7. Don' t present even number of gifts 8. Never call your superiors by their first names, especially when they are much older then you 2. Writing Write a compos ition on one of the following topics listed below. You can base it on the result of your discussion. You should write at least 100 words. Remember to write neatly 1)Dining Customs in China 2)Taboos in China Samples Dining customs in china Every country has its own peculiar dining customs. The Chinese feel that the first rule of being a courteous guest is to be modest. If a person is invited to dinner, he will decline first. As the host keeps on inviting him, he finally accepts it. Usually the guest will bring some gifts to the host The host doesnt accept the gift immediately He'l say No, dont bother! or Why did you bring gifts? You are too polite When the guest sits down and starts chatting, the host offers something such as candy or fruit The guest always says: No, no, don't bother. I an not hungry When the dinner is served, the guests are invited to sit down first. They sit in the chairs that are facing the south, which are considered honored seats. After everybody is seated, the host asks them to eat because the guests will not eat until the host says so. The guests often eat very little because this is polite. Much food is left to show that the host has prepared more foo When the dinner is over, guests will offer to help in the cleaning, but of course, the host will not let them do so. They are asked to watch Tv or drink tea. After some time, the guests will leave It is customary for the host to see the guests off. The host tries to see them off to the farthest feasible point while the guests try to let the host stop and not see them off. Of course, the guests will invite the host to their home in order to repay him China is a country with a lot of splendid culture. It also has its own taboos. Here are just some examples Dont send Chinese clocks because it has a funeral connotation Dont wrap any gift with white paper, because white is associated with death. It's more preferable to wrap it with red paper, because red stands for happiness Dont wear anything white on your hair, because this means death Don't insert chopsticks in the middle of the rice bowl, because this is done when people pay respects the dead at the tomb Dont wear the clothes dressed on wedding, because people say in this way, one will marry more than on Dont do any cleaning during the Spring Festival. This will make you lose money You can't say"death, because it is not polite. You'd better wear red and don' t wear white Red"stands for happiness The married women should stay at their mother-in-law's until the 2nd day of the lunar New7．Don’t present even number of gifts. 8．Never call your superiors by their first names, especially when they are much older then you. 2. Writing Write a composition on one of the following topics listed below. You can base it on the result of your discussion. You should write at least 100 words. Remember to write neatly. 1) Dining Customs in China 2) Taboos in China Samples: Dining Customs in China Every country has its own peculiar dining customs. The Chinese feel that the first rule of being a courteous guest is to be modest. If a person is invited to dinner, he will decline first. As the host keeps on inviting him, he finally accepts it. Usually the guest will bring some gifts to the host. The host doesn’t accept the gift immediately. He’ll say :No, don’t bother!” or “Why did you bring gifts? You are too polite!” When the guest sits down and starts chatting, the host offers something such as candy or fruit. The guest always says: “No, no, don’t bother. I an not hungry.” When the dinner is served, the guests are invited to sit down first. They sit in the chairs that are facing the south, which are considered honored seats. After everybody is seated, the host asks them to eat because the guests will not eat until the host says so. The guests often eat very little because this is polite. Much food is left to show that the host has prepared more food than enough. When the dinner is over, guests will offer to help in the cleaning, but of course, the host will not let them do so. They are asked to watch TV or drink tea. After some time, the guests will leave. It is customary for the host to see the guests off. The host tries to see them off to the farthest feasible point while the guests try to let the host stop and not see them off. Of course, the guests will invite the host to their home in order to repay him. Taboos in China China is a country with a lot of splendid culture. It also has its own taboos. Here are just some examples. Don’t send Chinese clocks, because it has a funeral connotation. Don’t wrap any gift with white paper, because white is associated with death. It’s more preferable to wrap it with red paper, because red stands for happiness. Don’t wear anything white on your hair, because this means death. Don’t insert chopsticks in the middle of the rice bowl, because this is done when people pay respects the dead at the tomb. Don’t wear the clothes dressed on wedding, because people say in this way, one will marry more than one husband. Don’t do any cleaning during the Spring Festival. This will make you lose money. You can’t say “death”, because it is not polite. You’d better wear red and don’t wear white. “Red” stands for happiness. The married women should stay at their mother-in-law’s until the 2nd day of the lunar New