Question

第二节  读写任务(满分25分)

阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

I started thinking about this issue at my brother-in-law's 60th birthday party last Saturday. Before we ate the main meal we sat around a table that was loaded with large bowls of snack items - chocolate-covered peanuts, cherries(樱桃), and a few other things. The eater had to reach into the bowl and grab a handful of snacks and then convey them to the mouth with the other hand. A lot of people were strangers to me and I observed a cat being carried around, a dog being petted, and a number of noses being blown, between eating handfuls of snacks. Ugh!

I started thinking about Chinese table manners. My wife and I will share things from the same plate or cup but we always put serving spoons out with the dishes on the table. We don't frequently use them, though. In my family we use our personal chopsticks to take food from the serving dishes. But we are careful and only touch the food we will eat ourselves.

I have heard of some people who use two sets of chopsticks, one for eating, and one for serving. I have also seen some people who invert their chopsticks, that is, to serve other people with the other ends that haven't touched their lips.  

【写作内容】

概括短文的内容要点，该部分的词数大约为30；

然后以大约120词，就“Table Manners and Hygiene(卫生)”的主题发表你的看法，并包括以下的内容要点：

a) 以自己或周围的人为例，简述自己或周围人的就餐习惯；.

b) 你如何看待自己或周围人的有关就餐习惯；

c) 出于卫生考虑，你觉得是否有必要使用公筷(serving chopsticks)，请说明理由。

【写作要求】

可以使用实例或其他论述方法支持你的观点，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不要

抄袭阅读材料中的句子；

【评分标准】

       概括的准确性，语言的规范性，内容的合适性以及篇章的连贯性。

Answer 1

Table Manners and Hygiene

       This passage describes the author’s experience of witnessing people’s unhealthy table manners at a birthday party, which gave rise to his opinion on the promotion of health and hygiene at dinner.

       In terms of table manners and hygiene, people’s habits vary from person to person. Some of them have the preference of stirring the food, hunting for what seems to be their favourite bits, with the aid of their own chopsticks. To show hospitality, some hosts or hostesses frequently feed food into the guest’s dish, ignoring the serving chopsticks or spoons. Worse of all, some diners never hesitate to dig or blow their nose at table, making disgusting noise.

Personally, I am not quite in favour of the above manners, which is very likely to transfer / spread diseases. I absolutely agree with the author that communal or serving chopsticks and spoons are recommended to avoid the transference of any diseases while dining. There is no denying that dining together is the time for intimateness or close relationship between the relevant members or friends. However, the consideration of health and hygiene is significant as well

To conclude, priority should be given to healthy and hygienic manners at table so as to create a pleasant and harmonious dining atmosphere.