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Part A
1. Give examples of politeness in daily life.
2. Can you list some bad manners?
All these stuff in front of other people basically
in public:
1) Picking your nose.
2) Not knocking before entering someone’s
room.
3) Not saying hello — it’s just common
courtesy!
4) Not saying “Please” and “Thank you”.
5) Talk with your mouth full.
3. Can you think of some good manners that
are bad manners in another country?
1) In Japan where you would loudly sip the
soup to express gratitude to the person who
made it and also that it tastes good. However,
in the U.S. people would think of you as
noisy and impolite.
2) You have to give your present in public in the
Middle East to show it’s not a bribe, but it’s
good manners to give your present in private
in Asia.
3) “Come any time” means “I want you to visit
me” in India. If you don’t suggest a time and
arrange a visit immediately, an Indian will think
you are refusing the invitation. But if an English
person says “come any time”, they will think
you are bad-mannered if you start fixing a date.
4) Cleaning the plate at the dinner table in China
is not good dinner table etiquette — it may even
be considered bad manners. It could be
construed (理解) that you did not have enough
food on your plate and you are still hungry.
While in a Greek family home, leaving food on
the plate could be taken as an insult； the
hostess may think you do not like the food
1. Why are manners important in our daily
life?
If you’re nice to someone, that person is
most likely to be nice to you. It will make
the world a better place to live in. Also,
manners promote better behavior and
they teach how to respect others.
2. What are good library manners?
1) Keep quiet all the time; 2) Leave your
cell phone on vibrate; 3) Keep your
conversations to a minimum; 4) Pick up
your trash; 5) take care of the books, etc