Hearts like doors will open with ease To

Hearts like doors, will open with ease To very, very little keys. And don’t forget that two of these Are “thank you” and if you “please”.

• at school • at the table • with friends • abroad • with parents • in the cafe • adults • with elderly people

introducing greeting transport etiquette at the party talk in the cafe street writing letters abroad

The Russian The English is said to be … • • hospitable polite friendly emotional but reticent angry rude … • • mannered nation polite friendly practical realistic careful prudent …

FORKS AND FINGERS

• Eating with a fork considered scandalous. • The first dinner in Constantinople - 400 A. D • Middle Eastern courts- the 7 th century • Italy – the 11 th century. • France – the 14 th Century, • England tables – 1658 • Russia – 1606

• In 1658 English people began to use forks.

• Today, depending on need, a set of flatware may contain five forks: dinner fork, fish fork, luncheon fork, salad or dessert fork.

The two-prong twig …. . the first fork. By the seventh century, small forks were used at Middle Eastern courts Eating with a fork once …………. scandalous. While forks ……. . a regular feature on the tables of nobles in Italy since the 11 th Century, and used in France in the 14 th Century, it ……………. in England only in 1611 by Thomas Coryat. In England the fork was slow to gain. In 1608, Thomas Coryate ………. . the "grand tour" of Europe, and in Italy he ………a fork. He liked it. He …………some forks and showed them to his friends. Coryate's friends ………. . at him. And a fork appeared on the English tables 50 years later. In Russia the first fork …………. . in the 17 th century. BE CONSIDER BE INTRODUCE TAKE SEE BRING MOCK APPEARE

• Set the table

Which topics are best avoided for small talk? Age, Appearance or weight, Personal gossip (сплетни) about somebody you know Jokes that might offend Money Sex Previous or current relationships Politics Religion Criticisms or complaints

• • • We say, ”Thank you. ” We say, ”Please. ” We don’t interrupt or tease. We don’t argue. We don’t fuss. We listen when folks talk to us. We kiss, shake hands, and take our turn. Good manners aren’t hard to learn. It’s really easy, when you find. Good manner mean JUST BEING KIND!