hi , Betty.what ' s up ?   nothing special . how about you ? Are you used to the life here in the States ?   everything has been fine for the past several months .   great !   well , I wish someone could talk to me about Western table manners   sounds interesting . Where did you get the idea ?   as you know , table manners in China are quite different from those of Westerners .   absolutely . that's because both of us have distinctive cultural features .   for example , in China , it's okay to talk while eating . However , you may regard it as rude .   yes . this must be a huge difference .   can you think of anything else ?   sure . We tend to think that the slower on eats , the more polite one seems .   I didn't know that before .   and we never sip or slurp the soup loudly . we quietly like little mouthfuls .   i got it . i'll bear it in mind . 