【推荐1】Around the world, people have different ideas about what good manners are.

When you go to restaurants in different parts of the world, it’s ________ to know what the right and wrong things are. For example, in China it’s OK to ________ lots of noise in a restaurant. In fact, if a restaurant isn’t noisy and ________, you may think there’s something wrong with it. However, in many western countries, restaurants are ________ places. If a table is too loud, other people who are eating there might even ________ to the owner of the restaurant.

Paying the bill is also different from country to country. In China, one person usually pays for ________. In western countries, one person pays if he or she is entertaining clients（请客）, but ________ friends eat together, they usually share the cost. This is called “going Dutch（AA制）”. Also, when the westerners pay the bill, they usually leave some money for the ________. This is called “leaving a tip（付小费）”. Leaving a tip is thought to be polite. In the USA, it’s ________ to leave tips of 10%, 15% or 20% of the bill, which is decided by how good the service is. Good waiters（or waitresses）can make a lot of money! .

The way people eat food is different in the world, but you can ________ the same kind of food in many countries. Chinese and Italian foods, for example, are popular all over the world.

【推荐2】When you have a meal in Thailand（泰国）, the word of the invitation means “come and eat rice”. In fact, nearly all Thai dishes are ________ with rice, which grows there very easily ________ the climate is warm and there is much rain.

The food that is served is ________ cut into pieces, so there is no need to use knives and forks, but, instead, special spoons and forks are used. The Thais ________ to eat with their hands and now there are still some people who eat this way. There is a special ________ of doing it. First they wash their ________ hands in a bowl of water—they only eat with their right hands. They are careful not to let the food ________ the palms（手掌心）of their hands. After the meal, the ________ are again carefully washed.

The meal usually has several different dishes. They are all hot. They are served in bowls, which everyone shares, ________ each person has their own bowl of ________. As Thailand has a long coastline, it is not surprising that fish and shellfish play an important part in Thai cooking.