People who go to a western dinner party for the first time may be surprised by table manners in western culture.

第一次去参加西方宴会的人可能会吃惊于西方文化中的餐桌礼节。

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The doctor finally reached his table at a dinner, after breaking away from a woman who sought advice on a health problem.

大夫在打发走了一个就健康问题向他咨询的妇女之后，最后来到餐桌上。

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The empty seat at the dinner table. Children who were forced to grow up without their mother or their father. Parents who would never know the feeling of their child's embrace.

餐桌旁空着的座位，被迫失去母亲或父亲而长大的孩子们，永远感受不到自己孩子拥抱的父母们。

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This song, the title track, makes reference to wives who get dinner on the table and husbands who should be more grateful to them.

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What's more, researchers speculate that families who eat together often are more likely to talk about nutrition at the dinner table than families who select individual meals from the kitchen, then go their separate ways.

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Similarly, he adds, children who eat dinner at the table with their family aren't eating in front of the TV, a bad habit that often leads to less mindful eating and doesn't teach children how to regulate their food intake.

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