Itisnotpolitetoarriveatadinnerpartymorethan15to20minutes 1 .Thehostorhostessusuallywaitsforallthegueststoarrivebeforeservingthemeal.Ifsomeoneislate,thefoodmaybespoiled,andsomightthehostorhostess’sspirits.Ifyouhavetobelate,callandtellthemtostart 2 you.It’seven3 (bad)tobeearly!Thehostorhostesswillprobablynotbeready.Ifyouareearly,driveorwalkaroundtheblockafewtimes,orjustsitinyourcar 4 therighttime.Thoughitisoftenimportanttoarriveontime,yetontheotherhand,foropenhouses,thehostorhostessinvitesgueststoarriveandleave 5 acertaintime.Youcanarriveatanytimewithinthetimeheorshegivesyou.It’spolitetobringanemptystomach,butit’sevennicertobringasmallpresent.Thepresentshouldnotcostalot,oryoumightembarrassthehostorhostess. 6 (flower),wine,oraboxofcandywilldofine.Neverbringmoneyasapresent.Inan 7 (introduce),theorderofanameis:(1)、thegivenname；(2)、thefamilyname.Inotherwordsthegivennamecomesfirst.It’simportantnot 8 tolearnandremembernames,buttorespectthemoftenin 9 (converse).Aftertheintroduction，weusuallycallfriends 10 theirgivennames.Olderpeoplemaywantyoucallthemtheirtitlesandfamilynames,suchas“Mr.Jones”、“Mrs.Johnson”or“Dr.Brown”.
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