英国有那些习俗，用英文介绍

礼仪 习俗
见面：英国人彼此第一次相识时，一般都要握手。除了 热恋中的男女，步行时一般人都不手拉手。英国人不喜欢别人干扰他们的个人生活。

当你去访问一个英国人时，得先在门口敲门，一直等到他说“请进”，才能进去。 先生们进屋脱帽，而女士们则不必在室内脱帽。

英国人在 日常生活中经常谈论的话题是天气，往往也是第一个话题。

女士优先与绅士风度：在英国，尊重 妇女是体现绅士风度的一个重要方面。女士优先是一个人人皆知的行为准则。

盥洗室与去“100号”：盥洗室一词的 本意为洗手或洗脸的 地方，但其实际 含义则是厕所，英国人 上厕所时不会直截了当地说“去上厕所”。如果你想要上厕所，可以说“去男人的房间”，或“去女人的房间”，也可以说“请原谅几分钟”或“我想洗手”等等。小孩子们想要大小便时说“我要去那个地方”。在朋友之间和家庭内部，“去100号”则是最常用的 说法。

送礼和给小费：在英国，仅限于给侍者和出租车司机小费，在饭钱和车费之外多付1/10或1/8的钱。旅店的侍从或铁路搬运工为你服务之后，您也要付少量小费。

禁 忌
不能加塞：英国人有排队的 习惯。你可以看到他们一个挨一个地排队上公共汽车、火车或买 报纸。加塞是一种令人不齿的行为。

不能问女士的年龄：英国人非常不喜欢谈论男人的工资和女人的年龄。

不能砍价：在英国购物，最忌讳的是砍价。

西方人赴宴的礼仪

无论您是出国旅游还是出差，如果有人邀请您参加正式宴会，那么您需要了解一些 西方社交场所的基本礼仪。

到达：你最好按时到达，迟到四五分钟也行，但千万不能迟到一刻钟以上，否则到时为难的不是别人，而是你自己。如果去的是富裕而讲究的人家，你进大门时遇到的 第一个人可能是个男当差，负责帮你挂衣服或者是给你带路的，所以你先别急着跟他握手，观察一下再决定。

准备：进了客厅，你不要着急找位子坐。西方人在这种场合一般都要各处周旋，待主人为自己介绍其它 客人。你可以从侍者送来的酒和其它饮料里面选一杯合适的边喝边和 其它人聊天。等到饭厅的门打开了，男主人和女主宾会带着大家走进饭厅，女主人和男主宾应该走在最后，但如果男主宾是某位大人物，女主人和他也许会走在最前面。

入席：西餐入席的 规矩十分讲究，席位一般早已安排好，这时，和你同来的先生或女士绝不会被安排坐在 你身边。欧美人认为熟人聊天的机会多得很，要趁此机会多交朋友。男女主人分别坐在长方形桌子的上、下方，女主人的 右边是男主宾， 男主人的右边是女主宾。其它客人的 坐法是男女相间。男士在上桌之前要帮右边的女士拉开椅子，待女士坐稳后自己再入座。

大家落座之后，主人拿 餐巾，你就跟着拿餐巾。记住：不管这时出现什么情况（如主人有饭前祷告的习惯），主人没拿餐巾之前你不能拿餐巾。

用餐：一般的菜谱是三至五道菜，前 三道菜应该是冷盘、汤、鱼，后两道菜是主菜（肉或海鲜加蔬菜）、甜品或水果，最后是咖啡及 小点心。吃饭的时候不要把全部的精力都放在胃的享受上，要多和左右的人交谈。甜品用完之后， 如果咖啡没有出现，那可能是等会儿请你去客厅喝。总之，看到女主人把餐巾放在桌子上站起来后，你就可以放下餐巾离开座位。这时，懂礼貌的男士又要站起帮女士拉开椅子，受照顾的女士不必对这一前一后的殷勤有特别的想法，这是他应该的。

告别：如果你不想太引人注目，你最好不要第一个告辞，也不要最后一个离开，在 这其间你 什么时候告辞都可以，只是一旦告辞就应该爽快地离开。
Etiquette custom

British people meet: first met one another, usually shake hands. In addition to the men and women, walking passionately general people don't hand in hand. The British don't like others to interfere with their personal life.


When you visit an English person, get first in the door knocking at the door, until he said, "come in," to get in. Gentlemen, ladies room hat in interior, not take.


British people in everyday life often talk about the topic is the weather, and is often the first topic.


Lady first and gentleman: in Britain, respect women is to reflect an important aspect of the gentleman poise. Lady first is a well-known standards of behaviour.


Washroom and go "100," : the bathroom the meaning of the word for hand washing or face place, but the actual meaning is the toilet, British the toilet not say straight out "to go to the toilet. If you would like to go to the toilet, may say "to man's room", or "to the woman's room", also say "excuse me a few minutes" or "I'd like to wash my hands", etc. Children want said "I'm going to urine that place". In between friends and family internal, "to 100," is the most common parlance.


Gifts and give tips: in Britain, is limited to give the waiter and taxi drivers in groceries and tips, besides pay carfare 10 or 1/8 money. The hotel's retinue or railway porter service for you, you also have to pay after a few tips.


Forbidden avoid

Can't stoppering of britons have lined up, habit. You can see them one by one to line up on a bus, train, or buy a newspaper. Jump the queue is a screening nasty behavior.


Can't ask a lady's age: British very don't like to talk about man's wages and woman's age.


Can't bargain: in Britain, the most taboo is shopping bargaining.


Westerners feasters etiquette


Whether you are traveling abroad or business, if someone invite you to attend a formal party, then you need to know some basic etiquette of western social places.


Arrived: you'd better arrive on time, late four or five minutes to also go, but never late for more than a quarter of embarrassing, or when no one else but you. If go to is rich and cultured somebody else, you enter the gate when the first man may be a male soldier, responsible for help you hang clothes or give you the way, so you don't get rush to shake hands with him, look again decision.


Preparation: into the living room, you don't try so hard to seek seat sit. Westerners in this occasion to break, everywhere for himself to master introduce other guests. You can send wine from the waiter with other drinks a cup of the right side inside chosen drink edge and other people chat. Until the dining room door opened, male host and guests will take you into went into the dining room, the hostess and male the guest should walk in the final, but if the man is the guest of a big shot, the hostess and he might walk in the front.


The custom of the take: western food sitting very exquisite, seats, then arrange general had come, and you the sir or madam will never be arranged on your side. Europeans think acquaintances chat of opportunity very much, want to take this opportunity to make more friends. Men and women were sitting in the rectangular table host on the right, the hostess, below the guest is male, male host is the right into bin. Other guests sit method is men and women alternate with. The man before attempting to help right lady opened after ms chair, to remain to table.


Everybody takes a seat after, master bring a napkin, follow the bring a napkin. Remember: whatever then appear what circumstance (such as the host has dinner pray habit), the host does not bring a napkin before you can't take napkins.


Dinner: general cookbook is three to five dish, the former three courses should be cold meats, soup, fish, hind two dish is the main course (meat or seafood and vegetables), dessert or fruit, finally is the coffee and cookies. Eating do not put all your energy on gastric enjoy, want to talk to people and left. Dessert after, if coffee with didn't appear, that could be wait please go to the sitting room to drink. Anyhow, see the hostess put napkin on the table stood up, you can put down the napkin left their seats. At this moment, polite man and to stand and help lady opened by the chair and take care of the tandem nursing lady don't YanQinYou special feeling, this is he should be.


Farewell: if you don't want too dramatic, you'd better not first leave, nor the last one to leave, in the meantime what time do you leave can, just once leave should be frank to leave.