招牌菜

7.17 Tipping and Restaurant Manners

我常常喜歡小費因爲小小費或者大小費都能給。第一天在臺灣的時候，來我的擼管的時候我付了出租車司機一百塊錢。他很迷茫了。In hindsight, that was a huge tip consider the ride itself was 兩百塊錢。When in Taiwan, getting the attention of the store owner or waiter/waitress is easily and politely done with a “不好意思.” When asking for something, starting with “可以” seems to never fail. When you want to pay, getting their attention the first phrase and then following with “買單” seems to also be acceptable. This is how I usually do things.

In America, a lot of the same customs apply. The only I noticed is that in America, it’s more common to see waiters/waitresses checking up on you throughout the duration of your meal to make sure you have everything you want. So in America, you’ll often wait for a waiter or waitress to come to you before you ask for more things (like more water for example), unless you’ve been waiting for a while, then you can politely get their attention much the same way you would in Taiwan.

Technology Vocabulary

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服務生 Dialogue跟Laura

服務生：歡迎光臨。

客人1：你好。你們有兩個位子嗎?

服務生：有。請坐。

客人1：謝謝你。

服務生：這是我們的菜單。

客人們：謝謝。

客人2：你想吃什麽？

客人 1：你喜歡什麽菜都，我也喜歡。

客人2：不好意思！服務生！你們的招牌菜是什麽？

服務生：今天招牌菜是紅燒魚。

客人2：紅燒魚多少錢？

服務生：一百三十五塊錢。

客人2：魚的價錢方面很好！你怎麽樣？

客人1：好啊。

客人2：我們點兩盤紅燒魚和兩杯酒。

服務生：好。兩盤紅燒魚和兩杯酒。請等一下。

（上菜還有客人們都喝四白酒以後）

客人們：乾杯！

客人2：你醉嗎？

客人1：不是！我是行！

7.15 生詞錄音

Vocaroo Voice Message

Observation of 吳寶春麵包店

1. 他們買茶因爲茶跟麵包一起好吃，還有他們想幫當地農民。
2. As customers enter the store, the store attendants will say, "歡迎光臨！" and as costumers leave, the store attendants say something akin to, "We hope to see you again."I didn't buy any bread so I don't know if any special words are exchanged during the transaction.
3. Free bread/tea samples, introductory/farewell statements when entering/leaving, and staff on-hand to recommend and explain different selections.
4. The biggest thing that got me about the establishment was the free tea and bread. The capitalist in me says that they do this because it's the perfect way to get costumers to try their award-winning bread and tea so that they are more likely to buy them. Whether motives are pure or not, it is, regardless, a great marketing-scheme that can be played off. Skepticism aside, I enjoyed the trip!

7.13 作業：吳寶春麵包店

1.      Wu Pau Chun

2.      Knowledge: Through the crafting and care of the bakers, knowledge can be passed into bread to be acquired by those who consume it. All types breads are different and may contain abundances of knowledge.

Land: Attention and appreciation for detail of ingredients and those who produce them.

Hope: Proliferation of Taiwanese bakers and their skills to a worldwide scale as well as adoption of outside influences on baking into Taiwanese methods.

3.      Concept behind the logo is to represent the understandings and values upheld by the establishment and by Wu Pau Chun himself.

4.      Breads, teas, jams, books,

5.      I’m not one to answer a question about buying food (or bread at the very least) after only seeing it on a website. I prefer to see it in person and decide based on other queues than a 2D image. A picture is worth a thousand words, but real life experiences are invaluable.

Lesson 3 Vocabulary Recording

http://vocaroo.com/i/s1i3IS19im9W

7.9 作業

高先生跟白小姐一起去了機場。在那裏的時候，他們發現到不知道航班什麽時候，所以問一位地勤什麽時候。高先生告說，“不好意思。”這位地親說，“歡迎。我怎麽幫你？”  高先生告訴他，“我們忘了我的航班什麽時候，坐飛機總這裏到PHX。這個航班好二零五。” 地勤告訴他們，“您們的飛機晚上七點半從LAX起飛，航班酒店一刻到達PHX。登機口是A7。其他一切順利嗎？”高先生說，“順利啊。謝謝你。”

Reflection on Differences in American/Chinese Business Personal Addressing

• In America, it’s both okay to accept a compliment and thank the giver of it or politely decline the compliment. In China and Taiwan, it’s not polite to accept a compliment. When in these places, you should always politely decline the compliment.

• The obvious answer to why the answers are different is that the cultures in China/Taiwan and America differ. In the western world, it seems that reactions to compliments took the direction of showing gratefulness towards the giver. When someone compliments you, you acknowledge their observation and directly respond that you’re happy to receive it. That being said, modesty is still something a lot of Western people have, although way too much modesty will often annoy people in America. It’s accepted that there are times to be modest and times to just accept the compliments you’re given and thank the people giving them. However in the Eastern world (at least in most Asian countries) modesty is the norm. To not be modest is to be full of yourself and possibly rude. It’s likely that these differences simply stem from different societies developing in different directions.

• In America, addressing someone by their last name and job position is simply a sign of respect of position. While “Manager xxxx” is often not used because a managerial position doesn’t mean much in name, Mr, Ms, Mrs, Dr, President, Chairman, etc. are all often used with Mr. and Ms. being the two most common used amongst a large range of company hierarchies (President xxxx  is most often heard being used for the president of the United States).

• The way Chinese address job positions probably stems from efficiency in determining one’s social rank through their job. While not all jobs are created equal, a teacher will likely not be higher up on the food chain than a district manager.

• I honestly have no preference when it comes to formal addressing. While the American way is simple, easy to remember, and often forgivable (eg: calling the president of a company “Mr.” is likely often acceptable with “President”), the Chinese way is efficient and could really give someone a sense of identity in their job position.