The Russian The English is said to be …
History of a fork
Which topics are best avoided for small talk?
What is politeness to you?
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Politeness.Good Behaviour - a rainbow this colours our life

1.

Малыгина Елена Александровна
ГБОУ лицей №82

2.

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”.

3.

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

4.

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

5. The Russian The English is said to be …


hospitable
polite
friendly
emotional but
reticent
angry
rude …
mannered nation
polite
friendly
practical
realistic
careful
prudent …

6. History of a fork

7.

8.

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

9.

• In 1658 English
people began to use
forks.

10.

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 11th Century, and used in France in
the 14th 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
17th century.
BE
CONSIDER
BE
INTRODUCE
TAKE
SEE
BRING
MOCK
APPEARE

11.

• Set the table

12. 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

13. What is politeness to you?

=)
Polite
- Please and Thank you!
- Have good manners at the table:
- Listen to each other carefully!
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Impolite
-
Speak with full mouth
Talk a lot about yourself ...,etc.
Interrupt
Tease
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