Good Table Manners
Manners play an important part in making a favorable impression at the dinner table. Here are some general rules： Napkin （餐巾） use
The meal begins when the host unfolds his or her napkin. This is your signal to do the same， so place your napkin on your lap. Unfold it completely if it is a small napkin. Or in half， lengthwise （縱向地） ，if it is a large dinner napkin.
If you need to leave the table during the meal， place your napkin on your chair as a signal to your server that you will be returning. Once the meal is over， place your napkin neatly on the table to the right of your dinner plate. Do not refold it.
Use a napkin only for your mouth. Never use it for your nose， face or forehead. Use of utensils （餐具）
Start with the knife， fork or spoon furthest from your plate， and work your way in， using one utensil for each course. If soup is served， remember to spoon away from yourself. This helps stop the drips. Do not put the entire soup spoon in your mouth. Instead， fill a soup spoon about 75 per cent with soup， and sip（啜飲）it from the side noiselessly.
After finishing dinner， place the knife and fork parallel to one another across the plate with the knife blade facing inward toward the plate.
Using your fingers
Here's a list of finger foods： sandwiches， cookies， small fruits or berries with stems， French fries and potato chips， and hamburgers.
Chew（咀嚼）with your mouth closed and don't make noise； don't talk with your mouth full. Bread must be broken with your hands. It is never cut with a knife.
Don't pick something Out of your teeth. Instead， excuse yourself to the bathroom. If possible， try not to cough at the table. Do not put your elbows （肘） on the table. In France， it is essential to have both hands above the table at the same time. Do not put bones or anything else on the table. Things that are not eaten should be put on your plate.

Melissa Poe
Melissa Poe was 9 years old when she （31） a campaign for a cleaner environment by writing a letter to the then President Bush. Through her own efforts， her letter was reproduced on over 250 donated billboards （廣告牌） （32） the country.
The response to her plea help was so （33） that Poe established Kids For A Cleaner Environment（Kids F.A.C.E.）in 1989. There are now 300，000 （34） of Kids F.A.C. E. worldwide and is the worlds largest youth environmental organization.
Poe has also petitioned the National Park Service to （35） a "Children's Forest" project in every national park. In 1992， she was invited as one of only six children in the world to speak at the Earth Summit in Brazil as part of the Voices of the Future Program. In 1993， she was given a Caring Award for her （36） by the Caring Institute.
Since the organization started， Kids F. A. C. B. members have distributed and planted over 1 million， trees! Ongoing tree-planting projects include the （37） of Kid's Yards-backyard wildlife habitats（棲息地） -and Kid F.A. C. E. is involved in the exciting Earth Odyssey， which is a great way to start helping.
"Starting the club （38） out to be a way to help people get involved with the environment -club members started doing things like recycling， picking up litter and planting trees as well as inviting other kids to join their club."
"We try to tell kids that it's not OK to be lazy，" she explains."You need to start being a responsible， environmentally （39）person now， right away， （40）you become a resource-sucking adult.”

Melissa Poe
Melissa Poe was 9 years old when she （31） a campaign for a cleaner environment by writing a letter to the then President Bush. Through her own efforts， her letter was reproduced on over 250 donated billboards （廣告牌） （32） the country.
The response to her plea help was so （33） that Poe established Kids For A Cleaner Environment（Kids F.A.C.E.）in 1989. There are now 300，000 （34） of Kids F.A.C. E. worldwide and is the worlds largest youth environmental organization.
Poe has also petitioned the National Park Service to （35） a "Children's Forest" project in every national park. In 1992， she was invited as one of only six children in the world to speak at the Earth Summit in Brazil as part of the Voices of the Future Program. In 1993， she was given a Caring Award for her （36） by the Caring Institute.
Since the organization started， Kids F. A. C. B. members have distributed and planted over 1 million， trees! Ongoing tree-planting projects include the （37） of Kid's Yards-backyard wildlife habitats（棲息地） -and Kid F.A. C. E. is involved in the exciting Earth Odyssey， which is a great way to start helping.
"Starting the club （38） out to be a way to help people get involved with the environment -club members started doing things like recycling， picking up litter and planting trees as well as inviting other kids to join their club."
"We try to tell kids that it's not OK to be lazy，" she explains."You need to start being a responsible， environmentally （39）person now， right away， （40）you become a resource-sucking adult.”

Melissa Poe
Melissa Poe was 9 years old when she （31） a campaign for a cleaner environment by writing a letter to the then President Bush. Through her own efforts， her letter was reproduced on over 250 donated billboards （廣告牌） （32） the country.
The response to her plea help was so （33） that Poe established Kids For A Cleaner Environment（Kids F.A.C.E.）in 1989. There are now 300，000 （34） of Kids F.A.C. E. worldwide and is the worlds largest youth environmental organization.
Poe has also petitioned the National Park Service to （35） a "Children's Forest" project in every national park. In 1992， she was invited as one of only six children in the world to speak at the Earth Summit in Brazil as part of the Voices of the Future Program. In 1993， she was given a Caring Award for her （36） by the Caring Institute.
Since the organization started， Kids F. A. C. B. members have distributed and planted over 1 million， trees! Ongoing tree-planting projects include the （37） of Kid's Yards-backyard wildlife habitats（棲息地） -and Kid F.A. C. E. is involved in the exciting Earth Odyssey， which is a great way to start helping.
"Starting the club （38） out to be a way to help people get involved with the environment -club members started doing things like recycling， picking up litter and planting trees as well as inviting other kids to join their club."
"We try to tell kids that it's not OK to be lazy，" she explains."You need to start being a responsible， environmentally （39）person now， right away， （40）you become a resource-sucking adult.”

Melissa Poe
Melissa Poe was 9 years old when she （31） a campaign for a cleaner environment by writing a letter to the then President Bush. Through her own efforts， her letter was reproduced on over 250 donated billboards （廣告牌） （32） the country.
The response to her plea help was so （33） that Poe established Kids For A Cleaner Environment（Kids F.A.C.E.）in 1989. There are now 300，000 （34） of Kids F.A.C. E. worldwide and is the worlds largest youth environmental organization.
Poe has also petitioned the National Park Service to （35） a "Children's Forest" project in every national park. In 1992， she was invited as one of only six children in the world to speak at the Earth Summit in Brazil as part of the Voices of the Future Program. In 1993， she was given a Caring Award for her （36） by the Caring Institute.
Since the organization started， Kids F. A. C. B. members have distributed and planted over 1 million， trees! Ongoing tree-planting projects include the （37） of Kid's Yards-backyard wildlife habitats（棲息地） -and Kid F.A. C. E. is involved in the exciting Earth Odyssey， which is a great way to start helping.
"Starting the club （38） out to be a way to help people get involved with the environment -club members started doing things like recycling， picking up litter and planting trees as well as inviting other kids to join their club."
"We try to tell kids that it's not OK to be lazy，" she explains."You need to start being a responsible， environmentally （39）person now， right away， （40）you become a resource-sucking adult.”