西洋人吃饭用刀叉,刀切叉挑,从容将饭菜送进口中,细嚼慢咽,从不发出咂巴之声;残渣骨头决不吐放于饭桌之上,其归宿乃是盘子。在欧洲,你看不到,或者说你几乎看不到有人随地吐痰,吐痰擤鼻涕用手绢,或是用纸巾。这作派给人以“文明”的印象;中国人学样,吃西餐,用刀叉,也觉得自己文明。这种“文明”在今天,已成为自然而然之事,习以为常之事。可埃利亚斯研究的结果,此种“文明表现”绝非原 Westerners eat with knives and forks, knife cut fork pick, calmly will be sent to the mouth of food, chewing food slowly, never issued a chime sound; residue bones never spit on the table above, its home but the plate. You can not see it in Europe, or you can barely see anyone spitting, spitting a snot with a handkerchief, or using paper towels. This gives people the impression of “civilized ”; Chinese learn samples, eat Western food, with a knife and fork, but also feel their own civilization. This “civilization ” today, has become a matter of course, accustomed to things. Can Elias study results, such “civilized performance ” is by no means the original