首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Simon Fanshawe presents different people’s opinions on British manners because______.
Simon Fanshawe presents different people’s opinions on British manners because______.
admin
2014-03-03
51
问题
Simon Fanshawe presents different people’s opinions on British manners because______.
W: Hello and welcome to our talk show. In the next few minutes we’re going to be talking about modern manners. It’s an argument that, on the face of it, has been going on between the generations, for hundreds of generations. Older people can often be heard saying the youth of today lack the basics in good behavior and with newspapers and the media focusing on the anti-social activities of a minority of young people, it’s easy for them to be branded with a negative stereotype. So are British manners really getting worse? With me today here is Simon Fanshawe, the author of the book called ’The Done Thing’ all about modern British manners. Simon, do you think that the British manners are really getting worse?
M: Well, let’s first see what people think about it. I’ve come to a typical UK high street on a weekday to talk to the young mums and dads, business people, elderly people and students and I then get an interesting mix of views-Some think that our manners are getting better and some think they are getting really worse because the moral standards are declining generally. However, more think generally in buses and trains people’s manners have improved in many ways. And they also think that there are cultural differences, so one might meet someone from a different culture with a rather different set of manners. So, you see it is however a question of individual taste. Different people have different opinions on this issue.
W: OK, but is there some common ground? Or what are the basic dos and don’ts?
M: I think one of the things confusing for people is when they come here, there appears to be hundreds and hundreds of rules, hundreds of things you should and shouldn’t do. And the truth of it is that most of them are about class. And lots of them are trip-wires actually for people who don’t know them. (2) So what I tried to do in my book was take it back to the first principle and say look—there are anthropological reasons why we have certain kinds of manners. So I’ll give you a very good example, in Britain there are sort of two ways of holding a knife, very broadly. And broadly speaking the middle-classes hold it with the index finger on the top, gripped in the hand. And working-class people hold it like a pen. Entirely a class distinction and people mercilessly exploit it if they want to. The truth of it is, the one way not to hold a knife at the table, is clasped in your fist, raised as if to kill your guest. And what does that tell us about eating? Well what that tells us about eating is two things, which is never confusing your guests with either the food or the enemy. Don’t eat them and don’t kill them. That’s about how you should hold your knife, because actually manners are really about the reduction of violence. There’s a lot in there about reducing violence. So that’s just an illustration of what one tries to do so actually when you look at real table manners they’re about people feeling comfortable with each other, sharing food around a table. It’s a very important human thing.
W: And are things actually getting worse?
M: Very broadly speaking, we all rub along together pretty well actually, we don’t do so badly. The trouble with bad manners is that when you experience it, it completely occupies your field of vision. So you feel completely knocked back and rather hurt by somebody.
W: Should foreigners, say, comply with British manners when in Britain or just be themselves?
M: Well I think one issue we should be very gentle with is because we’re not terribly good at understanding that there are lots of different customs from round the world, so you know, be gentle. But I think the thing what I would say to anybody going to any other culture, any other country in the world: Number one—be curious, ask questions if possible. The other thing is don’t think there’s a right and a wrong way to do things in terms of little funny details. Always remember that fundamentals matter more than anything else. ’Please’ and ’Thank You’ is a gift and a grace in any language so treat people in the fundamental purpose of manners which is to make life easier. If I can give you a definition of manners, it is the reduction of actual or potential violence between strangers. So always seek to defuse conflict, always seek to reach out and offer yourself to other people, always seek to open the door and let them through. Always do those kind of things because actually you’ll find people love it and they’ll respond to you.
W: Simon Fanshawe, it would be very bad manners of me not to say, ’thank you’ for coming to talk to us. So, thank you very much for all the useful information and advice you have given to us.
M: My pleasure.
选项
A、People do not feel a big deal.
B、People feel rather humiliated.
C、People feel shocked and hurt.
D、People feel angry and exasperated.
答案
C
解析
细节题。讲座中Simon提到过不礼貌的行为会使人震惊,给人带来伤害:The trouble with bad manners is that when you experience it,it completely occupies your field of vision.So you feel completely knocked back and rather hurt by somebody.因此答案为C。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/9OZO777K
0
专业英语八级
相关试题推荐
Mummiescaptureourimaginationsandourhearts.Fullofsecretsandmagic,theywereoncepeoplewholivedandloved,justasw
Mummiescaptureourimaginationsandourhearts.Fullofsecretsandmagic,theywereoncepeoplewholivedandloved,justasw
WhichofthefollowingbeststatesChina’sstandpointontheIrannuclearissues?
ItusedtobesaidthatEnglishpeopletaketheirpleasuresadly.Nodoubtthiswouldstillbetrueiftheyhadanypleasureto
Thoseharboringdoubtsaboutmicro-bloggingshouldnowbeconvincedthatmicroblogscanplayanineffective(1)______roleinm
______isknownasthetornadocapitaloftheworld.
OnlineShoppingIncreasinglypopularwithadultsandyoungpeople,onlineshoppinggivesyou【1】______tovariousproductsand
______isthecapitalofScotlandsincethe15(th上标)century.
在重复的岁月里,我们渐渐有点摸不着过年的幸福了,不少人觉得过年“没劲”,还有几分无奈和麻木。这个时候,检点我们的幸福感,就显得很有必要。对不同的人,幸福的体验是大相径庭的。但问题是,低层次的需要得到满足之后,高层次的需要往往并不“从天而降”。说白
将近九十年以后,毛姆在一次广播讲话里用自己的话重申了这个看法,并作了发挥。如果我没有理解错的话,毛姆先生说的是:人的头脑的基本构造之中具有一种东西,它非常喜欢甚至要求听人讲故事,讲一个开头、中间、结尾都齐全的故事。他还说,现代有些作家过分热衷于剖析心理和进
随机试题
MaisonPlanisarecentlycreatedcompanywithamissiontoprovideprivatehomeownerswithgoodquality,ongoingsupportservic
女,56岁。右利手,突然语言困难2天。有心房颤动病史7年。查体:神志清楚,四肢运动感觉无异常。门诊医生问诊:“生什么病?”答:“呀!吃饭吗?”医生:“把右手举起来。”答:“是”,却向门口走去。最可能的原因是
A.直肠给药B.舌下给药C.呼吸道给药D.经皮给药E.口服给药气体、易挥发的药物或气雾剂的适宜给药途径是
根据个人所得税法的相关规定,关于个人取得拍卖收入的说法,表述正确的有()。
下列关于负债流动性的说法,正确的有()。
企业发生的下列经济活动中,不能改变其速动比率水平的有()。
从所给的四个选项中,选择最合适的一个填入问号处,使之呈现一定的规律性。
下面关于PC主板BIOS的叙述中,错误的是______。A)主板BIOS是指固化在主板ROM芯片中的一组程序B)PC加电后首先运行主板BIOS中的程序,然后加载操作系统C)主板BIOS包含了PC所有外设的驱动程序D)在PC加电自检过程中,按
Afterayear’shardworkIthinkIam______toalongholiday.
Forthesereasons,thenewspaperishaving______problemsinthenorthofthecountry.
最新回复
(
0
)