However, Prof Gershuny pointed out that the family meal was now rarely eaten by all of its members around a table – with many "family meals" in fact taken on the sofa in the sitting room, and shared by disparate members of the family.

但格尔舒尼教授指出，现在一家人很少全部围坐在桌边一起用餐，其实很多时候大家会坐在客厅的沙发上用餐，家庭的各个成员则一起分享家宴。

"The family meal has changed very substantially, and few of us eat – as I did when I was a child – at least two meals a day together as a family. But it has survived in a different format."

 “家庭聚餐发生了很大变化，现在我们很少有人能与家人每天聚在一起吃至少两顿饭——就像我小的时候那样。但它以另一种形式延续了下来。”