Be it breakfast, lunch or dinner or maybe just tea time, good meal time habits are always essential because not only do they reflect you as a person, but it is a good time for everyone to bond and build relationships. But with every family and every meal, there are a set of things that nearly every family might do wrong and these set of tips just promote good habits that we must all inculcate the next time we have a meal with our families or friends just for the betterment of ourselves as individuals。
无论是在吃早点，中餐、晚饭还是喝茶时人们都应保持有良好的用餐习惯，好的习惯不仅能反映出一个人的形象问题，而且它还是一个建立和加强人际关系的良好时机，因此用餐时养成好的习惯非常重要。但是几乎所有的家庭在用餐时，都不同程度上会犯些错误。而这些教你养成好习惯的贴士下次我们在与家人或者 朋友一起用餐时务必遵循。

1.Always eat together as a family.
1.一家人应时常聚在一起吃饭。
Many families with young children, older persons or teenagers will know that a lot of times, meals have to be brought to the person’s room but try not to encourage this and have at least one meal that the entire family eats together. Preferably make this dinner because if it is breakfast, family members might be hurrying up to get to school or work and lunch might be spent at the school or work place so try going for a family dinner together. Encouraging a good family dinner means that the family learns to bond together and members who like to be in isolation most of the time are pulled into the family too。
家有小孩，老人与青少年的家庭都知道，很多时候，他们会把饭带到自己的房间里去吃，但尽量不要提倡这种做法，每天至少应有一餐整个家庭成员聚在 一起吃。或许晚餐是个最好的选择，如果选择早餐一起吃，家庭成员中可能有人要敢赶时间去学校或上班，而中餐大部分时间则在学校或工地度过，因此尽量在晚餐 时大家聚在一起。一个气氛令人鼓舞的家庭晚宴能使家人的心紧密联系在一起，而且对家庭成员中那些内心孤僻的人来说很多时候他们也会感到家的温馨因而融入其 中。

2.Promote good dinner time chat.
2.营造良好用餐谈话氛围。
It is no use getting your entire family to sit around the dinner table if it feels awkward because no one is talking. Teenagers and children might even turn against you because of this. Try to talk to everyone asking what they’ve been up to the whole day, whether or not they like the food, what they could change in it and just keep the conversation flowing。
一家人围坐在餐桌前如果因为觉得尴尬而彼此不说话就没有意义。孩子们也可能会对你的这种安排产生憎恨的情绪。尽量跟家庭成员的每一个人说说话，了解下他们今天做了些什么事情，是否对你做的饭菜感到满意，他们能否对你做的饭菜再进行些调味等使整个谈话继续下去。

3.Never watch TV whilst eating meals.
3.吃饭勿看电视。
That is probably one of the worst things you can do because sometimes, you are just so engrossed watching the telly that you don’t know what you are eating. I know it sounds strange but part of good meal time habits is that you concentrate on your food and appreciate what you are eating. Also, the telly will prevent good meal time chat and you are only going to bond with the TV rather than with the rest of the family。
吃饭看电视可能是你最易犯的不良习惯之一，有时候当你全神贯注看电视时会忘记自己吃的是什么。我知道这听起来有点怪，但良好的用餐习惯之一就是专心吃饭与品位你正在食用的食物。此外，看电视会影响用餐谈话氛围，会使你只顾着电视里的情节进展而忽略与家人的沟通。

4.Get the family cooking.
4.让家庭成员参与烹饪。
This will definitely work with children but try to get even the older members of your family cooking together rather than dumping it all on to one person. Someone can chop the vegetables while someone else does the meat so divide the work among the members of the family so they all feel involved。
做饭时最好与孩子们一起忙活，同时也尽可能让家庭成员里的长辈参与其中而不要一味的将任务推给某一个人。他们中有人可能会切菜，而另一些人中有的会做肉制佳肴，这样就可以将工作在家庭成员中得以分配，他们也会有种参与的感觉。

5.Wash your hands before every meal.
5.饭前应洗手。
My parents who are doctors always ask me to wash my hands before every meal even if I am going to eat with a knife and a fork. I never really understood why I should do this but when they gave me a valid answer, they did have a point. Children and teenagers and sometimes even adults will touch their food if they have to sometimes. They may touch the rim of their plates and this means that you are depositing all of the bacteria from your hands on to the plate. When you eat off the plate, all of those bacteria go into your stomach. If you are eating something like a sandwich or a burger and sometimes, some people like eating pizzas with their hands, this is directly feeding yourself bacteria so wash your hands even though you might use a knife and a fork。
我的父母是医生，他们总要求我每顿饭前洗手，即使是用刀叉时也会这么要求。他们说的非常有道理。但在他们给我确切的解释前我一直不大理解为什么 我应该这样做。儿童和青少年，有时甚至成年人在必要时也会用手去接触食品。他们可能会用去手接触盘子的边缘，而这就意味着将手中的细菌带到了盘子里。当你 吃掉了盘子里的食物时，这些细菌就会进入你的肚子。如果你喜欢用手拿着吃三明治或汉堡包，当然有些人喜欢吃用手拿着的比萨饼，这样就等同于自己在直接饮用细菌，因此，即便是你用刀叉吃饭请洗洗手。