehetablewhileonthatsubject。

◇Whileseatedatthetable，onemoderiquettewhichmustbeaddedtoanylistofdon’tsisdon’tuseyoureortextdevice。Excuseyourselfanddosoinanotherroom。

◇Becarefulifyooddrihehostproposesa“bottomsup”。

◇Dettodothat，toastyourhost，wishinghimhergoodhealth，friendship，appredthelike。

◇Pushyourthetablebytakingholdofeachsideoftheseatofthechairifyouhavener。

◇Doyourhandsorarmsohenpushyourselfup。

&othetableandpullthechairtowardyoubytakingholdofeachsideoftheseatwheiseatyourself，theothetablewithtwoorthreejerks。

◇Placeyourusedutensilsoe，ableoroableyoufiing。Plaapkiotheleftoftheplate—self，aonthechair。Waitforthehostorhostesstorisebeforeyoudo，andwhenleavingalwaysthaess。

◇Iftheinvitatioiireevening，itisoremaihirtymieradinner。However，oneshouldavoidseeminginahurrytodepart。