日用品英语趣说之Fork叉子

Fork 叉子 When you eat European food, you use “a knife and fork”. This is a fixed phrase. Don't say “a knife and a fork ”instead. If you really care for western-style food, you will need to know that the knife is put on the right side of the plate and used by the right hand. The fork is on the left and British people use it with their left hand only but Americans use it with the left hand when cutting and with the right hand when eating. “Fingers were made before forks”.Have you ever come across this saying？ English people use it as humorous excuse for eating anything with their fingers instead of using a fork. 吃西餐的时候你用刀和叉。a knife and fork是个固定的用语，而可不要说成是a knife and a fork。如果你真的喜欢西餐，那你就必须晓得：刀放在盘子的右边，拿刀用右手；叉放在左边，英国人只是用左手用叉；而美国人切食物时，左手用叉，吃的时候呢是右手用叉。 “用手指先于用叉子”。你听过这个说法吗？英国人以这句幽默的话为自己用手指拈东西吃而不用叉子来辩解。