TheEnglisharefamousfortheirmanners．Thephrase“Mannersmakeththeman”wascoinedbyEnglishmanWilliamofWykehambackin1324butthey’rejustasimportanttoday．Booksarewrittenonthesubjectadvicecolumnsinmagazi-保卡通问答

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TheEnglisharefamousfortheirmanners．Thephrase“Mannersmakeththeman”wascoinedbyEnglishmanWilliamofWykehambackin1324butthey’rejustasimportanttoday．Booksarewrittenonthesubjectadvicecolumnsinmagazinestellpeoplehowtobehaveand“finishingschools”stillexisttoensurethatyounggirlsbecomeyoung“ladies”．

ThebestexampleofEnglishmannersisintheirmasteryoftheartofformingaqueue．ItisapopularjokeinEngland（thelandofsportingfailures）tosay“ifonlyqueuingwasanOlympicsportwe’dwinhandsdown．”NooneknowsexactlyhowandwhenitstartedbutqueuingplaysanimportantroleintheEnglishsocialmake-up．Schoolchildrenaretaughttoqueueforroll-callassemblyandlunchandEnglishpeopleacrossthelandformorderlyqueuesatshopsbankscinemasandbus-stopseveryday．TheEnglishobviouslyaren’ttheonlypeoplewhoqueuebuttheyseemtodoitbetterthananyoneelse．Asonevisitorsaid“IhavetravelledacrossEuropetheMiddleandFarEastandnowherehaveIseenthesingle-filequeueswhichareformedinEngland．”

TheEnglisharealsofamouslypolitewhenitcomestolanguage．WhereasmanyothernotionsaremoredirectintheircommunicationtheEnglishpreferamoreindirectformofaskingforthings．ForexampleanAmericanwhowantstotalktoacolleaguemightsay“Gotaminute?”;howeveranEnglishpersonwilloftenuseamoreindirectmeansmightofrequestingthechat“Sorrytobotheryoubutwouldyoupossiblyhaveaminuteorsotohaveaquickchatifyoudon’tmindplease?”

TheEnglishalsolovetoapologizeforthings．Whensqueezingpastsomeonepeoplesay“sorry”．Andtheywillapologizeifyoubumpintothem“whoops!Sorry!Myfault．”Infactnooneseemstosay“sorry”asmuchastheEnglish:“sorryI’mlate．/SorryIforgottocallyoulastnight．/I’msorryyoudidn’tgetthee-mail．”Andsoon．Theyalsoliketouse“please”and“thankyou”alot．Inashoptheywillsay“I’dlikeapacketofcrispplease．Thanks．”Britishstudentsthanktheirlecturesandbossesoftenthanktheiremployeesfordoingtheirjobs．

Whydoes“finishingschools”stillexisttohelpyounggirlsbecome“ladies”?

A．BecausetheEnglishmindtheirmannersverymuch．

B．BecausetheEnglishparentswanttomarrytheirdaughterstotheroyalfamily

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　　【小题1】答案A。本题是推测题。第一段开始提到英国人以讲究礼貌而闻名，“finishingschools”stillexisttohelpyounggirlsbecome“ladies是围绕它展开的一个例子。　　【小题1】答案C。本题是理解题。从第二段ThebestexampleofEnglishmannersisintheirmasteryoftheartofformingaqueue．中我们可以得知答案。　　【小题1】答案B。从文章中得知，英国人非常讲究礼貌，从这个例子中可以看出ForexampleanAmericanwhowantstotalktoacolleaguemightsay“Gotaminute?”;howeveranEnglishpersonwilloftenuseamoreindirectmeansmightofrequestingthechat“Sorrytobotheryoubutwouldyoupossiblyhaveaminuteorsotohaveaquickchatifyoudon’tmindplease?” 　　【小题1】答案C。本题是理解题。本文是介绍了讲究礼貌的英国人，讲究礼貌是他们的习惯，所以雇主感谢雇员也是礼貌使然。