The first course of British meals is soup, ___1___ on shallow plates. Then comes fish; there is often a knife and fork ___2___ special shape. If you are in ___3___ surroundings, keep an eye open for what the others are doing. The next course generally ___4___ a joint of meat. Pudding is the fourth course. ___5___ that he has finished with a course, a person lays his knife and fork on his plate with the handles towards him. After the pudding or sweets, the ladies may get up and retire to the drawing-room, ___6___ the men a little longer over their wine, smoking and talking. When the ladies rise, the men get up too, ___7___, and resume their seats when they have left the room. Soon the men rejoin the ladies. It must not be imagined ___8___ all English people eat like this. As in all countries, working-class people can afford ___9___ the time nor the money to live like this. Their dinners are cooked not by a servant ___10___ by the mother of the family. All meals are much simpler than these served in the homes of the rich.

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