裝腔指南:像上流社會一樣宴會

Before the meal
宴會前

 

Should you be lucky enough to receive a return invitation, never arrive by bus. Should necessity require you to make use of public transport, be sure to muddle the terms bus and coach (properly, the former is used in towns and the latter in the country) to show that you are unaccustomed to such degradations.
要是你幸運地收到回訪邀請，千萬別坐公交去。就算迫不得已，也要故意用錯bus和coach（它們的正確用法是，bus是市內公交，而coach是城際公交），這樣才能顯得你對這些屌絲交通工具不熟。

On arrival, ensure that you praise your host’s lovely house rather than home.
到達后別忘了稱贊主人的房子，要說lovely house，別用home這個詞。

Never refer to a room as the lounge, since for U speakers lounges are found only in hotels.
千萬別管房間叫lounge，對上流社會的人來說，只有旅館里的房間才叫lounge。

When introduced to strangers, the correct response to ‘How do you do?’ is to repeat the phrase. Giving an answer, such as ‘Fine thanks’, is a major faux pas.
被介紹給陌生人時，如果對方說“How do you do”，正確的回答是重復“How do you do”。“Fine thanks”之類的回答可是很失禮的哦。