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Amanda: I'd love to eat a sausage, Mike, but didn't your mother ever teach you any table manners¹? You shouldn't talk with your mouth full! No one wants to see what your food looks like when it's all chewed² up, and besides, I think you just spit³ something in my eye!

Mike: Sorry! Sometimes I just get excited about something and then I forget my manners. While we're on the topic, though, is there anything else I need to be aware of?

Amanda: First of all, you should sit with better posture⁴ when you're eating. You shouldn't put your elbows on the dinner table, and you definitely⁵ shouldn't be all slouched over－that's just rude. Also, when you're having a meal with relatives or family friends, you should always wait for your elders to start eating first before you take anything for yourself.

Mike: Wow, maybe I should just call you "Miss Manners" from now on. How did you become such an expert on this subject anyway?

Amanda: I don't know if I'm an "expert," but my parents were always very strict about this kind of thing when I was growing up. Weren't yours?

Mike: ... Hold on! I'll answer you as soon as I finish swallowing my food!

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