装腔指南:像上流社会一样宴会[1]_时事

装腔指南:像上流社会一样宴会[1]

The following guide summarizes advice on how to mix with the posh setat a formal meal.

想要在正式的宴会上完美融入上流社会？不妨看看下面的指南，概括了不少实用建议哦。

Invitations

邀请别人赴宴

The invitation should be written on writing-paper rather than note-paper. should be written on writing-paper rather than note-paper.

邀请不能用笔记本的纸写，而要写在信纸上。

Address male guests by their surname alone, unless they are a government minister, when Sir is required, or the king, when it should be Sire.

只写男宾的姓氏，除非他是政府大臣 When giving your address, avoid non-U house names like Fairmeads; U speakers stick to formal titles like Shinwell Hall. I can think of a potential problem here for people who don’t live in a manor house, but I presume that not living in a manor house is also non-U.

提及自己的住址时，别像非上流社会的人那样管自己的房子叫Fairmeads之类的名字。上流社会总是使用正式名称，例如Shinwell Hall。我能想象这里可能会有一个问题，有些人并不住在庄园里。但我觉得住不起庄园也算不上上流社会的人。

The next difficulty is determining the correct term for the meal itself to which the guests are invited. Is dinner taken at midday or in the evening? What about lunch and supper – are these acceptable terms, or will they immediately flag your lowly status? Properly speaking, one should have lunch (or even luncheon) in the middle of the day and dinner in the evening. To refer to lunch as dinner, or to use the term evening meal is to betray your non-U origins. If a dinner guest praises the supper, then the implication is that the meal was insubstantial and unsatisfying.